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The European Commission has published a proposal for the bloc’s revised EU ETS auctioning regulation that features updated annual volumes to be auctioned for the REPowerEU energy security strategy, with some analysts saying the volume is higher than expected and therefore could be bearish for carbon prices.

Two people have reportedly been killed by severe flooding that has engulfed parts of Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri struck the Chinese capital. More than 31,000 people had been evacuated from the city as heavy rain continued to fall there, and in Hebei, Tianjin and eastern Shanxi, as the typhoon dissipated over northern China

• China: 31,000 forced to flee as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy rains

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European carbon prices extended their weakness for a second day on Monday amid mounting selling pressure even as the market prepared for the annual cut in auction supply during August, while energy prices were mixed as gas recovered from a technical sell-off last week.

The PM is misguided to focus so strongly on Ulez and popular low-traffic schemes. Keir Starmer should know better, too

Isn’t it extraordinary that the Tories scent blood over that most prosaic of innovations, the ponderously named low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) – and yet the idea that a few bollards and barriers strewn across residential areas should still become their main line of electoral attack is just further proof that the Tory government has abandoned any attempt to demonstrate serious intent.

Let’s be clear. There is precious little blood to be drawn in LTNs. This is a niche concern, affecting a very small percentage of the population, of whom only a minority are opposed. Moreover, as with the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the issue that has triggered this renewed interest in LTNs, it is the Tories who originally encouraged the concept by persuading and funding councils to introduce them during the pandemic. There is, too, an irony in the fact that the “pro-motorist” campaign against LTNs, previously articulated by the transport secretary, Mark Harper, is now being spearheaded by a prime minister whose default transport mode is a helicopter.

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The Program Manager – Carbon Sequestration will initiate a program of work aimed at the delivery of our carbon sequestration offset program across the region.

This role will be responsible for enabling the realisation of Origin's carbon solutions strategy of project development by closing the gaps in strategic positioning, community acceptance, industry development and regulatory frameworks

The Canadian town of Osoyoos has been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire crossed the border from the US state of Washington. Firefighters are using water cannons from planes to try to control the blaze, which local authorities estimate to be 885 hectares (2,200 acres) in size

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The Senior Policy Officer will join a team of policy analysts providing high quality advice on how Victoria can successfully transition to net zero emissions.

The Principal Policy Adviser will play a crucial role in leading the Emissions Analysis Team, to harness the most up-to-date greenhouse gas emissions knowledge and data to inform Victorian Government climate action policy.

PM claims UK fossil fuel projects key to meeting net zero aim, contradicting much climate science

• Rishi Sunak to use Scottish trip to attack Labour stance on North Sea oil

Rishi Sunak has announced the approval of about 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences, claiming the move would help the UK reach its target of meeting net zero by 2050.

Making a visit to Aberdeenshire on Monday, the prime minister stressed his desire to maintain UK fossil fuel exploration, a key political dividing line with Labour, which has said it will stop any new North Sea drilling if it comes into power.

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The EU has committed €33 million ($36 mln) to Papua New Guinea as part of a forests, climate change, and biodiversity investment programme in a bid to aid the Pacific nation in its transition to a greener economy.

Small enough to be a test case for Australian cities wanting to electrify, but big enough to manifest the challenges the rest of the country will face, the ACT leads Australia's electrification journey.

The post SwitchedOn Australia Podcast: The ACT’s plan for an all-electric future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fossil gas generation on Australia's main grid fell by more than half in June, and there is no sign of an increase.

The post Power from fossil gas plunged by 50 pct in June on Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The developed world needs to be shocked out of its complacency about our warming world, and the unexpected effects that will follow

A surreal video filmed by a tourist in “the most perfect location in Greece” last week, posted to show how “a weekend trip turned into survival mode in 24 hours”, could easily pass for a TV climate crisis awareness-raising campaign. It brings to mind two harrowing adverts released by Save the Children in 2014 and 2016, showing what life would look like for a British girl if war came to our shores and she became a refugee.

The brief Greece video unwittingly follows the same script of rapid unravelling: an idyllic waterside scene is instantly transformed, overshadowed by looming fire and smoke, then abandoned for boats, buses and waiting holding pens as hundreds of tired and bewildered people seek shelter and fail to secure flights out.

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Pressure mounts on other state governments to call time on new gas connections in homes, while the fossil fuel lobby and its supporters rail against "climate crazies."

The post NSW urged to follow Victoria on gas ban, as conservatives rail agains “climate crazies” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A study of purple-crowned fairy-wrens offers lessons for fire management along waterways in tropical savanna ecosystems. Niki Teunissen, Postdoctoral researcher, Wageningen University Anne Peters, Professor, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Concerns over water quality have discouraged a quarter of summer bathers from taking the plunge

Almost a quarter of the UK’s sea swimmers may not take a dip in the ocean this year because of sewage dumping by water companies, according to a poll.

Sewage was dumped into waters near England’s most celebrated beaches for nearly 8,500 hours last year, analysis shows. A separate review earlier this year found there were 1,504 discharges in 2022 on beaches supposed to be free from such pollution.

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South Korea has joined Japan in expressing concern over how Australia’s strengthened Safeguard Mechanism will impact current and future LNG projects it has invested in.

Alumina refineries in Queensland can potentially provide the same amount of storage/demand response as a 2GW/8 hour battery.

The post You see alumina, I see a very big nbattery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

First ever contract with Australian utility will test whether vanadium flow battery can support 100 per cent renewable power in remote and harsh locations.

The post Australian utility signs first vanadium flow battery contract for long duration storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.