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Nationals leader Joyce unveils $1.5 billion gas project as modelling reveals how much Australia's climate failure could cost the budget.

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EnergyAustralia to take market control of another two big batteries in NSW as it expands its storage capacity ahead of more coal closures.

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Agreement reached on a renewable hydrogen hub in Gladstone with capacity to produce 5,000 tonnes a day of green ammonia.

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Government modelling shows failure to act on climate change could add tens of billions of dollars a year to cost of servicing Australia's spiralling debt.

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STX Group is looking for an originator of carbon offsets in the Asia-Pacific.

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TagEnergy lands $660 million in funds to develop 2GW of renewables and battery storage projects in Australia.

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Analysts have nudged up their short- and medium-term EU carbon price forecasts despite the recent crash and ongoing geopolitical risk, while giving a bigger boost to their long-term outlook for EUAs due to more coal burn in Europe and increased policy certainty.

North American carbon credit developer Bluesource and precious metals and green royalty and streaming investment company Star Royalties have announced a fourfold expansion of their plans to generate millions of voluntary emissions reductions (VERs) from a regenerative agriculture programme.

A scheme devised by the Morrison government to protect biodiversity and create new income for farmers may fail in its aims. Felicity Deane, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rivers that supply Santiago with water are running low, forcing rotating cuts to different parts of the city

As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million.

“A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region, said in a press conference. “And we’re in an unprecedented situation in Santiago’s 491-year history where we have to prepare for there to not be enough water for everyone who lives here.”

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Offset developer C-Quest Capital (CQC) has secured further investment to help scale its rollout of clean cookstoves across Sub-Saharan Africa, the company said on Monday.

Canada’s industrial carbon pricing regulation is increasingly coming under the public spotlight for its low carbon costs, putting additional pressure on the federal government to increase ambition as provinces push for equivalency status ahead of key elections.

French energy and climate policy faces an uncertain future as the country opted to elect either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen as its next president in a first vote on Sunday, with neither candidate seen as having put forward manifestos that align with international climate targets.

Prices for nature-based exchange-traded, standardised voluntary emissions reduction (VER) contracts continued to rebound over the last week as buying interest remained strong for a second consecutive week in April after a bearish March.

Shortages at filling stations reported as campaign obstructs deliveries from fuel terminals in England

Downing Street has condemned the “guerrilla tactics” of protesters who have blockaded fuel distribution terminals, as reports of shortages at petrol station forecourts spread and figures showed a fall in fuel deliveries.

Supporters of the Just Stop Oil campaign have taken action at 11 different fuel terminals in England since the start of the month, blockading and trespassing on sites to stop tankers entering, filling up or leaving to deliver fuel.

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Shane Cronin gets a close-up view of the underwater volcano that erupted spectacularly in January.

A coronavirus-induced drop in output wasn't enough to ensure Switzerland met its 2020 emission reduction target, according to the Federal Office for Environment, adding that the country will meet its international climate obligations once its offset purchases are taken into account.

Clean Energy Council says strong clean energy policies will be key to Australia's future prosperity.

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EUAs drifted lower in thin trade despite a strong auction as the Easter holiday period drained the market of liquidity, while energy markets were also weaker even as Japan sought to boost natural gas stocks and the risks of interruptions to Russian gas supplies remained elevated.