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Switzerland’s executive on Wednesday amended its CO2 ordinance as an emergency measure to extend to 2025 several of the country’s climate action instruments, as well as its overall emissions reduction goals, ahead of its new law in the works.

Senior MEPs remain fiercely divided on how quickly to replace EU ETS free allocation with carbon border measures following crunch talks, a well-placed source said on Wednesday, despite identifying more ambitious elements among all the main political groups.

The Life Cycle Analysist (LCA) Specialist will serve as in-house technical expertise for the development of tools, products and services building on life cycle analysis (LCA), and the delivery of consulting work addressing innovative approaches in the context of environmental markets and reporting frameworks.

Reporting to the Director of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Data Science, the Data Scientist will contribute to the development of data-driven tools, products and services building on best practices in data analysis and management.

The EU ETS is working as intended but incentivising industrial sectors to decarbonise will present a significant future challenge with hydrogen and removals expected to be key to meeting European net zero emissions targets, according to several market experts speaking at an event on Wednesday.

Move would also lower emissions by reducing razing of trees and methane emissions from livestock, scientists say

Replacing 20% of the world’s beef consumption with microbial protein, such as Quorn, could halve the destruction of the planet’s forests over the next three decades, according to the latest analysis.

The move would also halve emissions from the global food system, by reducing the razing of trees and the methane emissions from livestock. Previous studies have found meat alternatives have lower environmental footprints but this latest analysis is the first to assess what impact that could have in the world.

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Carbon was marginally lower in early Wednesday trading despite volatile price action, as energy markets rose sharply on news that the EU is to implement a ban on Russian oil imports this year.

Brussels is proposing to progressively ban Russian oil imports from the EU as part of a sixth package of sanctions against Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

A group of entities based in Brazil has held the world's first sale of voluntary carbon credits related to micro-mobility, with the units sold via an auction hosted by Singapore-based exchange AirCarbon (ACX).

Exclusive: Global Warming Policy Foundation has led the backlash against UK government’s net zero policy

An influential thinktank that has led the backlash against the government’s net zero policy has received funding from groups with oil and gas interests, according to tax documents seen by the Guardian and OpenDemocracy.

Though the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has always said it is independent of the fossil fuel industry, the revelations about its funding will raise questions over its campaigning.

Adam Bychawski is a reporter for OpenDemocracy

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Cement manufacturers will need to commit only a modest level of investment to achieve a 17% cut in emissions intensity by 2030, but the industry will need to allocate $1 trillion worth of investment by 2050 if it is to reach net zero emissions status by that year, analysts said in a report published this week.

Last year Idaho approved the killing of 90% of its wolves and Wisconsin killed 200 in less than 60 hours. Recently 500 were killed in the northern Rockies. This is a disaster for our ecosystem

Will Americans ever stop killing wolves?

We stopped commercially hunting whales, and the mass slaughter of bison. We no longer clearcut old-growth redwoods, or use explosives on prairie dog towns, or build massive dams on wild salmon rivers. We no longer kill egrets and herons to adorn women’s hats with their feathers.

Kim Heacox writes frequently for The Guardian about the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and threats to US public lands. He is the author of many books, including The Only Kayak, a memoir, and Jimmy Bluefeather, a novel, both winners of the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Alaska

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Fossil fuel interest groups are telling New Mexicans: let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse

The oil and gas industry wants to play a word-and-picture association game with you. Think of four images: a brightly-colored backpack stuffed with pencils, a smiling teacher with a tablet tucked under her arm, a pair of glasses resting on a stack of pastel notebooks, and a gleaming school bus welcoming a young student aboard.

“What do all of these have in common?” an April 6 Facebook post by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association (NMOGA), asked. “They are powered by oil and natural gas!”

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A German venture has raised €5 million in pre-seed funding to develop a platform that will offer trade in tokenised credits from nature-based offsets and project co-ownership.

Police investigation will look at whether the man wore a helmet, as growing popularity of e-scooters prompts new regulations

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A man riding an electric scooter has died in Perth after colliding with a cyclist early on Wednesday morning.

Police say about 2.25am on Wednesday, the 46-year-old man on the scooter crashed into a cyclist on a blind bend on the corner of Nicholson and Yale roads in Thornlie.

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RenewEconomy founder and editor one of four new inductees into the Smart Energy Council Solar Hall of Fame.

The post RenewEconomy’s Giles Parkinson inducted into Solar Hall of Fame appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How the markets got the price of LGCs completely wrong because they didn't see expect corporates surrender their purchases.

The post No surrender? How renewables markets got LGC price completely wrong appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ACT energy minister warns gas companies face demand 'death spiral' and no future for hydrogen or biogas in residential gas supply.

The post Fossil gas market facing death spiral, says ACT energy minister appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Campaigners seeking land reform to overturn system that they say denies them access to waterways

Canoeists are campaigning for a right to “blue spaces”, with fewer than 4% of England’s rivers open to the public.

Paddlers have described being shouted at and even subjected to physical abuse for passing through some stretches of river during their exercise.

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Plans to develop a large-scale renewable hydrogen production, transportation and export hub in the New South Wales Hunter region have gained hefty new support.

The post Japan renewables giant joins team behind Hunter green hydrogen network appeared first on RenewEconomy.