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Environmental groups and business organisations filed an intervention Wednesday to defend the market-based Climate Protection Program (CPP) in Oregon against a lawsuit seeking to roll back regulations.

It needs a roadmap to net zero, to secure the Climate Change Authority, and measures for a proper national conversation

Labor’s climate change bill is poised to pass the Senate after the government agreed to amendments proposed by independent senator David Pocock to improve accountability and transparency.

The bill would set a national emissions target for 2030 and define a process to ratchet it up over time, as well as enshrining the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The independent Climate Change Authority will recommend future targets. These are sound and useful elements and will serve Australia’s climate policymaking well.

Yet three important elements are not in the bill: a long-term roadmap to net zero, securing the future of the Climate Change Authority, and measures for a proper national conversation on our journey to net zero emissions. And the 43% emissions reduction target should be considered only a starting point.

What will the shift to net zero emissions mean for our economy?

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Heat pumps use a fraction of the energy of traditional electric or gas heaters, which means they slash both energy costs and emissions. Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

When it comes to emissions reduction, Australia needs a proper national conversation and a long-term plan. The climate change bill about to pass parliament doesn’t provide this. Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Environmentalists assess cabinet appointments and say it is ‘a mixed bag’ and there is no clear direction

The spotlight on energy should be the UK’s opportunity to finally adopt a green agenda that sets a clear path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But Truss’s own pronouncements – more oil drilling, more gas fracking – and many of her cabinet appointments suggest action on net zero could be undermined rather than boosted by her government. As the makeup of her government comes into focus, will it head in the direction environmentalists say the UK urgently needs to travel?

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A US-based carbon credit platform launched an updated version of its screening process for listing forestry projects on Wednesday, using ‘dynamic’ satellite data to audit CO2 savings in a bid to overcome criticism of over-crediting based on its previous use of  ‘static’ historical data.

Liz Truss reiterated her commitment to domestic oil and gas on Wednesday, as climate advocates provided policy recommendations through official and non-official channels to the newly minted UK prime minister.

BEIS has been sitting on report delivered in early July into possible effect of fracking in UK

Liz Truss must publish a recently completed review on fracking in the UK, green campaigners have urged, amid speculation the new prime minister plans a U-turn that would lift the moratorium on shale gas drilling.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been sitting on a report delivered in early July by the British Geological Survey into the possible effects of fracking in the UK, including the danger of Earth tremors.

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Newly minted UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced plans on Wednesday to form a Citizens’ Assembly to “fix climate and costs”, noting the context of record-breaking climate impacts and a deepening cost of living crisis in the nation.

Is Liz Truss' new government still committed to dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050?

One of the largest project developers in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is looking to scale the regenerative agriculture market by teaming up with a US agtech start-up company that secured $38 mln in second round funding in May amid plans to broaden the global reach of its software.

EUAs rallied on Wednesday morning after three days of losses as EUA auctions started a two-day pause, while energy markets drifted as EU lawmakers unveiled measures to cap the wholesale price of energy.

Group says ‘climate disaster’ vehicles targeted in nine countries including the UK, France and Canada

The climate activist group the Tyre Extinguishers has claimed its largest night of action yet against SUVs, with more than 600 vehicles “disarmed” across nine countries.

Over the night marking six months since the launch of the campaign, which encourages people to covertly deflate the tyres of SUVs, activists took action in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Canada.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that Brussels is planning a set of measures to shield vulnerable consumers and businesses, with the emergency package featuring a mandatory target for reducing electricity use during peak hours, the introduction of a windfall tax on generators using other sources than gas and a cap on gas flows from Moscow.

Victory for couple shows continuing role of European nature conservation laws in post-Brexit Britain

The high court has ordered the Environment Agency to reduce water abstraction and protect England’s rare wetland habitats in a landmark case that confirms that European nature conservation laws remain enforceable despite Britain having left the EU.

The victory for Tim and Geli Harris means that the Environment Agency will be forced to tackle the damage caused by the removal of water from the internationally important wetlands of the Norfolk Broads, home to rare species including the Norfolk Hawker dragonfly and the swallowtail butterfly.

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The bosses of major energy intensive industry associations have sent a joint letter to the European Commission calling for urgent action to save the sector ahead of a key ministerial meeting, as energy costs have soared and plants have closed.

A South Korean company on Wednesday announced it is launching the nation’s first ‘carbon neutral lubricants’ product, using offsets from a Uruguay-based reforestation project that was given the worst possible score by a carbon offset ratings agency earlier this year.

Southern Ocean heat uptake accounts for almost all the planet’s ocean warming, thereby controlling the rate of climate change. Maurice Huguenin, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney Ryan Holmes, Research fellow, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An industry association for China's building materials sector has reiterated its commitment to help local cement producers peak their CO2 emissions by 2023, a target observers believe to be on track.