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Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

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Australia will co-sponsor Vanuatu’s historic bid for the international court of justice to rule on the climate crisis, including the legal consequences for causing significant environmental harm.

The Pacific island country will soon put a resolution to the UN general assembly seeking an opinion on the international legal obligations that countries have to act on the climate crisis.

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Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels

A New York investment firm is to launch a $400m (£334m) bid for oil concessions in the Congo basin rainforest and Virunga national park with plans to turn them into conservation projects, the Guardian can reveal.

EQX Biome, a biodiversity fintech company, has sent an expression of interest to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government for 27 oil exploration blocks put up for auction last July, some of which are in critical ecosystems.

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Patients in New Brunswick with array of symptoms ‘show signs of exposure to glyphosate’, says neurologist

A neurologist who believes his patients are suffering from a suspicious illness has pleaded with the Canadian government to carry out environmental testing he thinks will show the involvement of the herbicide glyphosate.

For more than two years, dozens of people in the Canadian province of New Brunswick have experienced a distressing array of neurological symptoms, initially prompting speculation that they had developed an unknown degenerative illness – and that figure is believed to be far higher than official reports.

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How do you know when the tide is turning on climate and renewables? When the fossil fuel scare campaign lurches back into gear.

The post AGL chair repeats “lights will go out” coal threat as gas lobby goes into overdrive appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian government has teamed up with the Minderoo Foundation to track threatened marine species through environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, an approach some are pushing to use as a foundation for countries to earn biodiversity credits through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

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A flickering black and white effect could further reduce bird collisions with offshore wind turbines.

The post Could zebra stripes steer birds clear of offshore wind turbines? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ESB has not reacted well to its latest policy humiliation. Critics say it should be wound up.

The post Humiliated ESB reacts badly to its policy rejections, industry wants it shut down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The common timber treatment CCA is made up of heavy metals copper, chromium and arsenic. They don’t decompose and leach into soil and water. Why does New Zealand still allow its use? Clemens Altaner, Associate Professor in Wood Science, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Verra has restored the registry account of the developer of a REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea after it had temporarily suspended it to investigate allegations aired by an Australian news programme.

The New Zealand government has committed NZ$9 million ($5.5 mln) in its upcoming budget to support research and development into cutting agricultural GHG emissions, as it expects to make a decision on how to fund its international crediting arrangements before the next election.

One of the biggest proponents of offshore wind projects in Australia fears a skills shortage as it competes for engineers and onshore workers.

The post Offshore wind giant hopes to avert skills crisis in training deal with Melbourne Uni appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research provides insights into the evolution and ecology of Australian bees. The capricious masked bee employs female nest guards in a cooperative social structure. Meanwhile, fussy feeders abound. James B. Dorey, Adjunct Associate Professor, Flinders University Lucas Hearn, Researcher, Flinders University Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University Patricia S. Slattery, Postgraduate Student, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Absence of long-term plan could deter investors or lead them to increase prices, says National Audit Office

Ministers’ efforts to tackle the energy bills crisis have left the UK at risk of missing a key target to source green power and are threatening the country’s net zero goal, the government spending watchdog has said.

The government said in 2021 it wanted all electricity to be generated from low-carbon sources by 2035, a pillar in the plan to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

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California regulator ARB’s Board will vote on the state's forthcoming regulatory package to strengthen the WCI-linked carbon market by the end of 2024, with those changes potentially going into effect the following year, a government official told a watchdog meeting on Tuesday.

Rooftop solar installed on Australian homes and businesses will generate more power than the nation's remaining coal plants when Liddell closes in April.

The post Rooftop solar set to eclipse coal as installations reach more than 20GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia in danger of missing massive opportunity in green hydrogen as capital, projects and people flee to US because of tax and production incentives.

The post Forrest says Australia will miss green hydrogen bus as projects, capital and people head to US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Quebec environment ministry on Tuesday said it will consider potential regulatory amendments to its cap-and-trade programme this year that may address its emissions budget stringency and the allowance surplus in the linked market with California.

EU lawmaker scrutiny of the bloc's proposal for a certification scheme for voluntary carbon removals is taking shape, with senior MEPs already wary about leaving key decisions to Brussels officials and considering how removals would be included in the bloc's ETS.

EU legislators have a delicate task crafting law to eliminate F-gases used in fridges and air conditioners, because the potent climate-heating substances are also found in many of the heat pumps expected to play a critical role in the bloc's efforts to reach net zero emissions.