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Big Australian banks slammed for funding massive gas “carbon bomb”
ANZ, NAB and Westpac have been criticised for helping to bankroll Woodside's massive expansion of LNG production, despite their climate pledges.
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Plans approved for biggest battery storage system in Victoria
A 240MW/480MWh project proposed by Maoneng for the Mornington Peninsula has been cleared for development by the state government.
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Should bad science be censored on social media?
*Business Relationship Manager, Gold Standard – Geneva/Remote (Switzerland, UK, France, or Germany)
Curbs and challenges: Member state moves could further complicate EU ETS reform process
Rosneft, Russian commodity exchange agree carbon market collaboration
OPIS extends carbon credit assessments to single VER price, co-benefits
Scotland awards mammoth 25GW of offshore and floating offshore wind
Scotland has awarded 17 leases for the development of nearly 25GW of offshore wind energy projects – roughly half of which will result in floating wind farms.
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Canada publishes first two draft protocols for federal offset system
Skyrocketing EV sales in China signal no turning back for global energy transition
When China moves, the rest of the world follows. And on the electric vehicle front, the avalanche of technology, policy and finance moves is now unstoppable.
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Climate Change Specialist, Paris Agreement Alignment, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Washington DC
Policy Analyst (Program Admin Officer 1-2), Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change – Halifax
Commodity Risk Analyst (Low Carbon Trading), BP – Singapore
Offset policy can provide easier path to carbon market linking, report finds
MEPs propose setting a floor level for new ETS-linked social fund -media
4 ways to stop Australia's surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices
GHG Project Developer, Carbon Credits, Intricate – Sherwood Park, Alberta
The Guardian view on water pollution: come clean on sewage | Editorial
If the water industry is to improve its dismal performance, regulators need to be open with the public
English water companies have got used to pumping raw sewage into the sea and rivers. An investigation launched last year by the regulator, Ofwat, and the Environment Agency, is a chance to put things right. But there are worrying signs that this opportunity to shine a light is in danger of being missed. The refusal by the Environment Agency to reveal which 2,000 sewage treatment works in England are being looked at, and whether this will lead to delays in dealing with new complaints, raises questions about its commitment to openness.
That the investigation is happening at all is due to huge efforts by campaigners. Concern over sewage dumps has been rising in response to water companies’ failure to tackle a longstanding problem that increased extreme weather, due to climate change, is expected to make worse. Discharges of untreated waste into the sea or rivers are supposed to happen only in exceptional circumstances, to reduce flood risk. Over recent years, it has become clear that rules are being routinely flouted by an industry that puts profits before environmental stewardship. At the same time, the Environment Agency’s record for punishing breaches has sharply declined following budget cuts. A report from a committee of MPs last week drew attention to the poor condition of rivers and called for a step change.
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Penguin cam: watch an underwater penguin selfie video
Ahead of Penguin Awareness Day, the Wildlife Conservation Society released a selfie video of a penguin feeding underwater.
The footage showed a male Gentoo penguin diving and twisting through schools of sardines.
Fitted with a special camera, the penguin can be seen feeding on sardines in the Beagle Channel off Isla Martillo, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
Penguin Awareness Day is on 20 January
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