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Electricity sector CO2 output in California remained beneath last year’s levels in June despite inching up, according to recent data from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), as renewables’ share power generation declined month-over-month.

Only half of New Zealand’s roughly 4,000 mollusc species have been seen alive. Now geneticists can decode DNA from shells in museum collections to trace the life histories of extinct or rare species. Kerry Walton, Researcher, University of Otago Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Key to success will be transitioning to an ecologically sustainable economy, with greener technologies and industries. Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The California-Quebec August current vintage auction settled at the lowest clearing price in a year, with the sale clearing the second-greatest discount to the secondary market on record and well below most traders’ expectations, according to results published Wednesday.

A California Senate committee will vote Thursday on whether to advance legislation that would adopt a more ambitious 2030 GHG reduction target for the state.

A New York-based CO2 removals manager and advisor received a $60 mln investment from two groups of venture capital and asset management firms, the company announced Wednesday.

Exclusive: Revisions revealed through FOI are more focused on protecting forestry industry than preventing species going extinct, scientists argue

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Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats pushed for a recovery plan for a critically endangered parrot species to be changed to remove and play down the scientific evidence that logging was the biggest threat to its survival.

Scientists said the proposed changes to the recovery plan for the swift parrot – revealed in draft versions made available under freedom of information laws – were more focused on protecting the forestry industry than preventing the species going extinct.

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A large project developer and a carbon removal credit platform have teamed up to scale biochar projects globally in the wake of certifier Verra publishing its methodology for this type of CO2 removal.

Oil rich Nigeria has unveiled its energy transition plan that targets an end to energy poverty by 2030 enshrines a 2060 net zero emissions goal, with key focus on power sector reform, gas and solar growth, and securing $10 billion of foreign investment per year to meet the climate neutral target.

Surge of about 20% this year due to system that concentrates power and profits in hands of few companies

Food price rises around the world are the result of a “broken” food system that is failing the poor and concentrating power and profits in the hands of a few, food experts have said.

Rising food prices are causing widespread suffering in developing countries, and even in the rich world the combination of high food and fuel prices threatens hardship for millions.

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A carbon credit rating agency has given a Verra-certified agroforestry project its lowest possible grading in its latest update.

CEFC has spent nearly $10 billion advancing the green energy transition, but still has $4.5 billion to spend and likely more coming for grid expansion.

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Surge in festivals after Covid lull risks making green spaces elitist as councils try to offset tightened budgets

Cash-strapped councils are increasingly hiring out their green spaces to festivals, an expert has warned, blocking them off from residents for weeks at a time, damaging grass and causing congestion.

Councils were “more desperate than ever” to attract commercial income to supplement their reduced budgets after a pandemic hiatus, risking making public parks “more exclusive and more elitist” in the process.

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Carbon struggled to reverse the losses of the previous two sessions on Wednesday morning as buyers were thin on the ground, while energy markets were mixed amid continuing uncertainty over winter supplies.

Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics

A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate summit by a covert registration process that filtered out groups critical of the Egyptian government.

Egypt’s foreign, environment and social solidarity ministries privately selected and screened NGOs that would be permitted to apply for one-time registration for Cop27, a separate process from applications for official observer status, which closed last year.

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Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and will consider the construction of next-generation reactors to ensure energy security, marking a major policy shift amid domestic opposition to nuclear energy a decade after the Fukushima disaster, media reported Wednesday, citing government officials.

Environmental activists take action at Cobham services in Surrey, Clacket Lane in Kent and Thurrock in Essex

Environmental protesters have blocked three service stations on the M25 in a second day of action this week attempting to put pressure on the government to end new oil and gas projects.

According to the Just Stop Oil campaign, 32 of its supporters took action from 5am at Cobham services in Surrey, Clacket Lane services in Kent and Thurrock services in Essex.

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Flavorings made from mealworms could one day be used on convenience food as a source of protein

Insects can be turned into meat-like flavors, helping provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional meat options, scientists have discovered.

Mealworms, the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, have been cooked with sugar by researchers who found that the result is a meat-like flavoring that could one day be used on convenience food as a source of protein.

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A Canadian carbon removal tech firm has signed a contract with a major Seoul-based construction company to roll out its carbon mineralisation technology in South Korea.

A recently launched initiative to facilitate access to carbon markets for low carbon hydrogen projects will involve the development of a methodological framework and a stakeholder engagement platform as part of the aim to introduce the use of carbon credits to accelerate the decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors with hydrogen use.