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The first rule of Climate Club? Don’t read the fine print

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US forest may not be adapting quickly enough to the emerging threats posed by climate change, according to a new study.

Building new transmission infrastructure is unavoidable. But we can do it cleverly and minimise the impact on communities and landowners.

The post New transmission lines are controversial – batteries and virtual lines may ease the pain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An eruption has sent lava and smoke pouring on the Reykjanes peninsula following intense earthquake activity in the area.

Queensland Labor government identifies 12 renewable energy zones to help Australia's most coal dependent state shift to 80% renewables in just over a decade.

The post Queensland proposes 12 renewable energy zones in dash to quit coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As concerns are voiced about hemlock near a school, an expert tells of other deadly green neighbours.

A European carbon analyst has left S&P Global to join an airlines group.

Costs revealed for the network component of the Waratah Super Battery, and one of the world's biggest and most complex standby battery systems.

The post Australia’s “biggest and most complex” standby battery system won’t be cheap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RGGI Allowance prices flatlined this week on the lowest volume recorded in years amid the US Independence Day stretch, even as a heat wave engulfed the region and Virginia readied its hotly-contested regulatory withdrawal from the bloc for publication this month.

Recently-extended cost breaks for Alberta transportation fuel and natural gas consumption might run afoul of Canada’s federal CO2 pricing benchmark, but experts told Carbon Pulse they don’t believe Ottawa is likely to immediately challenge the relief measures in the oil-rich province.

The Nova Scotia government on Monday disclosed the allowance volume on offer for the province’s last regular cap-and-trade auction next month, which unlike the previous sale does not include permits from the scheme’s reserve.

Can we engineer oceans to store more carbon dioxide in the fight against climate change? A new bill before parliament seeks to regulate such activity, but holds back on research incentives. Kerryn Brent, Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Jan McDonald, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania Manon Simon, Research Fellow, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We’ll need some new transmission lines to make Australia’s grid ready for the green energy shift. But there are clever ways of making more use out of our existing network. Lasantha Meegahapola, Associate Professor, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Standardised carbon credits moved higher for a second consecutive week as the roll of two Xpansiv CBL contracts into new vintage eligibility years fed in support to the market, while news that buyer standards body VCMI has adopted CORSIA-eligible units within its rulebook continued to boost related products.

The EU on Monday gave the green light to the latest version of a Dutch scheme to support industrial decarbonisation by subsidising the difference between low-carbon and conventional forms of output, paving the way for other member states despite fears about distorting the bloc-wide market.

David Lammy says Labour government would join growing list of countries and multinationals opposing rush to mine the seabed

The Labour party has said the UK should back the call for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, ahead of a crucial meeting of nations in Jamaica to decide the future of the industry.

David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, said the Labour party was adding its voice to a growing list of countries and businesses urging that moves to start mining be halted “until and unless” there was clear scientific evidence that it could be done safely and the marine environment would be protected by new regulations.

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Nigeria's federal government has warned against unauthorised carbon trading, making the latest country to clamp down on market activities.

Scientists say a new scanning method that can identify tiny tumours could revolutionise medical research.

New guidance says carbon credits should only be used to contribute to climate mitigation

Companies should drop offsetting-based environmental claims and adopt a “climate contribution” model instead, according to a new quality standard.

In a new code of practice, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has published guidance on how companies should use carbon credits as part of high-quality corporate action. It recommends that firms should disclose their emissions every year, show they are successfully meeting a science-based target aligned with the Paris agreement, and only use carbon credits to contribute to climate mitigation, moving away from claims that they have “cancelled out” their emissions by purchasing offsets.

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