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The carbon removals sub-contract forming part of a new hybrid standardised contract for the voluntary carbon market will be initially made up of retired EU ETS allowances until there is sufficient supply for a liquid removals market, the contract's developers said on Thursday.

No 10 official’s name for an insulation plan was nixed for unoriginality – but the campaigning group is OK with it

The well-known campaigning group Insulate Britain is happy to let the government borrow its name if officials can’t come up with a different label for their insulation scheme, it has told the Guardian.

According to a report in the Times on government plans for insulating homes, during one meeting to thrash out the policy, a No 10 official suggested calling it “Insulate Britain” – a proposal quickly nixed when someone else pointed out that it was already the name of the disruptive direct action group.

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A petition calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate emissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Greenhouse gas emissions should be subject to legal controls in the US and phased out under the Toxic Substances Control Act, according to a group of scientists and former public officials, in a novel approach to the climate crisis.

“Using the TSCA would be one small step for [the US president] Joe Biden, but potentially a giant leap for humankind – as a first step towards making the polluters pay,” said James Hansen, a former Nasa scientist, who is a member of the group alongside Donn Viviani, a retired 35-year veteran of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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They wanted to warn the world about the ravaging of the rainforest and abuse of human rights. We should honour them

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira have been killed in an undeclared global war against nature and the people who defend it. Their work mattered because our planet, the threats to it and the activities of those who threaten it matter. That work must be continued.

The frontlines of this war are the Earth’s remaining biodiverse regions – the forests, wetlands and oceans that are essential for the stability of our climate and planetary life-support system.

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Federal climate minister Chris Bowen says Australia now "open for business", calling on investors to seize a $130 billion green investment opportunity.

The post “Australia is under new management”: Bowen tells clean energy investors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The National Electricity Market will be back up and running in a week, maybe two or three. But consumer trust and confidence? That will take a little more time.

The post The NEM is suspended, and so is consumer trust – how can we get it back? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Revenue from auctioning EU ETS allowances should be earmarked for climate action after countries within the bloc were found using some of the cash to support fossil fuels, and in particular new gas boilers through building retrofitting, according to a study published this week.

The Australian government has officially updated its 2030 nationally determined contribution (NDC) with the UNFCCC, increasing its 2030 emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement to 43% below 2005 levels.

Researchers have now calculated how many people could be saved from heat-related death if the US takes meaningful action

The rapidly shrinking window of opportunity for the US to pass significant climate legislation will have mortal, as well as political, stakes. Millions of lives around the world will be saved, or lost, depending on whether America manages to propel itself towards a future without planet-heating emissions.

For the first time, researchers have calculated exactly how many people the US could save by acting on the climate crisis. A total of 7.4 million lives around the world will be saved over this century if the US manages to cut its emissions to net zero by 2050, according to the analysis.

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University researchers that conducted the first ever “onboard” study of methane and CO2 emissions generated from an LNG carrier have reported higher levels of methane emitted during the voyage compared with previous assessments, highlighting the importance of accuracy in collecting GHG data for fossil fuel shipments, especially those that are claimed to be carbon neutral.

Despite global renewables investment surging to a new high, the world has largely squandered a 'green recovery' to the Covid pandemic.

The post World squanders “green recovery” as renewables dwarfed by huge fossil fuel subsidies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Australian timber company plans to convert millions of fire-damaged trees into biochar, in what it claims will be one of the largest projects of its kind in the world, while earning around A$90 million ($62 mln) through the sales of carbon removal certificates (CRCs).

A wind turbine has collapsed at the Alinta wind farm in WA, buckling in half and falling into a canola field, and causing the 89MW project to be temporarily shut down.

The post Wind turbine collapses in “serious event” at WA wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The energy crisis is hitting the east coast hard. But Western Australia is sailing through – because of government intervention in the market. Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Macquarie University Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

All the latest on Australia’s energy crisis, and an interview with offshore wind expert Alastair Dutton.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The energy crisis … and offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The problems with coal plants and their replacement is as much about lousy management as anything else. But Grok It! There is hope on the horizon.

The post Roadblocks to the energy transition: Denial, opposition and lousy management appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has committed to a more ambitious emissions reduction target. On the looming energy crisis, he criticised the previous government for its inaction over almost a decade, saying: 'Scott Morrison went to the Glasgow conference last year and gave an empty speech to an empty room with no changed position. We saw a pamphlet released by a former government rather than a policy framework and we continued to see arguments even during the election campaign about the science of climate change, let alone the need to act.'

• Unclear when electricity market suspension will end as Chris Bowen backs ‘extreme’ intervention
• Australia’s energy crisis explained

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New wind output records in Victoria and South Australia set this week, as two of the country's biggest and most delayed wind projects suddenly unshackled.

The post New wind output records in Victoria and S.A. as delayed projects unshackled appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Albanese formally commits Australia to a stronger 2030 emissions reduction target, as Bowen blames energy crisis on slow renewables investment.

The post Albanese locks in Australia’s higher 2030 emissions reduction target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

What makes Matt Kean think fossil fuel generators would start to do the right thing now? For the past two decades or more, they have done everything but.

The post Market failure: Why no one trusts fossil generators to “do the right thing” appeared first on RenewEconomy.