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South African business groups have urged the government to slow the proposed pace of national carbon tax increases for fear it could hurt growth and hinder their decarbonisation strategies.

If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it

Neoliberalism can’t and won’t fix our climate crisis or save our endangered species from extinction.

Market-based policies have failed spectacularly when it comes to aged care, disability care and saving the Murray River. But despite the catalogue of catastrophe, earlier this month Tanya Plibersek said: “Ultimately, I would like to see the market truly valuing nature, so that protecting forests is more valuable than destroying them.”

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Readying retired German coal plants for use during the winter in case of gas shortfalls is not economically viable for the sector, Germany’s coal industry says.

The post German coal industry says more money needed to revive plants to save gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Berlin-based startup that aims to help the cement industry slash its carbon emissions has secured €10 million in Series A funding.

Quebec handed out the remainder of its free carbon market permit distribution on Wednesday, with the year-on-year total climbing as the provincial economy bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic and more entities received allowances.

California regulator ARB issued the largest number of compliance offsets since March this week, according to government data published Wednesday, while offset discount values widened slightly as WCI allowance prices gradually recover from lows seen at the start of the month.

The US EPA’s proposed 2023 Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will introduce a new fuel pathway, and the agency will look at another emerging fuel type down the road, a government official said Wednesday.

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Millions of mangroves died off along Australia’s northern coast. The cause? El Niño - and the moon’s wobbly orbit causing extremely low tides. Neil Saintilan, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Transition to blue light radiation across Europe increases suppression of sleep hormone melatonin, say scientists

Blue light from artificial sources is on the rise, which may have negative consequences for human health and the wider environment, according to a study.

Academics at the University of Exeter have identified a shift in the kind of lighting technologies European countries are using at night to brighten streets and buildings. Using images produced by the International Space Station (ISS), they have found that the orange-coloured emissions from older sodium lights are rapidly being replaced by white-coloured emissions produced by LEDs.

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EU parliamentarians voted on Wednesday to raise bloc-wide 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewable energy while curbing biomass use, with both measures taking centre stage in the EU debate examining how to increase energy independence following the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.

It would cost just $20 billion to purchase the severely endangered areas of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest based on a conservative estimate by the CEO of a carbon offset technology firm in the country, a conference heard on Wednesday.

Traditional carbon market actors are deepening ties in the DeFi world as a veteran developer is partnering with a US crypto firm to develop a “blockchain-first” removals project, while Gold Standard has joined fellow certifier ACR in seeking views on creating digital tokens from their credits.

The current lack of understanding and development of a global carbon removals policy threatens climate goals with experts warning that there remains a lack of strategic thinking, focus on false solutions, and challenges with distinguishing between removals and reductions, ahead of crucial EU CDR policy proposal expected by the end of the year.

Wind output sets a new record peak of 146 per cent of state demand in South Australia.

The post Wind energy hits record peak of 146 per cent of state demand in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A carbon credit rating agency has awarded moderate gradings to two projects over the past week, while reaffirming the ratings of one of the nine projects it put 'on watch' last month.