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A coalition of 23 US state attorneys, led by West Virginia, filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block Vermont’s newly enacted Climate Superfund Act, arguing that the law imposed unconstitutional and retroactive penalties on out-of-state energy producers.

The European Commission has firmly restated its commitment to a 2027 launch of the EU ETS2, underlining that the “legislation is already adopted and in force” and that no revision of its provisions is foreseen before 2028.

Seagrass conservation projects offer the highest carbon credit potential among four methods studied, with a 100-hectare site projected to earn up to $1.53 million over 10 years, according to a new report.

Voluntary carbon prices were little changed little last week, despite the official launch of the VCMI’s new Scope 3 action code that highlighted a market caught in limbo by the ongoing lack of Core Carbon Principles (CCPs)-stamped credits.

After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment

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Analysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear – the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one new policy. But Anthony Albanese and his climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, emerged with their ambitious goal of the country getting 82% of electricity from solar, wind and hydro by 2030 not just intact, but emphatically endorsed.

Labor’s position has been relentlessly attacked by the Coalition, rightwing organisations backed by fossil fuel interests and one of the country’s biggest news media companies. Australians rejected this comprehensively.

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Verra now has its sights set on approval of more of its methodologies by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), as well as scaling supply eligible for the UN's CORSIA international aviation offsetting scheme, an executive told Carbon Pulse.

Combining biodiversity and carbon credits systems is urgently needed to incentivise funding in underwater ecosystems such as corals, according to a recent academic report.

Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives being ruined, and lack of effective strategy infringes their human rights

Two men who say they are being failed by the UK’s flawed response to climate breakdown are taking their case to Europe’s top human rights court.

Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives have been ruined by the rising temperatures and extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, and that the government’s response fails to respect their human rights.

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A recent study has found that neither farmland expansion nor intensive agricultural practices aimed at increasing yields are beneficial for biodiversity, though one approach is less damaging than the other.

A Norwegian carbon capture and storage (CCS) developer has been selected to receive up to NOK 23.8 million (€2 mln) in government funding for two feasibility-stage projects.

Centre-right and far-right groups in the European Parliament are reportedly pushing to weaken the EU's Habitats directive, with a plenary scheduled for this week seen as critical for the future of wildlife protection across the bloc.

Zimbabwe has published new carbon trading regulations in a bid to attract fresh investment and align with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, launching a new registry, clarifying mandatory project fees and revenue sharing provisions, and raising the bar for clean cooking activities permitted in the country.

The centre-left's pick for the new German climate minister will head up a fortified environment ministry that takes back responsibility for national and international climate policy from the energy and economic affairs, and foreign departments.

European carbon prices corrected back on Monday, on course to snap last week's three-session rally, as strong renewable generation and a return to more normal auction supply, combined with easing gas prices, weighed on the market.

South Australia Liberal Party, who set the state's first target of 100 pct "net" renewables, and then backflipped to nuclear, has changed its mind again.

The post S.A. Liberals who first pushed 100 pct renewables – then went nuclear – reverse course after poll wipeout appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Paris-headquartered Organization for Biodiversity Certificates (OBC) on Monday announced the launch of a pilot biodiversity credit framework in France, aiming to back the market uptake across the country.

South Korea's trade ministry has decided to support a low-carbon naphtha cracking project in South Jeolla province, as part of the country's broader effort to decarbonise the domestic petrochemicals industry.

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) prices climbed on Monday in reaction to the Labor party's weekend election win, as the market looks to what the final make-up of the Senate will mean for future climate legislation.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has collaborated with GenZero, a subsidiary of Singapore government-owned investment firm Temasek, to scale demand for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) with an aim to decarbonise aviation sector in the Asia Pacific region, they announced Monday.

It is Friday, June 14, 2019 and I am in the Vatican waiting for the Pope to make his entrance.