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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has opened the door for renewable electricity to make hydrogen and hydrogen-derived products more cheaply than gas.

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Report finds intervention by energy minister Angus Taylor led to ‘mountain of oversupply’ and many projects will now be paused

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As a whistleblower alleges major failures in Australia’s carbon credit scheme, analysts say a plunge in the price of credits, triggered by a contentious change by the emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor, could last for years.

Earlier this month, Taylor announced landholders and other businesses with contracts to sell carbon credits to the government would be permitted to break those deals and instead sell them at a higher price on the private market.

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Global shift to electrification and renewables will require a series of technology milestones, and Australia will play a key role, new report says.

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Australian offset prices are unlikely to rise much above the mid-A$30s in coming years, while plentiful supply from existing projects will torpedo new investments after the government’s recent market intervention, analysts said Thursday.

Orchards are in big decline, with an area the size of the Isle of Wight lost since 1900, research finds.

NSW kicks off tender process for Waratah Super Battery that will help replace Eraring coal plant and will be largest of its type in southern hemisphere.

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Most of Australia's carbon offset units lack environmental integrity, whistleblower claims, labelling them an "environmental and taxpayer fraud".

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California regulator ARB this week doled out the heaviest volume of offsets for the cap-and-trade programme since 2020, as two new forestry projects made a splash, according to state data published Wednesday.

California transportation fuel sales ramped up considerably in 2021 as the state recovered from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, though the higher WCI-capped emissions that stemmed from this rebound were likely still below pre-coronavirus levels, according to state data released Tuesday.

The Forest Carbon Analyst will be working under the Director of Project Development, to provide technical expertise to support the acquisition, development and ongoing management of forest carbon offset projects.

Working under the Director of Forest Carbon, the Forest Carbon Manager will provide project recruitment, origination, and management expertise to support the acquisition, development, and ongoing management of forest carbon offset projects.

PM ‘passionate’ about potential in light of fresh push for self-sufficiency after Russia invasion of Ukraine

Boris Johnson is expected to open the door to more onshore wind at next week’s energy strategy, despite some cabinet ministers lobbying against relaxing planning laws to allow more turbines.

The cabinet is split over whether to aim for more onshore wind projects, which can often get into lengthy planning battles, after officials drew up plans for a target of 30GW by 2030.

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The 1878, the body of Sergeant Michael Kennedy lay in the bush in Victoria’s Wombat Ranges. He’d been shot by the notorious Ned Kelly gang – but the bush would add its own gruesome ending. David Eric Peacock, Adjunct Fellow, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Coral in the Great Barrier Reef is once again bleaching, with water temperatures up to 3℃ higher than normal in some places. Paul Hardisty, CEO, Australian Institute of Marine Science David Mead, Executive Director of Strategic Development at Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australian Institute of Marine Science Rob Vertessy, Enterprise Professor in the School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Under all likely scenarios, millions of people will still face energy bills that are unaffordable

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The best news (but, critically, still not good news) for hard-pressed energy consumers this week could be found away from the chancellor’s tweaks to national insurance thresholds on Wednesday. It was the calculation by the consultancy Cornwall Insight that the energy price cap may not hit £3,000 when next adjusted in October. The latest estimate, derived from observing wholesale prices for gas and electricity, is £2,512.

There is no sense in which the £500-ish difference can be considered a saving, of course. An average bill for households of £2,500 or thereabouts would still be a mighty increase from the £1,971 that will apply from the start of next month, which itself is a jump from £1,277 today.

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Headline budgetary measures published in the UK’s spring statement on Wednesday exert only light-touch pressures on greenhouse gas emissions, with a targeted VAT tax reduction pulling in the opposite direction as a 12-month fuel tax cut.

Heavy industries may need the timely introduction of a global CO2 price to ensure they decarbonise in line with international climate targets and avoid stranded assets, a virtual conference heard on Wednesday along with how EU carbon policies in development may serve as a good example.

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is planning a May launch for its first nature-based carbon credit futures contract, giving buyers access to the fast-growing voluntary carbon market.

Government’s reef envoy says visiting scientists ‘have to see the good and the bad’ as widespread bleaching confirmed

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A UN mission under way in Queensland to see if the Great Barrier Reef should be put on an “in danger” list will not get “the whole picture” unless it visits reefs currently experiencing coral bleaching, conservationists and the government’s own reef envoy have said.

Details of the 10-day mission, which began on Monday in Brisbane, are being kept confidential and the locations to be visited have not been formally disclosed.

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