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AEMO seeks assurance that generators have enough coal and gas for the winter, says new ISP will lay updated plan for wind, solar and storage.

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ERAC chair rejects predecessor's claims that bulk of Australian carbon offsets lack environmental integrity.

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Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on transmission needs for zero carbon grid, and social licence. Plus: Latest on the energy crisis.

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New Zealand should impose a farm-level split-gas carbon levy on its agricultural sector rather than bring it into the emissions trading scheme, a coalition of primary sector industry groups has recommended.

Recognition need to reduce emissions would enable energy regulators to make rules, policies and decisions that can facilitate a more orderly transition to zero carbon.

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Australia's open-pit coal mines are leaking more than 10 times the amount of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - that is being reported to regulators.

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A new map traces the shape of the remote ocean bed surrounding Antarctica.

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A California Carbon Offset (CCO) livestock project in America’s Dairyland has applied to transition into the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to documents posted Tuesday by state regulator ARB, even as biofuel credit values under several market-based programmes plunge.

Commodity trading platform Nodal Exchange and environmental products developer IncubEx will add CDM credits with different vintage definitions and other novel renewable energy contracts to their upcoming launch of voluntary carbon futures and options products, the companies said Tuesday. 

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A Canada-based carbon investment company on Tuesday announced a deal with developer CoreCarbonX Solutions to generate over 5 million VERs from rice farming water management improvements in the Indian state of Telangana.

Carbon and LNG markets are suffering from poorly designed future contracts that undermine trading and hedging, according to executives from a new commodity exchange that aims to launch several tightly defined voluntary carbon futures, alongside three LNG contracts, by the end of the year.

Discrepancy between aesthetic value and extinction vulnerability could have repercussions

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but “ugly” fish deserve love too, according to a study.

The reef fish people rate as most aesthetically pleasing are also the ones that seem to need the least conservation support, while the fish most likely to rank as “ugly” are the most endangered species, the research has found.

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Lord mayor says residents should make green choices but tenant’s union says onus should be on owners and government

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Sydney’s lord mayor, Clover Moore, has urged renters and apartment dwellers to do their bit to help the city reach net zero by switching their energy supply to renewable sources.

Moore’s plea comes amid spiralling energy costs and increased pressure on household budgets, with the New South Wales Tenants Union noting while many renters wanted to make green choices, it was not always a simple equation.

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The sooner we shift away from ageing coal and expensive gas, the quicker electricity prices and emissions will fall

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A massive expansion in Australia’s gas production did nothing to make gas cheap for Australian homes and businesses. A decade of propping up ageing coal-fired power stations did nothing to ensure the reliability of our electricity supply. And the Coalition’s so-called “gas trigger” and “big stick” electricity reforms have done nothing to control Australian energy prices. It’s as if everything Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor did was announce things instead of fixing them.

There’s no shortage of coal or gas in Australia, there’s a shortage of generation capacity and the infrastructure to move energy to where it’s needed. Just as the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, Australians have now learned the hard way that the coal trains don’t always run and the coal-fired power stations often break down.

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Wildlife photographer Charles Davis has been photographing nature for more than a decade. Budgerigars can usually be seen in flocks of about 100 birds, but after rainfall can number in the thousands. Capturing such a gathering was something he had always wanted to do

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Integrated shipping services firm Clarksons has launched a carbon mitigation platform that will allow its clients to purchase VERs from two global offset standards.