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Many useful members of this "iconic" plant family are at risk of extinction, according to a study.

The recent passage of federal and subnational legislation to incentivise clean energy will keep the lid on an already soft California Carbon Allowance (CCA) market, analysis from a major US investment bank said Friday.

A US-headquartered nature-based solutions project developer has lost its Chief Sustainability Office to one of its partners.

Exchange operator ICE is changing its rules to allow market participants to use EU Allowances as margin cover, it announced Monday.

A Toronto-based VER investor expects to generate cash flow in 2023, though there is still no timetable for resolution to the Indonesian government’s temporary halt of offset issuances to the Rimba Raya REDD project, the company announced Monday.

The findings will help us better understand how biodiversity responds to a changing climate over time. Rieneke Weij, Postdoctoral researcher in Geochemistry/Palaeoclimatology, University of Cape Town Jon Woodhead, Research Scientist Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Liz Reed, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia needs a set of clear numeric targets entrenched in our highest laws, namely our constitutions. Constitutions spell out our most sacrosanct commitments. They are hard to budge once enacted. Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Biofilica Ambipar Environment S.A. is hiring a professional to develop relationships and sales with companies to offer carbon credits in their portfolio.

Italy, the EU’s third-largest economy, is poised to be run by a hard-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni after the leader of populist party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) came out as the absolute winner of the country’s snap elections, in a history-making victory set to put domestic gas supply and nuclear resurgence at the core of the national energy debate.

Italy, the EU’s third-largest economy, is poised to be run by a hard-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni after the leader of populist party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) came out as the absolute winner of the country’s snap elections, in a history-making victory set to put domestic gas supply and nuclear resurgence at the core of the national energy debate.

First offshore green hydrogen electrolyser produces its first batch of green hydrogen in France.

The post World’s first offshore green hydrogen electrolyser begins production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Emissions under the EU ETS are likely to increase in 2022 as thermal generation increases, but also as more industrial companies are turning to petroleum-based fuels as an alternative to natural gas, according to bank analysts.

Emissions under the EU ETS are likely to increase in 2022 as thermal generation increases, but also as more industrial companies are turning to petroleum-based fuels as an alternative to natural gas, according to bank analysts.

Though they are the most well known, magpies are not the only Australian swoopers

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For the first time in Sean Dooley’s two decades of bird watching, he has been swooped twice this year by a nesting male magpie.

The magpie had met its match, however. Dooley works at Bird Life Australia, an organisation dedicated to conserving native birds and their habitats, and knows how to avoid a swoop without damage to the person or bird.

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Standardised nature-based offsets slumped lower over the past week as the wider marco-economic gloom and the strength of the dollar weighed on the market.

Standardised nature-based offsets slumped lower over the past week as the wider marco-economic gloom and the strength of the dollar weighed on the market.

Low-cost air carrier EasyJet on Monday announced it will soon stop automatically purchasing carbon credits to offset flight emissions as part of its net zero roadmap, and instead focus on a suite of other GHG mitigation strategies in its SBTi-aligned plan.

Low-cost air carrier EasyJet on Monday announced it will soon stop automatically purchasing carbon credits to offset flight emissions as part of its net zero roadmap, and instead focus on a suite of other GHG mitigation strategies in its SBTi-aligned plan.