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Singapore’s goods and services tax (GST) will be waived for transactions in the voluntary carbon credit market, the government’s tax authority has announced.

Objections to active travel infrastructures are now picking and choosing data to fit the narrative

I’m starting to wonder if anyone is ever going to make an honest argument against cycling and walking infrastructure again. They do exist. People used to say things like “I want to drive and park wherever I like”, or “why should cyclists and pedestrians inconvenience my much more important car journey?”.

Those are still the basic objections, but these days most prominent opponents realise that it sounds a bit politically incorrect. You need some higher public interest ground, however shaky, to pitch your tent on.

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South Korea on Thursday outlined a number of changes to its emissions trading scheme that it will implement in the near term to improve the effectiveness of the programme, while it will continue to work towards broader, more fundamental market reforms in the longer term.

Report exposes scale of human waste discharges into UK waters, including potentially illegal ‘dry spills’

Water companies have been releasing sewage on to beaches and in rivers even when it is not raining, according to a report from Surfers Against Sewage.

Sewage spills are only supposed to happen under exceptional circumstances; when it is raining so heavily that the system cannot cope with the amount of water and effluent being spewed at once.

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Beijing sold only around half of the 2 million allowances on offer at Wednesday’s auction, which was held for emitters still needing to acquire units for 2021 compliance, with the sale clearing at the floor price.

Ark Energy cuts area of Chalumbin wind farm in half, to avoid sensitive ecological and cultural heritage sites. But it doubles size of turbines.

The post Ark Energy halves size of Queensland wind farm, but doubles size of turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A look at South Australia’s week in isolation and the role of rooftop solar. Plus: Another failed venture.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Turn it off, turn it on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Climate change – driven largely by the burning of coal – is driving extreme weather events that are taking an increasing toll on unit costs for coal miners.

The post Coal-driven climate change is becoming a big problem – for coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New large scale solar farm to supply power to major glass manufacturing facility in South Australia.

The post South Australia to host another large scale solar farm to power glass manufacturer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The federal government will legislate new protections for Indigenous heritage sites, accepting all but one of the recommendations of a report on mining company Rio Tinto's catastrophic destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal sacred site at Juukan Gorge. But the organisation representing the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) traditional owners of the site says it is 'angry and disappointed' by the government's response because it was not consulted on the content. A spokesperson for Tanya Plibersek said the environment minister's office attempted to engage with the PKKP 'on at least four occasions since the response was approved by cabinet on Tuesday'

• Labor commits to new Indigenous heritage protections but response to Juukan Gorge report angers traditional owners
• Juukan Gorge traditional owners sign agreement with Rio Tinto to co-manage WA mining land

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From offshore wind-powered public energy utilities, to cheap solar and batteries for everyone, all the way to stockpiling gas, we break down Victoria's energy policy mix.

The post It’s election time in Victoria: Who’s promising what on energy and transition to renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL announces closure of the Torrens Island B gas generator as the switch to 100 per cent renewables in South Australia gathers pace.

The post AGL to close big gas power station as switch to 100 per cent renewables marches on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian was considered apocryphal and had been locked away in a museum cupboard.

Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year

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In the wake of the UN climate talks in Egypt, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, gave birth to a new factoid in a question to the prime minister this week.

The government, Dutton claimed, “has just signed up to funding a $2tn loss and damage climate fund” that would send money overseas.

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Compliance offsets issued by California regulator ARB for the two-weeks that began in mid-November were the third-lowest of all the reporting periods for the year, continuing the trend of 2022 issuances significantly trailing year-ago levels, according to government data published Wednesday.

IAG’s British Airways has added an option for its passengers to buy CO2 removals credits to address their flight emissions in addition to its conventional carbon credit and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offerings.

A Canadian green technology company on Tuesday announced a private placement for C$10 million ($7.5 mln) in notes that will be convertible into VERs from its equipment to reduce vehicle emissions.

Inbreeding usually leads to an accumulation of genetic defects, but evolution on a small archipelago may have helped the severely inbred Chatham Island black robin to avoid this fate. Nicolas Dussex, Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm University Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, Coastal People: Southern Skies Centre of Resarch Excellence, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate eye "super hybrid" projects in Victoria, including pumped hydro, flow batteries, compressed air and hydrogen storage.

The post New venture eyes 4.5GW of long duration storage in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.