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A carbon credit ratings agency has put six projects on watch for a potential changes in their scores as part of portfolio reviews, while upholding the majority of grades in its latest round.

George Hibberd, convicted of obstruction with other Just Stop Oil activists, told court he gave up ‘dream job’ because of climate concerns

A former easyJet pilot who sat in the road outside Harrods to cause traffic chaos told a court he left his job because he thought he was contributing to climate change.

George Hibberd, 29, was part of a group of about 20 Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists who protested outside the world famous store in Knightsbridge, London.

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Building on floodplains was never a good idea and climate change makes matters worse. But in Queensland, Voluntary Home Buybacks are working for Ipswich, a year on from the devastating floods. Margaret Cook, Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The steady stream of stories in the media about unsafe cookware might make you wary. But your pots and pans are almost certainly safe. Oliver A.H. Jones, Professor, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The party talks of a green and fair future, but that will be impossible without protecting Britain’s natural habitats

When I arrived at the Labour party conference last year, it was hard to miss its new slogan – A Fairer, Greener Future – which was emblazoned across Liverpool exhibition centre. Just a few small words, but such prominence for the climate at a national political party conference put a smile on my face.

But, as we saw today in Keir Starmer’s speech to the National Farmers’ Union, the party is less vocal about its plans to solve the nature crisis. There is no green or fair future without nature, and there is no solution to the climate crisis unless we put nature into recovery at pace and scale.

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The government is still considering fines of up to £250m for firms who dump sewage in rivers and seas.

Only half of the packaging of kettles, air fryers and stick vacuums is being recycled, according to a survey by the consumer group

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The majority of the country’s most popular appliances are being packaged in unsustainable materials, a review by Choice has found, prompting the consumer rights group to call for an urgent overhaul of how brands box their products.

Comparing the packaging of 38 kettles, air fryers and stick vacuums across different household brands Choice found while some manufacturers are using recyclable cardboard and fibre to package their products, others are using unstable materials such as landfill-bound polystyrene.

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Decision allows Santos to open 116 new wells with an operational life of about 30 years in Surat Basin

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The Greens have accused Labor of “making the climate crisis worse” and being more interested in opening new coal and gas mines than working together to improve climate policy after the government approved a new coal seam gas expansion in Queensland.

Documents posted on the environment department website show the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, on Friday approved a project by the oil and gas company Santos to open 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland’s Surat Basin.

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Front-December EUAs rose above €100/tonne for the first time in the European market's 18-year history amid a determined flurry of buying on Tuesday morning, as traders appeared to reject the short-term impact of the EU's plan to frontload auction sales to fund the pivot away from Russian fossil fuels.

EU nations on Tuesday formally adopted the REPowerEU deal, clearing one of the last hurdles for the legislation to pass into law and paving the way for officials to bring forward EUA auctions to raise an additional €20 billion to fund the package.

Body of missing 22-year-old campaigner who also took part in Just Stop oil protests found in London park

A young activist who campaigned with THE climate groups Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil has been found dead after going missing almost a week ago.

Xavier Gonzalez-Trimmer, 22, was found in Richmond Park on Monday after searches by friends and relatives in the area.

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Power generation covered by the EU ETS rose 8% last year across Engie's European portfolio, the company announced in full-year results on Tuesday, driven by a drop in hydro and nuclear output that saw its gas assets produce 10% more electricity year-on-year despite record high energy prices.

Farming groups welcome grants but say money has been recycled from previous underspend

Farmers in the UK will gain access to robots that can harvest crops in the absence of migrant workers, sensors on tractors to measure the nutrient level of soils, and cow mattresses to help prevent lameness in dairy cattle, under government measures announced on Tuesday.

Mark Spencer, the farming minister, hailed the £168m in grants to farmers as a way for farmers to increase productivity and improve animal health. “The role farmers play in putting food on our tables as well as looking after our countryside is crucial. We know that sustainable food production depends on a healthy environment, the two go hand in hand,” he told the annual National Farmers’ Union conference in Birmingham.

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Japanese low-cost airline ZIPAIR will begin offsetting emissions through the purchase of CORSIA eligible credits and the use of domestic J-Credits, it announced on Tuesday, bucking the emerging trend of airline companies shying away from carbon credits.

Global methane emissions from energy-related activity increased slightly in 2022 to reach nearly 135 million tonnes per year, gradually inching back towards pre-Covid levels and reflecting that output of the potent greenhouse gas is stubbornly not on track with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero emissions by 2050 scenario, the Paris-based organisation stated on Tuesday.

Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’

“The clock is ticking” to support Britain’s farmers battered by a storm of rising costs, labour shortages, bird flu and post-Brexit changes to support payments, the union representing the sector has told ministers.

“Volatility, uncertainty and instability” are endangering UK farm businesses, according to the National Farmers’ Union, which is urging the government to support British food producers so they can keep supplying squeezed UK households and a growing global population.

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New study shows impact of weather phenomenon could have a ‘double whammy’ effect, leading to worsening extreme weather and accelerating sea level rise

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Stronger El Niño events due to global heating may accelerate irreversible melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and ice shelves and the rise in sea levels, according to research from Australia’s premier government science agency.

Previous studies have found that rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are expected to increase the magnitude of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (Enso), the planet’s most significant year-to-year climate fluctuation and a major driver of extreme droughts and floods. Extreme warm El Niño events and cool La Niña events are expected to become more frequent as the planet heats.

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India’s publishing of a list of carbon credit activities that can be traded under Article 6.2 has been welcomed by local market observers as a further step in developing the country’s carbon market infrastructure with global links, while policy analysts posited that the Indian government could now outline specific roadmaps for each mitigation activity that was designated under the Paris Agreement provision.

Transgrid is using German technology to recycle spent transmission lines in situ, cutting down on waste and emissions and saving money.

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New report warns Safeguard Mechanism will shift investment to the offset market, with evidence a shift in climate capital is already underway.

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