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Campaigners who blockaded Staffordshire oil terminal remanded for refusing to comply with court proceedings

More than 50 protesters who are demanding urgent action to address the climate crisis were sent to jail on one day this week after refusing to comply with court proceedings.

The campaigners, who were appearing before judges at two separate hearings in London and Birmingham, had broken an injunction to take part in a blockade of the Kingsbury oil terminal near Tamworth in Staffordshire on Wednesday.

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A REDD forestry project developer is negotiating a new revenue share model from offset sales in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at a time when heightened prices are helping to spur booming activity.

Organization: Wildlife Works Position: Technical Climate Policy Analyst Duty Station: Burlington, VT, US Deadline for Application: 30 September 2022

The Swiss federal council on Friday adopted a revision of the country's climate law for 2025-30, seeking to halve greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels via targeted incentives rather than new or higher CO2-related pricing.

Voluntary carbon credit retirements are set to grow at their slowest rate since 2016 and may even shrink year-on-year in 2022, according to data collated by an analytics provider that would end more than five years of strong market growth with multiple factors also pointing towards weakness in 2023.

EUA prices rose strongly after the daily auction on Friday as the approaching expiry of September options drove some short covering in a very thin market, while the start of a new LNG import terminal in the Netherlands pushed gas prices lower and raised the prospect of more gas consumption for power.

The US will give $5 million to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help reduce methane emissions on the continent, building on a recent US-EU sponsored initiative to boost funding to rein in output of the potent greenhouse gas in the developing world.

Weekly trading volume in China’s national emissions market posted a new low for this quarter, as the long wait for clarity on the next compliance cycle continues to drain liquidity.

An Australian industry body has certified that a green ammonia plant being built in the Pilbara region of Western Australia will be supplied by a zero emissions source.

China’s thermal power generation in August jumped by 14.8% from a year ago, outpacing a 9.9% gain in overall power output, as concerns over energy security continue to grow, government data showed Friday.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a transparent crustacean, an anteater and relaxing kangaroos

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SUVs made up half of all new car sales last year. They’re a drag on Australia successfully reducing its total greenhouse gas emissions. Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Nic Surawski, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The King is no woolly liberal. He’s the head of a hereditary monarchy that is ultimately focused on its own survival

The tone was sombre, emotional even. Prince Charles could not, he said, describe the “depths of his personal sorrow”.

But he wasn’t speaking of his recent bereavement. This was a speech back in June to Commonwealth heads of government in Rwanda, expressing regret for the suffering wrought by slavery. The Commonwealth could not move forward without acknowledging the “wrongs of the past”, he said.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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Australian Investment Council awards Pacific Equity Partners Large Cap Investment Award for investing in Intellihub and generating significant returns for investors.

The post Pacific Equity Partners wins gong for backing Aussie smart meter business appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The food and livestock industry, particularly beef and dairy, face as big a climate problem as fossil fuels – but in a dramatically accelerated timeframe.

The post Will the food and livestock industry follow fossil fuels over the market cliff? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A 1MW vertical axis floating offshore wind turbine will be given a test run in seas off Norway, its developers say.

The post Vertical axis floating offshore wind turbine gears up for 1MW trial in Norway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The cost of electricity in Australia's main grid was more than $6.7 billion in June, or around $750 per household for a single month.

The post Revealed: The extraordinary cost of “keeping the lights on” in month of June appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARENA tips $47m into Australia’s first "substantial" renewable hydrogen project, and one of the largest so far in the world, putting it on track for completion in 2024.

The post Works to begin on “world-first” green hydrogen electrolyser in Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Just one day after the Queen’s death, another deeply sobering study related to the dangers of exceeding 1.5C of global warming was published

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II continues to reverberate globally. The ensuing media frenzy, rabid and ravenous at times, has been quite something to behold. I cannot think of another event or issue that’s received even remotely a similar amount of attention in recent times.

I am not here to argue about the merit and contributions of the Queen and the royal family though, nor a long overdue transition to an Australian republic, or the far too often overlooked, disregarded and darker history and confronting issues, including maintenance of power structures and the ongoing damage and ravages of state-sanctioned colonialism. That is not my place nor area of expertise, and I genuinely want to extend my sincere condolences to all who are saddened and suffering, whatever their reason, and whatever cultural background, political and personal persuasion they may have.

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