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New study offers a stark reminder that an energy system highly reliant on fossil fuels perpetuates energy-security risks and accelerates climate change.

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The British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (MECCS) on Thursday posted a new draft version of the province’s forest carbon offset protocol (FCOP), which incorporates feedback from the previous iteration that saw stakeholders blast its economic viability.

With the threat of more frequent storms of increasing intensity, is it time to concede that overhead powerlines just won't cut it?

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EKI Energy Services on Wednesday sent a letter to India's BSE stock exchange to address revenue recognition issues flagged by its auditors, as the company's shares continued to tumble, crashing by some 50% so far this week.

A carbon credit ratings agency has downgraded three ACR-certified enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects in the US to its lowest ranking after a portfolio review.

Ireland is due to buy almost €3 million worth of intergovernmental carbon units from Slovakia ahead of a deadline for EU nations to comply with their non-ETS climate obligations, according to media reports.

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Researchers say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up household energy costs by between 62.6% and 112.9%

Soaring energy prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict could push up to 141 million more people around the globe into extreme poverty, a study has found.

The cost of energy for households globally could have increased by between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a modelling study by an international group of scientists published in Nature Energy.

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Global emissions could increase by 0.5% in 2023 due to higher oil and gas use and strengthening fossil fuel demand in China, though emissions in the EU could see a "very large drop" this year, the authors of a study told a webinar Thursday.

A UK standard focused on developing native habitat restoration projects for the domestic voluntary carbon market has had its first two projects validated, it said on Thursday, noting that it will only sell its credits to those taking steps to cut their own emissions.

The EU's Green Deal Industrial Plan caused division among lawmakers on Thursday, as most of the bloc's largest political group refused to back a resolution, weakening the Parliament's influence on the legislation.

Exchange operator ICE on Thursday announced record volume and participation in North American environmental markets last year, led by the company’s suite of Renewable Energy Certificate (RECs) and California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) futures.

Whaling company says construction of new vessel will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’

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A Japanese company is building a new whaling ship designed to travel as far as Antarctica, sparking fears commercial operations could resume in the Southern Ocean.

Australia’s environment minister, Tanya Plibsersek, reaffirmed the Albanese government’s commitment to a global moratorium on commercial whaling, while Greenpeace condemned the practice as “brutal and unnecessary”.

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Australian Academy of Science points to over-reliance on volunteers and says more regular surveys needed

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The Australian Academy of Science has called for an overhaul of the nation’s approach to studying plastic pollution, warning there is an over-reliance on volunteers and a lack of consistent data to document the “astronomical” problem.

About three-quarters of rubbish along Australia’s coast is plastic, posing a threat to more than 690 marine animals including turtles and seabirds. CSIRO researchers believe 43% of short-tailed shearwater birds in eastern Australia have plastic in their gut.

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European carbon prices rose to their highest in six months on Thursday as traders shrugged off the bearish impact of the looming additions to auction supply under the REPowerEU plan, while energy markets eased off after two days of increases.

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A European bank has found that the oil and gas sector is the least "on track" in disclosing its nature-based risk in an analysis that considered three of the most exposed industries to nature loss and climate.

The government of Shandong, one of the most populous provinces in China, has said it will encourage innovative insurance products as a tool to protect nature-based carbon sinks generated in the region, following a number of new policies recently introduced by domestic insurers.

Amazon on Thursday announced it is funding the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm in the North Sea while a US seaweed material tech firm this week raised $6 million in pre-Series A funding, providing a welcome boost to a burgeoning industry considered important in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Rio Tinto and trading house Marubeni have agreed to a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure the supply of the mining giant’s low carbon aluminium products to downstream Japanese customers, the two companies announced on Thursday.