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At least 400 attendees require treatment for heat-related symptoms on first day of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. The event, which started earlier this week, has drawn 43,000 young Scouts from 158 countries this year

• Heatwave sees hundreds fall ill at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea

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The Australian government has released draft changes to the treatment of coal mines under the Safeguard Mechanism, however analysis estimates it will only have a marginal impact on future Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) demand.

Climate change is ramping up, and with it, so is the rhetoric for action. It’s a fine line to walk between sounding the alarm and being accused of alarmism. Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Group chaired by former chief scientist Ian Chubb writes to Tanya Plibersek, saying ‘business as usual’ on the reef is not an option

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Leading national experts on the Great Barrier Reef have called for an urgent reassessment of the way the world’s biggest reef system is managed, saying current approaches are too inflexible in the face of “unremitting global warming.”

An established independent expert panel, chaired by the former chief scientist Ian Chubb, wrote to the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, saying “business as usual” is no longer an option.

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The gas industry is telling consumers that ditching their appliances will break the grid. And other nonsense.

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UNSW modelling shows the magnitude, frequency and duration of "solar ramping" will change significantly over the next century. But there are workarounds.

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Sightings rise to 170,000 so far this year as climate breakdown changes behaviour of species

Red admiral butterflies are enjoying a 400% boom in British gardens this year, data reveals, as the migrant insect favours the warmer climes brought by climate breakdown.

Butterfly Conservation has reported 170,000 sightings of the majestic red and black insect so far this year in its annual Big Butterfly Count.

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Analysts have left their short-term forecasts for EU carbon prices more or less unchanged despite a large drop in carbon-intensive power generation and sluggish demand from industrials, while again raising their longer-term outlooks and significantly slashing their expectations for UK carbon costs.

A Singaporean tech company has announced plans to produce biochar from sugarcane bagasse waste in Indonesia, and aims to pay for it by issuing CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs), it announced Wednesday.

The independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan has accused the federal government of encouraging more gas projects by introducing legislation that would allow carbon dioxide to be pumped into international waters. 'The bill will be a key enabler of gas expansion, granting social licence for new and highly polluting greenwashed fossil fuel projects,' she says. The government says the bill is intended to bring Australia's laws into line with changes to an international treaty on the prevention of marine pollution, known as the London Protocol

• Teal MPs slam CO2 sea dumping bill as ‘greenwashing’ fossil fuel industry

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Genex Power continues to cash in on merchant revenues from its two operating solar farms as it begins operations at its first big battery project.

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The Seine will be used for Olympic events in 2024 and remain open for public swimming, ending a century-long ban. It’s part of a global movement to make city rivers healthy and swimmable again. Gary Osmond, Associate Professor of Sport History, The University of Queensland Rebecca Olive, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Origin to supply 20MW of solar plus batteries to Coles retail outlets, and tap into its fridges to help balance the grid.

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Big Oil accused of putting profits ahead of the planet, as it hands out windfall gains to shareholders and winds back green energy plans in face of tumbling temperature records.

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Temperature records only go back to the 19th century, but they tell a very clear story: it’s getting hotter – and we’re causing it

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With the planet seeing record-breaking temperatures, and after more than 100 million people in the US were placed under heat warnings, now seems the perfect time for climate change contrarians to tell their readers that it’s all overblown hype.

Heatwaves? Not as bad as they used to be. Wildfires? They’re on the decline.

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Another forestry-based California Carbon Offset (CCO) project in neighbouring Oregon will be cancelled after wildfires ravaged the site several years ago, according to a media report Wednesday, which would make it the second improved forest management (IFM) undertaking in the Beaver State to fold.

All four Tasmania wind farms had capacity factors of between 50 and 60 per cent in a blowy and record-setting July.

The post Tasmania blows down wind energy records in July, Queensland shines with solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) slipped back into net quarterly credit drawdowns during the first three months of the year, as new highs in quarterly gasoline deficits beat out record renewable diesel volumes, according to state data published Tuesday.

Mandates and regulations must accompany the clean energy incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in order for the US to hit its Paris Agreement GHG reduction commitment, according to analysis published Wednesday.