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All Australian banks and investors will soon need to make zero-deforestation commitments because it is increasingly well known that Australia is a deforestation hotspot, and this is attracting the scrutiny of legislators, consumers, and investors, the Wilderness Society writes.

A group of companies said Thursday they have bid to explore several of the 10 areas made available for carbon capture and storage location exploration by the Australian government earlier this year in a bid to establish themselves in the emerging Asia-Pacific CCS value chain.

Rife deforestation 500 years ago aligns with western barbastelle slump, finds study of bat DNA

The examples of flora and fauna disappearing because of human excesses over the past 50 years are manifold, but research has found that the decline of a characterful bat began in the UK when its trees were felled for shipbuilding 500 years ago.

Experts from the University of Exeter and the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) have concluded that a 99% drop in Britain’s western barbastelle bat populations began when trees were chopped down in the early days of Britain’s empire building.

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Greenpeace Australia Pacific has filed a lawsuit against a major oil and gas company over claims the company has made in connection with its use of offset credits.

The overriding question the world now faces is whether the broad commitments nations agreed to are enough as climate change gathers pace. The answer, alarmingly, is no.

The post COP28 deal suggests days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Countries agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, but oil and gas firms are ramping up production.

The post The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bowen says COP28 agreement is a "big deal", with a clear warning to fossil fuels that the world is committed to transition to clean energy. But will it be quick enough?

The post “Read the text:” Bowen’s warning to fossil fuel industry as COP finally embraces transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US prosecutors say the pair sold birds that they shot on a reservation in Montana.

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One of the most contested wind projects in NSW wins planning approval from department, just the second wind project in five years in the state. But it still has another hurdle to jump.

The post Hills of Gold: Contested New England wind farm wins planning approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists use a radar satellite to take a "tape measure" to the world's biggest block of ice.

Artificial intelligence helps people identify what animals they are looking at and aids conservation.

Investigations suggest a large share of ‘used’ cooking oil being imported could be wrongly labelled as demand outpaces supply

Tighter rules are needed to ensure that the imported “used” cooking oil that airlines hope will power cleaner flights is not in fact virgin palm oil, campaigners have warned.

About 80% of waste oil is imported to create biofuels that are mostly still used in cars, vans and lorries despite growing demand from aviation. About 60% of those imports come from China.

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People love natural swimming spots, but it’s important to manage them well to protect both swimmers and the environment. Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is looking to advance infrastructure for transport and storage of CO2 from industrial and power generation sources in pursuit of federal climate goals.

California boosted the issuance of compliance-grade offsets since the prior distribution in November, but none of the credits were tagged with direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) this time round, according to data published by the state regulator ARB on Wednesday.

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) proponents are pressed to bring integrity to the ecosystem with new tools outlined across multiple events on the sidelines of the COP28 UN climate summit, but the collapse of negotiations on international emissions trade in Dubai may hinder efforts to converge markets.

Bolivia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a global carbon standard to educate stakeholders and share knowledge about the nation's carbon market activity.

AEMO says more gas power might be needed to cover early coal closures, but predicts longer term decline as wind, solar and storage over growing demand for electrification.

The post AEMO says more gas needed in W.A. to cover coal exits and electrification, but maybe not appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers evaluating the robustness of carbon credit baselines for jurisdictional-scale avoided deforestation projects have exposed serious challenges in their accuracy and consistency, according to a new study.