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SwitchDin joins US auto giants and other big names in Rocky Mountain Institute-led peak body formed to guide the "explosive growth" of VPPs.

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Federal Labor's safeguard reforms are a modest step in the right direction, but for carbon intensive businesses to survive there needs to be a bunch of acceleration.

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Andrew Forrest weighs in on Sun Cable, all but confirming the company's woes lie in a spat with fellow billionaire backer Mike-Cannon Brookes.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices picked up momentum on the back of a watchdog report and stronger spread activity resuming after the winter break, while Washington Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stalled after the initial bout of trades ahead of the official launch of the state’s cap-and-invest programme at the start of the year.

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Exchange operator ICE in the coming months will change the delivery method for its California and nature-based carbon futures contracts, aligning its procedures with its Europe-based environmental products.

The Brazilian Congress is likely to pass a proposal to launch a national carbon trading programme covering the compliance and voluntary market, endorsed by newly-inaugurated President Lula da Silva, experts told Carbon Pulse.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s (R) administration on Wednesday said it will move to public comment this month its proposal to rescind the state’s RGGI-linked cap-and-trade regulation at the end of the year.

Swiss firm Climeworks on Thursday announced it has distributed its first carbon removal tonnes from its direct air capture plus storage (DAC+S) facility in Iceland to three North American tech giants, with one of the companies having previously pledged to pay a steep price for the credits.

Has climate action bogged down? Hardly. Nations are redoubling their efforts in visible and less visible ways. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Researchers claim to put a number on what Exxon knew about temperature rise as early as the 1970s.

The EU's biggest political group will not support an effort in the European Parliament to increase the ambition of the bloc's nature restoration bill, senior party members said on Thursday while urging that food security and increased cooperation with farmers must be taken into account.  

Verra’s Program Development and Innovation team is seeking a Technical Editing Manager to ensure that existing and new standards and related methodologies are written in a way that facilitates comprehension and their effective use.

Research adds to concerns about the impact of human noise pollution on marine life

We have all experienced the frustration of trying to hold a conversation in a loud pub or restaurant. Now researchers have shown that dolphins may face a similar scenario, showing that they “shout” to each other when faced with background noise.

The findings revealed that a noisy environment makes it harder for dolphins to communicate and cooperate on tasks, adding to concern about the impact of human noise pollution on marine life.

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The EU will face less international opposition for slapping on levy on industrial emissions outside its territory than it did a decade ago with airlines, key lawmaker Peter Liese said on Thursday, judging that the bloc’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will be fully implemented as a result.

The Wildlife Conservation Society has released footage of the hatching of hundreds of thousands of giant South American river turtles. It is the largest single gathering of turtles in the world and happens annually along the Guaporé/Iténez River on the border between Brazil and Bolivia. An estimated 80,000 adult females lay their eggs in sand along the beaches in September and they hatch between December and January. Once the turtles emerge, they crawl to the river and disperse

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