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Net zero is a target that countries should be striving for to stop the climate crisis. But beyond the buzzword, it is a complex scientific concept – and if we get it wrong, the planet will keep heating.

Biodiversity and environment reporter Patrick Greenfield explains how a loophole in the 2015 Paris climate agreement allows countries to cheat their net zero targets through creative accounting, and how scientists want us to fix it

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Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’

The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered the existence of acid rain in North America has warned.

A blitzkrieg launched by Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on clean air and water regulations could revert the US to a time when cities were routinely shrouded in smog and even help usher back acid rain, according to Gene Likens, whose experiments helped identify acidic rainwater in the 1960s.

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Final gathering in April will mark end of street protests although campaign to continue ‘in courts and prisons’

Supporters of the climate group Just Stop Oil have announced that, after three years of disruptive protests, they are ending their campaign of civil resistance.

Hannah Hunt, whose speech on Valentine’s Day 2022 marked the beginning of the campaign, made the announcement outside Downing Street in London on Thursday.

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Duration of spills by water companies up on previous year, in data described by environment secretary as ‘disgraceful’

Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and coastal waters in England for almost 4m hours last year, with waterways that have the highest environmental protections subjected to days of pollution.

Data released by the Environment Agency on Thursday revealed water companies discharged untreated effluent for 3.62m hours, a slight increase on last year.

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A Greek utility reported a significant drop in its lignite-fired electricity generation last year, in financial results published late on Wednesday, while a large German producer urged Berlin to provide greater clarity on gas-fired power infrastructure, also posting a strong fall in fossil fuel use.

Russian officials recently held a roundtable to discuss forest climate projects in a bid to determine how to move the market forward, citing hundreds of millions of carbon credit potential in the country.

The Philippines is aiming to provide more clarity by mid-year on how investors can utilise the country's forest lands to create carbon credits, a webinar heard Thursday.

Rising forest carbon losses could significantly undermine global climate goals and double the cost of mitigation efforts, a study published Thursday has revealed.

A gas reservation scheme could help to ease supply concerns in Australia, but expanding gas production is a folly. Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.

Pakistan has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), with the South Asian nation agreeing to introduce a carbon levy from July.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia this week launched an open tender for a feasibility study on carbon credit projects in the eastern coastal regions of Berau and Alor, focusing on potential revenue from conservation efforts and carbon sequestration capacity.

The combination of Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) issuances and lower emissions will constrain the demand for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in the medium term, according to analysis published Thursday.

The Smart Energy Council wants you to know how much your power bills will rise by if the Coalition's nuclear plan wins the May vote.

The post Campaign against nuclear heats up with attack ads aiming at hip pocket appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week approved guidelines to permit digital asset exchanges, brokers, and traders to provide tokenised versions of carbon credits, renewable energy certificates (RECs), and emissions allowances.

A Queensland court has recommended against the expansion of an existing thermal coal mine based on the lack of the evidence by its operators that they plan to actively mitigate emissions.

Updated: Andrew Forrest unveils plans for one of the country's biggest solar farms to help propel his company's plans to achieve "real zero" emissions by 2030.

The post Andrew Forrest plans one of Australia’s biggest solar farms in push for “real zero” at iron ore mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New CLP government scraps Labor's 50 pct renewables target, but its focus on gas may leave it exposed to the blackouts it warns from the switch to solar.

The post Renewable target scrapped as CLP goes all in on ageing gas plant, and is warned of blackout risks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal mine owners are being allowed to report fugitive methane emissions that are failing to provide the full scope of what is being released.

The post The industry numbers lie: Coal mine methane emissions are worse than you think appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Credit prices across North American clean fuels programmes are expected to fluctuate amid persisting regulatory and political uncertainties, North American Carbon World (NACW) participants heard this week.