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Volumes continued to drop in China’s emissions market over the past week, with price levels remaining rangebound while analysts expect trading activity to be stalled this quarter given holiday factors and the lack of regulatory updates from the central government.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including grazing goats, a recovering griffon and relaxing monkeys

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The Australian Greens are laying the groundwork for a fight with the government over the Safeguard Mechanism once parliament resumes, centred on how coal, oil, and gas facilities covered by the scheme are treated.

Climate campaigners accuse leaders of hypocrisy as flights emit as much CO2 in a week as 350,000 cars

Private jet emissions quadrupled as 1,040 planes flew in and out of airports serving Davos during the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

Climate campaigners accused the rich and powerful of hypocrisy in flying in on private jets to a conference discussing climate breakdown.

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Rising numbers of people are taking air pollution measurements to push authorities to take action

More and more people are making their own air pollution measurements and using these to press for action from national and local governments.

Last year Mark Tebbutt installed Chorley’s seventh air pollution monitor. Since 2013 Tebbutt, his family and friends have been buying and operating their own air pollution instruments. These are mounted on garden fences and on the sides of houses across the Lancashire town. You can find their data online alongside those from more than 30,000 citizen scientists around the world.

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Tens of thousands of ships from every era lie undisturbed at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Some of the world’s most advanced underwater photography now reveals how miraculously the cold, brackish water has preserved them

• Extracted from the book Ghost Ships of the Baltic Sea by Jonas Dahm and Carl Douglas, published by Max Ström

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Authorities to begin release of a million tonnes of water from stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remove most radioactive material

The controversial release of more than a million tonnes of water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will begin in the northern spring or summer, Japan’s government has said – a move that has sparked anger among local fishing communities and countries in the region.

The decision comes more than two years after the government approved the release of the water, which will be treated to remove most radioactive materials but will still contain tritium, a naturally occurring radioactive form of hydrogen that is technically difficult to separate from water.

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Australian rooftop solar installations experienced their first annual contraction in seven years in 2022, but latest data promises a much better start to 2023.

The post End of year rush to rooftop solar hints at return to boom-times in 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spending on low carbon energy sources will increase by around 10% in 2023, reflecting slower annual growth than last year as investors remain wary of inflation, although investment in hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will more than double this year, analysis by an energy consulting firm released on Friday has projected.

While this prominent and well funded project has gone into voluntary administration, those enthused about rapid decarbonisation and Australia’s renewable energy export potential need not despair. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Queensland's north is on track to get its first grid forming big battery, after plans to build a 200MW/400MWh BESS received final approval.

The post Big battery gets green light for construction in north Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As interest in green hydrogen intensifies, we must ensure its low-carbon promise isn't used to disguise the risks of its blue and grey cousins.

The post Green hydrogen should be a winner from the energy crisis, but reality takes a different shade appeared first on RenewEconomy.

PFAS substances linked with cancer discovered in UK cosmetics on day EU sets out to ban them.

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SwitchDin joins US auto giants and other big names in Rocky Mountain Institute-led peak body formed to guide the "explosive growth" of VPPs.

The post Aussie company joins global heavyweights in virtual power plant peak body appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor's safeguard reforms are a modest step in the right direction, but for carbon intensive businesses to survive there needs to be a bunch of acceleration.

The post Safeguard reforms give heavy polluters a small nudge – they need a big kick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Forrest weighs in on Sun Cable, all but confirming the company's woes lie in a spat with fellow billionaire backer Mike-Cannon Brookes.

The post Forrest weighs in on Sun Cable, says $35bn solar export project needs “urgent change” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices picked up momentum on the back of a watchdog report and stronger spread activity resuming after the winter break, while Washington Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stalled after the initial bout of trades ahead of the official launch of the state’s cap-and-invest programme at the start of the year.

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