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A global consultancy has published a report that outlines how the UK can transform its carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector into a self-sustaining commercial industry also generating revenue via carbon markets.

Less than half of the companies invested in by the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund manager view nature as financially significant, according to a survey released this week.

Europe’s strict rules in classifying 'green' hydrogen could mean as little as 17% of the current pipeline will come to the market by 2030, according to analysts, at a time when fast moving developments in natural hydrogen or processing oil could be a game changer for the industry.

The Wildlife Trusts are in shock after acquiring 4,000 sheep in Rothbury estate deal as part of land restoration project

Woolly maggots, nature-destroyers – sheep are criticised by many conservationists for denuding Britain’s uplands of rare plants and trees.

So The Wildlife Trusts were shocked when they were compelled to buy 4,000 sheep as part of the biggest land restoration project in England.

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These noisy, filthy, feral creatures make my life a misery. Is there really no way to get rid of them?

Pigeons. Appalling things. I looked them up on the bird charity RSPB’s website and snorted when I came across the Where to See section. The answer is, just so you know, everywhere. Perhaps not so much outside towns and cities but in urban areas you’re never far from the sight and sound of the bloody things. If, unaccountably, you’re not familiar with this species, do feel free to get in touch and come round to my place and observe them at your leisure.

Truly they are the soundtrack of my life. For years they’ve been getting into a drainage channel on the roof. Morning, noon and night they scratch and coo and jump about. The racket is infernal. I lie in bed reflecting on the filth in that gully just above my head. I know it’s filthy, because when there’s heavy rain their revolting detritus washes down and blocks the downpipe. I have to pull their unspeakable waste out of the pipe before something bursts and floods. There are no words to describe the tangle of excrement, nesting materials, eggs, feathers and bones. Oh Lord, the bones. I’d be less repulsed rummaging through the bin outside a chicken shop on a Sunday morning.

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The UN and Brazil plan to push countries to submit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement by the end of the summer, officials told the media on Tuesday.

A new study released Wednesday questions the use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) in driving US energy policy choices.

The Dutch government is expected to present new proposals on Friday to reduce CO2 emissions in the Netherlands, including support for carbon capture and electromobility, Dutch media have reported. It is also expected to maintain a national CO2 levy on industry.

Switzerland-based standards body Gold Standard has last week released a set of factsheets that offer guidance for governments seeking to regulate carbon credit markets.

Taiwan has started to see emerging interest in international carbon credits over the past few years, but lack of policy guidance is still considered a hindrance to engaging domestic financial institutions in the carbon space, a seminar heard this week.

Policy reforms, clearer regulatory frameworks, and greater transparency to boost investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) can improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers in India, a conference heard on Wednesday.

EU carbon prices took back Tuesday's losses in a strong morning session on Wednesday, benefiting from a wider relief rally that followed calming overnight headlines, while UKA prices advanced to their highest in a month as optimism grew ahead of an EU-UK meeting that will see market linking discussed.

A responsible investment non-profit will call upon the board of a large UK bank to close the loophole allowing it to continue financing oil and gas companies without a credible climate transition plan, during its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

Biochar was the most purchased carbon removal method in Q1 2025, making up nearly a third of all contracted credits, with several new buyers entering the voluntary carbon market, according to a London-based carbon data platform.

Allowing international carbon credits to meet the EU’s 2040 climate goal risks dealing a fatal blow to the bloc’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), warns Swedish MEP Emma Wiesner, who is mounting a pushback in the European Parliament against the idea.

XPRIZE has awarded $80 million to six carbon removal companies developing "highly-scalable" technology, with a US-based Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) project developer taking the $50 mln grand prize, the non-profit announced Wednesday.

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority

• The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89% Project – and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read more

A superpower in the fight against global heating is hiding in plain sight. It turns out that the overwhelming majority of people in the world – between 80% and 89%, according to a growing number of peer-reviewed scientific studies – want their governments to take stronger climate action.

As co-founders of a non-profit that studies news coverage of climate change, those findings surprised even us. And they are a sharp rebuttal to the Trump administration’s efforts to attack anyone who does care about the climate crisis.

Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope are the co-founders of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now

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Last of 640 battery packs installed at giant Collie facility, which was to be the biggest battery in Australia but now won't even be the biggest battery in its home town.

The post Last of 640 battery packs in place at one of Australia’s biggest storage projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis finds

Levels of a little-known forever chemical known as TFA in European wines have risen “alarmingly” in recent decades, according to analysis, prompting fears that contamination will breach a planetary boundary.

Researchers from Pesticide Action Network Europe tested 49 bottles of commercial wine to see how TFA contamination in food and drink had progressed. They found levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a breakdown product of long-lasting Pfas chemicals that carries possible fertility risks, far above those previously measured in water.

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Nestle has partnered with a global cocoa supplier on an agroforestry initiative that aims to cut 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 over 30 years, the two companies announced Tuesday.