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The Callide coal-fired power station in Queensland has been forced offline following a series of malfunctions at the 57-year-old facility.

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A new wind energy generation record for the UK, as offshore and onshore wind farms contribute more than 20GW to the grid at one point this week.

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The UK ETS Authority will proceed with legislating to introduce new legal obligations to publish compliance and other scheme data, it announced late Thursday, while shelving plans to release regular reports on permit holdings.

Journalist apologises for ‘unintentional’ lifting of material from political analysis written by Josh Bavas and is revealed to have copied Queensland parliament factsheet. Plus: Quillette charges US$150 for New Orleans social

In an opinion piece in March, the Courier-Mail columnist Peter Gleeson – who apologised this week for plagiarising another journalist’s work – filled 62% of his article with copy from a Queensland parliament factsheet.

In his Gleeso Confidential column, the former editor of the Sunday Mail used hundreds of words from the official document without quotation marks, Weekly Beast can reveal.

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Stunning new peaks for instantaneous share in the country's two biggest grids, and an insight into what a near 100% wind and solar share looks like over a whole week.

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WA switches on Project Symphony, a VPP harnessing customer resources from rooftop solar and battery storage to hot water systems and electric vehicles.

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Saudi Arabia will roll out a line of electric vehicles in 2025  in partnership with BMW and Taiwan’s Foxconn to “ignite a new domestic industry and ecosystem."

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Australia will need to walk the talk at COP27. That means moving rapidly away from coal and gas, and helping developing nations manage climate impacts.

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NSW declares the third of its planned five renewable energy zones as it accelerates plans to deal with shift from coal over coming decade.

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Along with my neighbours, I’ll find out today whether the Murrumbidgee River will inundate our homes

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Pictures flood my phone of waters serenely enveloping the plain that surrounds my village in north Wagga Wagga. Along with about 300 neighbours, I’ll find out today whether the Murrumbidgee River will inundate our homes.

But as residents watch the rising flood waters, we face an unsettling quiet. The point of no return has already been passed and the river will have its way: our homes, situated within a ring levee in the middle of a New South Wales Riverina region flood plain, are already cut off.

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The summit in Egypt could be the world's best hope of progress on the climate issue, says Justin Rowlatt.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices traded through a volatile week alongside Scoping Plan enthusiasm and broader market sentiment, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices continued a steady trek higher to levels not seen since the end of August.

The European Commission is launching the third call for large-scale projects under the EU ETS-funded Innovation Fund, confirming an earlier intention for the call to be at €3 billion.

A Toronto-based ESG investor signed a carbon credit streaming agreement with a developer to build a biochar pyrolysis pilot facility in Enfield, Maine, the companies announced Thursday.

The VCM is set to be the topic of several events organised on the margins of COP27 in Egypt this week, where experts are due to debate its merits over its weaknesses, while initiatives aimed at improving integrity highlight progress to date.

A Calgary-based investment firm is betting big on carbon credits under Alberta's Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) regime, seeking to significantly ramp up its offset holdings next year after a large capital raise.

COP27 is Australia’s chance to join the global climate effort, but we’ll need to bring more to the table to be taken seriously. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Dams prevent platypus movements, which restricts the exchange of genes essential to maintaining healthy populations. Luis Mijangos, Researcher, Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Italy's Enel reported a 45% increase year-on-year in EU ETS-covered fossil generation, while German firm Uniper published a record quarterly loss due to a cease in Russian gas imports, according to utility reports published Thursday across two of Europe's largest energy companies. 

US-headquartered offset developer and intermediary ClimeCo on Wednesday announced it has acquired the VER inventory and customer networks from a carbon credit retail firm that recently shifted its operational focus.