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Australia's government has consistently forecasted rising coal exports, but the reality has been vey different.

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Warmer sand temperatures from climate change are leading to way more females being hatched than males.

Australia’s bushfires were devastating for bee populations. But steady rain and community efforts are seeing the return of the pollinators

You could say that Adrian Iodice is something of a stickybeak neighbour. On Iodice’s once-lush bushland property, nestled within the Bega Valley of New South Wales, there stands a majestic rough-barked apple tree that the beekeeper used to, every now and then, jam his head into.

In the hollow of the trunk lived a flourishing wild colony of European honeybees that Iodice had been keeping an eye on for years. “I’d have a chat with them,” he laughs. “Stick my head in and see how they’re getting on in life. They were very gentle bees; they never had a go at me.”

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Conservationists say newly released documents call into question the government’s policy of backing tourism developments on protected public land

Halls Island, on Lake Malbena in the Walls of Jerusalem national park, is not easy to reach. It takes a strenuous eight-hour walk or a helicopter ride to get there.

Its remoteness meant it was relatively little known until it became the site of the type of conservation battle that Tasmania has become famous for in a storied history that takes in fights over hydroelectricity dams, old-growth forestry and salmon farming.

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The role is as an Originator for Carbon Markets within the Global Environmental Products Trading Business (EPTB). Reporting into the RTL for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and working closely with the Carbon Markets Trading team you will support the identification, delivery and ongoing management of deals across the European Emissions market (EU-ETS), as well as the wider European energy complex (Coal, Power & Gas) and other Environmental Product markets as they mature.

Australia's government is ramping up its international greenwashing efforts, even as it gassifies its clean energy agencies.

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Speculators increased their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings over the past week, while WCI emitters shed their holdings slightly, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Australia Pacific LNG wants environmental approval to drill across nearly half a million hectares of central and south-west Queensland

Australia’s largest east coast gas producer has sought federal environmental approval to drill up to 7,700 new gas wells in Queensland, prompting concern from environmentalists due to the project’s sheer size and its proximity to two national parks.

Australia Pacific LNG – a joint venture between Origin, ConocoPhillips and Sinopec – has lodged a referral under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to expand its “Gas Supply Security Project” and drill across an additional 476,492ha of central and south-west Queensland.

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Increasingly, engineered carbon removal technologies are pitched against nature-based solutions to tackle the climate crisis - particularly in the voluntary carbon markets. Will forests be passed over to benefit from carbon finance - again?

The best of the week’s wildlife pictures, including a bald eagle livestream, polar bear research and seized tortoises

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EUA prices eked out a small gain on Friday to limit the pullback from this week's record high above €44, with bullish traders and observers expecting a fresh challenge to that level in the days ahead.

US gasoline and diesel consumption is expected to rise this summer over 2020 levels as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic ease, according to a federal forecast, likely increasing cap-and-trade obligations for US fuel suppliers in the WCI-linked programme.

The size of the Nova Scotia cap-and-trade auction on June 9 will increase over 40% from the most recent sale, according to a notice published by the province’s environment ministry on Friday.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including a national CO2 fee and rebate bill and a Rhode Island net zero emissions act.

The Washington Senate approved a weaker version of a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) bill late Thursday that is tied to the implementation of a large transportation funding package, while the upper chamber also forwarded a WCI-modelled carbon market proposal to the House with a similar binding requirement.

• Carcasses of 109 bald and golden eagles examined in study
• Eagles probably exposed by predatory and scavenging activities

Rat poison has been found in the bodies of an estimated 80% of American eagles, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

Related: Bald eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan

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New Clean Energy Council report declares big batteries the new king of peaking services, cheaper and faster than traditional gas generators.

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Commodities trader Trafigura has formally opened a carbon trading desk, the Singapore-headquartered firm announced Friday, as it ventures into the growing global offset market.

Scientists are learning trees can emit methane, which could be a big problem for global warming. But a world-first discovery of methane-eating bacteria in paperbark can help moderate this. Luke Jeffrey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.