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Fewer trees were lost worldwide in 2022 than a year earlier, according to a report published Tuesday, but only because Russia avoided a repeat of its terrible wildfires while there was still a rise in the loss of  tropical forests in what was Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro’s final year in office.

Government owned utility agrees to pay $30 million after being found to have inflated costs of gas generation and breaking bidding rules.

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Price rises imposed on electricity consumers are reaching absurd levels. The energy industry appears to have lost the plot in its latest lunge for short term profits.

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A software system using artificial intelligence to prevent birds from colliding with wind turbines has won an award for its technology.

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Powercor will use federal grant funding to build its first regional grid-side community battery, in a town where 37% of households have solar.

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Australia’s peak scientific body has launched a new tool for farmers and land managers to analyse and compare different soil types across the country, as the Clean Energy Regulator credits more human-induced regeneration projects.

California's grid demonstrates that the need for clipping peak demand while absorbing the mid-day glut of renewables has never been more pressing.

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with several international organisations to develop a new global methodology for clean cookstoves, in an effort to strengthen that beleaguered segment of the voluntary carbon market.

Local mayor hails "turning point" for coal dependent shire at opening of first solar farm in region.

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New species named Pinanga subterranea as Kew botanists admit they have no idea how its flowers are pollinated

A new-to-science palm species has been discovered in Borneo with the remarkable ability to flower and fruit underground. How the rare palm – named Pinanga subterranea – has survived is a mystery, as most plants have evolved to develop their flowers and fruit above ground to facilitate pollination and the dispersal of seeds.

“Pinanga subterranea is the only known species of palm to flower and fruit below ground,” said Dr Benedikt Kuhnhäuser, a future leader fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, who was part of the research team that collected specimens and ascertained that it was a new species. “Flowering and fruiting below ground is mind-boggling and seemingly paradoxical because they appear to prevent pollination and dispersal. We now know bearded pigs eat and disperse Pinanga subterranea’s fruits, but we’ve yet to find out how and by whom the flowers are pollinated.”

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The Senior Scientist, Global Methane will play a key role in leading, coordinating, and supporting science projects related to methane emissions from fossil fuels (i.e., oil, gas and coal). Minimizing methane emissions from fossil fuels is a core part of EDF’s energy and climate work.

An international climate consultancy and developer is seeking a Carbon Project Development Manager (Forestry) to join their experienced team. The ideal candidate will have experience in forestry project development, carbon methodologies, and offsetting. They will be responsible for managing a team of project development consultants, evaluating project development opportunities, and securing a pipeline of in-house forestry-certified projects.

The EU ETS should be a climate policy "centrepiece" in the next decade as the bloc strives to make major strides towards reaching net zero emissions, according to respondents to a consultation on what the bloc's 2040 climate target should be.

The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Monday announced a rulemaking to ensure certain electricity importers are assigned a compliance obligation under the state’s WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme.

Ausgrid chief calls for more support to help make it easier and more cost effective for Australians to shift from gas to all-electric households and transport.

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California gasoline and diesel sales continued to lag year-ago levels during March, causing estimated Q1 cap-and-trade covered emissions to deviate further below 2022 totals, according to state data published Friday.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values reversed course and lifted higher week-over-week for the first time in a month, with warmer July temperatures forecast for the Northeast region.

California electricity sector CO2 output dove considerably over the first two months of the second quarter as wet weather took a sizable bite out of natural gas usage and crashed imported volumes, data published Friday showed.

Avoidance credit prices were little changed over the past week amid a slowdown in retirements, while confidence was knocked after Verra suspended the further issuance of credits from a well-known REDD avoided deforestation project following comments during a public consultation.

A long-time employee of climate consultancy South Pole on Monday joined the trading arm of a French power company, while a seasoned North America-based carbon trader started at a London-headquartered investment manager, Carbon Pulse has learned.