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Many cruise ships use seawater to ‘wash’ dirty fuel to meet targets but dump washwater back in ocean

A boom in cruise liner holidays is raising concerns over the widespread use of “emissions dodging” by global shipping to meet tough new dirty fuel rules next year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd revealed this week it had received record bookings for 2019, with the boom sparked in part by a rise in Chinese passengers.

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Finnish utility Fortum emitted 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 from its EU ETS-regulated facilities over 2018, up 4.2% year-on-year, it said in financial results on Friday.

As part of the Portfolio Management team you will be responsible for overseeing and developing business for the sales and trading of carbon credits and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).

Campaigners argue that the business case for the project was a ‘no-brainer’

A scrapped “emerald necklace” cycleway up the spine of the country alongside HS2 would have delivered a return on investment of up to five times greater than the rail project itself, an FoI request has revealed – but neither the government nor HS2 Ltd will fund it.

A 50-page report outlining the business case for the national cycleway, obtained by the Guardian, reveals health, congestion and economic benefits of between £3 and £8 per £1 spent. The return on investment of HS2 itself, meanwhile, is just £1.5-£1.7 per £1, according to the National Audit Office. Campaigners say completing the cycleway should have been a “no-brainer”.

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The CEO of Australia’s Carbon Market Institute has left the business association after six years to pursue other opportunities.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week issued nearly 345,000 carbon credits, taking the total number issued in the first month of the year to a sixth of the entire amount issued for all of FY2017-18.

Schools are closed and the government's deploying drones to deal with the problem.

Participants will observe then record their findings to tackle environmental concerns

Thousands of people across England will be gazing hopefully up at the stars this weekend – not in an attempt to forecast the next twist of Brexit, but to map out areas of light pollution and genuine darkness.

Clear skies are expected over much of the country for the start of the Star Count, which kicks off on Saturday and will run for three weeks, to 23 February. Participants are being asked to concentrate on the constellation of Orion, which graces the UK’s skies in winter and is easily identifiable.

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Is Australia on the rollercoaster ride particularly for large-scale renewables or are we now on-board the good-ship renewables?

The post Is Australia still on the Solar-coaster? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Partner Lewis McDonald has been appointed to lead Herbert Smith Freehills' global energy team.

The post Lewis McDonald to lead Herbert Smith Freehills’ global energy team appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RMIT designs new nano-enhanced material that can convert light to power chemical reactions, a discovery which could help deliver a more sustainable chemical manufacturing industry.

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Photographer Matthew Newtown travelled alongside the Tasmania fire service as its crews went into the exclusion zone near the town of Geeveston to inspect the damage. About 520 crews have worked on more than 50 fires, and 173,000 hectares have already been burnt across Tasmania

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Sanjeev Gupta's plans to combine solar, batteries and pumped hydro emerge as the biggest challenge to the coal industry's hopes in the government tender for 24/7 power.

The post Gupta challenges coalers with $1 billion plus solar and storage plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Murray-Darling is not just a food bowl, yet the South Australian Royal Commission has found the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is failing its mission to protect the environment as well as irrigators. Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 1 February 2019 until 5 March 2019.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 1 February 2019 until 5 March 2019.

If the government has any data or modelling to serve as a basis for Morrison’s confidence about meeting the Paris climate targets, it should tell us.

The post Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin says ongoing deployment of rooftop solar takes big bite out of electricity sales to households in latest quarter.

The post Rooftop solar takes another big bite out of Origin electricity sales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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