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Some trees explode into bits when lightning strikes. Some seem fine and die later. But others are unaffected. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Two emissions traders have left Citibank’s London office, including one veteran of the European market, sources told Carbon Pulse this week, continuing the recent trend of moves as interest in carbon markets ramps up around the world.

Nasa says the ISS will operate until 2030 before the agency hands over to commercial companies.

Sweden-based utility Vattenfall reported an 18% drop in its ETS-covered thermal generation for 2021, it said in results on Thursday, far outpacing a slight decline in overall output and bucking a wider trend of increased power emissions across the bloc.

A veteran EU emissions trader has joined commodities merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), teaming up with his former boss to help advance the firm's new carbon offering.

Hen was found running loose near the US Department of Defense headquarters on the outskirts of Washington DC

Why did the chicken cross the road? To break into the Pentagon, apparently. Or is it now the Hentagon – and is America about to have a new peck-retary of defense?

A wandering chicken was caught sneaking around a security area at the Pentagon this week, a local animal welfare organization said.

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EUAs extended recent gains on Thursday morning, reaching a new record just below €95 before dropping into the red amid mixed power and prompt gas prices.

Poland breached EU law by extending the life of its Turow lignite mine without assessing the environmental impacts, an adviser to Europe's highest court said on Thursday, siding with Czechia in a case that has put at risk Warsaw’s access to EU clean energy funding.

The bones, including those of a woolly rhinoceros and wolf, were found on a housing development.

Environment minister tells world heritage centre that government investments are ‘strengthening the resilience of the reef’

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A Morrison government report to the United Nations on the status of the Great Barrier Reef claims its approach to tackling climate change is among the best in the world and its management of the reef was “second to none”.

But conservationists and scientists immediately hit back at the claim, saying the reef needed more protection and the government’s record in cutting emissions and cutting pollution over it was inadequate.

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New Zealand carbon allowances hit record highs for the 14th time this year in Thursday trade, as trader sentiment remains bullish, propped up by recent comments from the government on future allocation.

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee sees lack of direction on how to end reliance on gas

The government is failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions from heating the UK’s homes, an influential committee of MPs has warned, with little sign of a clear plan for ending reliance on increasingly expensive gas.

Home heating is responsible for about 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions, and must be tackled urgently if the government is to meet its carbon reduction targets. Last year, ministers announced a heat and buildings strategy, with the intention of weaning the UK away from gas – which makes up about 80% of domestic heating – and on to lower carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps.

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As cricketers with resources to hand, we have the opportunity to support our sport in making a tangible difference

On Saturday 4 January 2020, my local cricket club was smack bang in the middle of the hottest place on earth, with Penrith in Sydney reaching a scorching high of 48.9C. The devastating bushfires of that summer saw kids’ matches and Big Bash League games alike postponed or even cancelled due to the smoke haze, as players played through toxic air.

I turned up to watch a Sheffield Shield game at the SCG and was unable to see the ball because the smoke was so thick. There was even a concern it could delay the start of Australia’s third Test against New Zealand.

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A new blockchain venture will launch an exchange for tokenised carbon offsets in a bid to focus liquidity in the emerging market, while also offering project developers a route to bring their units into the crypto space.

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has acquired an interest in an Australian company that is researching technology to produce green hydrogen with the use sunlight and water, the green energy subsidiary of iron ore mining giant Fortescue Metals Group, has announced.

Multi-billion urea project hailed as example of "clean hydrogen" will be almost entirely dependent on fossil gas as its primary feedstock.

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The proposal is likely to mean economic and diplomatic costs for Australia, and should ring alarm bells in Canberra. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Government needs to clearly spell out the major changes required in the years ahead, a committee says.

The new year gets off to a slow start, as industry gears up for tighter standards.

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