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Thirty 20MW wind turbines to feature in what is being hailed as the world's first subsidy free floating offshore wind project.

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Two regional governments in China have announced their latest plans for the forestry offset market, despite a lack of policy clarity due to the suspension of the national offset programme.

Analysis finds ‘widespread contamination’ in the US, with forever chemicals frequently exceeding federal and state limits

Most of America’s waterways are likely contaminated by toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, a new study conducted by US water keepers finds.

The Waterkeeper Alliance analysis found detectable PFAS levels in 95 out of 114, or 83%, of waterways tested across 34 states and the District of Columbia, and frequently at levels that exceed federal and state limits.

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An Australian-based carbon market investment company has secured a $10 million investment in its second carbon fund from a Singapore financial investment firm specialising in regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions.

Mumbai-based EKI Energy Services, the world’s largest carbon offsets developer, has launched India’s first climate impact fund, worth $125 million, in a partnership with a Singaporean fund management company, they announced on Tuesday.

The rate of warming in the top 2km has doubled from levels in the 1960s, review finds

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The amount of heat accumulating in the ocean is accelerating and penetrating ever deeper, with widespread effects on extreme weather events and marine life, according to a new scientific review.

One of the report’s authors said the devastating floods in eastern Australia had likely been made worse by warming oceans. The risks would continue to rise as the ocean took up more heat, the report said.

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Australia and Singapore on Tuesday signed an extensive green economy agreement (GEA) that paves the way for bilateral cooperation on a wide range of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, including on international carbon markets.

Closure of major road bridge linking Essex and Kent causes fresh rush-hour delays

Just Stop Oil protesters remain on top of the M25 Dartford Crossing, threatening another day of commuter chaos.

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge linking Essex and Kent was closed after it was scaled by two climbers from the group, whose demands include that the government “halts all new oil and gas licences and consents”.

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Charities say calls at international meeting to lift restrictions are distraction from climate crisis and plastic pollution

A 40-year-old ban on commercial whaling is in danger after “misleading” resolutions were put forward at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Portorož, Slovenia.

The wildlife protection organisations OceanCare and Humane Society International said proposals by pro-whaling countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, could reverse progress made by the IWC.

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PM urged to increase windfarm capacity and expand energy company obligation to make more homes efficient

If Liz Truss is looking to give her leadership a new start, a cross-party group of MPs has suggested some answers, in the form of a 10-point wishlist for climate and nature.

Tripling the capacity of floating offshore windfarms, restoring 30% of the UK’s saltmarshes and seagrass meadows, and expanding the existing energy company obligation to make more homes efficient, are among the recommendations by the MPs on the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the environment.

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It’s far better to speak too loud than to remain silent. In the midst of a worsening environmental disaster, protests matter more than ever

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In the midst of a worsening environmental disaster, protests matter more than ever.

Last week, two Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting in London as part of a broader push for the cessation of new fossil fuel projects – something the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes as crucial to prevent climate disaster.

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WA allocates land and $5.5m in new funding to fast-track the Mid West Hydrogen Hub, in bid to become a "world class exporter" of renewable hydrogen.

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Singapore has signed another bilateral agreement, this time with Vietnam, on collaboration over carbon credit trading in line with Article 6 guidelines, the island-state’s Ministry of Trade and Industry announced.

A new international report says Australia needs policy, regulation and more R&D to deal with what could be a very big solar panel waste problem.

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Social and financial support for Australia’s fossil fuel industry is deteriorating amid reports of greenwashing, harmful subsidies and soured alliances.

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South Korea has issued a tender for two more market makers to operate in its national CO2 emissions trading scheme from the turn of the year, in the hope that it might help improve liquidity in the modestly traded market.

While AEMO has a market-wide plan for the shift to renewables, some states are transparently protecting their own interests. It’s the opposite of NIMBYism.

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A global asset manager has signed a three-year Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) deal to receive savanna burning carbon credits from an Indigenous Australian carbon corporation.

Wildlife Victoria reports receiving almost 1,000 calls over the weekend about animals caught in flooding. The organisation is providing emergency financial support to flood-affected wildlife volunteers. The public are advised not to approach distressed animals on their own and instead contact their local wildlife rescue group

• ‘Everything is saturated’: what’s driving the latest floods in eastern Australia

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Time will tell whether the water takes us over. But perhaps the biggest risk is complacency or denial

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I never imagined I’d be a traffic controller on the main route into my home town of Echuca. But that’s how I spent nine hours on Sunday alongside other volunteers and emergency services staff: managing local roads.

On Monday, I was shocked to hear that my town may be in for a one-in-1,000-year flood event. Emergency Management Victoria representatives told us: “There are things that are happening that have never been recorded before. So I am not sugarcoating this. This is serious.”

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