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This role will serve as part of Wood Mackenzie’s global Carbon research team, in the Multi-Commodity Research (MCR) division. This is an excellent opportunity to join a strong, global team and make a major contribution to the energy transition at a global scale.

The Senior Analyst develops original research, analysis and forecasts on the state and trends of voluntary carbon markets. They will focus on carbon offsetting and on voluntary carbon markets - but are expected to have a general understanding of the broader carbon markets landscape.

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.

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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. 

Map used to flag red all raw sewage releases into bathing waters – but firm now says it factors in ‘impact’

A water company has changed its pollution alert map for the public to stop issuing automatic red alerts after a discharge.

Southern Water attracted public criticism this summer for releasing raw sewage via storm overflows after heavy rain along coastal Kent. Campaigners used social media to widely share the company’s Beachbuoy map, which marks beaches at risk of pollution from raw sewage discharges with a red cross, often revealing that much of the coast has been affected.

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ITM Power, which makes electrolyser machines, says splitting water using renewable energy has become more cost-effective than gas

The war in Ukraine and spike in the price of natural gas have underlined the benefits of switching to “green hydrogen” production as the only “net zero energy gas”, according to the British firm ITM Power.

The Sheffield-based company, which manufactures electrolyser machines that make hydrogen from water, said the energy crisis had shown hydrogen represents a viable alternative to methane gas.

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Former chief scientist and current federal government advisor on low emissions technology says there is no need to include nuclear power in Australia's future energy.

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EU carbon prices traded either side of Tuesday's settlement in modest volume as the market absorbed European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's 'State of the EU' speech on Wednesday morning, while energy markets were firmer in response to Commission proposals to address the bloc's energy crisis.

Propelled by strong activity in China, global wind turbine order intake soared to a new record of 43GW in the second quarter of 2022, up an impressive 36% from the second quarter of 2021. New figures published this week by energy analysts Wood Mackenzie showed that not only was the second quarter a record quarter […]

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South Korea’s monthly CO2 permit auction held on Wednesday cleared just 0.6% below the secondary market, with bidding interest declining compared to the previous sale.

The European Commission will stick to its plans to propose a windfall levy on non-gas power generators in an attempt to redistribute what it sees as excess profits among households and businesses grappling with an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday.

Issuances for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) shot up this week but are still down compared to previous updates, as an energy company voluntarily removed two landfill gas projects from the register.

Concern as heart arrhythmias appear to be triggered even when air pollution within quality limits

Healthy teenagers are more prone to irregular heartbeats after breathing in fine particulate air pollution, according to the first major study of its impact on otherwise healthy young individuals.

The findings have raised concern among researchers because heart arrhythmias, which can increase the risk of heart disease and sudden cardiac death, appear to be triggered even when air pollution is within common air quality limits.

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Japan this week hosted more than 30 governments and organisations at a meeting aiming to launch a new global partnership this year to encourage more nations to participate in international emissions trade and implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.