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I’ve seen whale entanglement in shark nets firsthand, when a humpback whale calf drowned in one a few years back. It was terrible. Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We are looking for an ambitious applicant, who shares our mission of a low carbon future, to join our Carbon Desk as a Sales and Business Development Associate.

Based out of the America’s Field Division, CI is seeking a Senior Carbon Project Manager to assist in originating, evaluating, and developing a project pipeline of new bankable avoided deforestation, restoration, improved forest management, and other NCS projects and jurisdictional-scale initiatives, both internally within CI and externally with outside partners.

An investigation finds supermarkets sell imported ham produced under conditions banned in the UK.

The Albanese government review of climate and security risk is a crucial first step in preparing Australia for the dangers ahead. But it must avoid these five pitfalls.

The post Australia has finally accepted climate change as a national security threat. What next? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia leads the rest of the world in the generation of rooftop solar. However, the same cannot be said about the take-up of household batteries.

The post Solar duck curve: Why we must fix the cause and not just the symptoms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany aims for 80pct by 2030 with target of 32GW of new wind and solar a year, plus offshore wind and green hydrogen targets.

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False suggestions that Sydney floods were linked to weather manipulation reach thousands online.

A European NGO has warned against the pitfalls of net zero portfolio pledges, offering recommendations for financial and non-financial segments to achieve carbon neutrality in the real economy in a scathing report.

Private equity firm Blackstone is investing $400 million through its Energy Partners arm into carbon commodities platform Xpansiv, the companies announced Wednesday. 

A Canadian waste management project developed with Bluesource was given a low grading by an offset ratings firm this week, with three other activities also awarded ratings for the first time. 

For many Māori, fisheries are the most significant assets. Any geographical shift in fish stocks will have major implications for their commercial seafood interests. Maui Hudson, Associate Professor, Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chemicals firm Air Products has signed a deal with Vitol’s UK power generator VPI to develop the ‘H3’ Humber Hydrogen Hub, an 800 MW blue hydrogen production facility in Immingham.

Pennsylvania opened RGGI compliance accounts for regulated parties on Wednesday as the state entered the regional power sector cap-and-trade programme on July 1, according to CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) data.

The risks of non-additionality of conservatively-issued High Forest, Low Deforestation carbon credits pale in comparison to the risks of losing the world’s remaining expanses of intact forests, argues the board of ART TREES crediting programme in response to recent views that such credits should not be allowed for use to offset emissions by airlines under CORSIA because they are not additional.

A government review, now in train, is crucial in preparing Australia for the climate dangers ahead. But we must get it right. Robert Glasser, Honorary Professor, Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday by environmental groups against the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM over its ‘Fly Responsibly’ advertisement campaign could prove pertinent to other airlines' plans to offset emissions, or even to the sector's ambitions under the UN’s CORSIA offsetting scheme.

University of Cambridge researchers find amphibians dwelling as high as 3 metres above ground

Scientists hunting for dormice have been surprised to find toads sleeping in their nest boxes, high up in the trees.

A study has for the first time revealed the frequency with which the common toad nests and breeds in the trees.

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The European Commission has launched a call for experts in carbon removals to form part of an expert group to advise on policy initiatives and legislation concerning both nature-based and industrial removals.

The UK's energy security bill published Wednesday did not mention the country's 2024 coal phaseout date, despite the government in 2021 pledging to close all of its assets over the next two years.