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SolarDuck to build first offshore floating solar pilot in hope that it can be integrated into offshore wind projects.

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Low-emission zones, now in 320 cities, are increasing as EU battles pollution health emergency

The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to new research based on EU data.

Low-emission zones (LEZs) have now been introduced in 320 European city regions, and that figure is expected to rise by more than half again, to 507, by 2025.

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LONGi's Hi-MO 5 modules have now been delivered to clients in 94 countries, with total shipments exceeding 30GW.

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AEMO Services sets a date for the first NSW REZ tender, offering long-term contracts for 1GW of wind and solar and 600MW of long-duration storage.

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Study found that the most at-risk neighbourhoods were also among the most ethnically diverse and have lower carbon footprints than average

People of colour are four times more likely to live in areas at high risk from heatwaves in the UK as the climate heats up, according to experts.

Researchers at the University of Manchester and Friends of the Earth found one in three people from minority ethnic groups lived in areas most exposed to extreme heat, compared with just one in 12 white people.

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Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But Europe’s ordeal is yet another sign changes in Earth’s climate have already reached dangerous levels. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

BHP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Steel to jointly study and explore the development of lower carbon technologies for iron and steelmaking, the global mining giant announced on Wednesday.

Australian researchers develop new and non-flammable electrolyte material for use in sodium batteries that could be safer and cheaper than lithium-ion batteries.

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This position will play a critical role in the development, expansion, and validation of ecosecurities’ Nature-Based Solutions program within internationally recognised voluntary carbon standards.

Clean Energy Award winners announced, Bandt lays down challenge to Labor, Saul Griffith delivers blunt message to federal government.

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A London-based brokerage has once again been denied in its appeal to claim back £5.6 million in tax linked to fraudulent trades in EU carbon allowances.

A global offset developer and a North American farming financier launched on Tuesday an industry-first programme for produce growers of primary crops to participate in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

Washington electric and natural gas utilities are seeking further cost relief for consumers and a level playing field in the state's final cap-and-trade regulation, while offset protocols are also a concern for creating a viable carbon credit market and eventually linking with the California-Quebec programme, according to public comments.  

Blazes broke out across England on Tuesday as temperatures surged to a historic high of 40.3C, capping two days of extreme heat that scientists warn is 'a wake-up call' for the climate emergency.

Fire brigades in London, Leicestershire, Norfolk and South Yorkshire were among those to declare major incidents as flames destroyed buildings and devoured tinder-dry fields in Wennington, east London, and grasslands elsewhere in the capital and in Groby, Leicestershire

• ‘A wake-up call’: as extreme heat hits UK, experts say net zero is the only way out

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Activists argued that the strategy lacked details on how emissions will be cut

We are rethinking voluntary carbon markets by offering share-based models instead of offsetting, through which companies can participate in the success of carbon removal projects over the long term instead of merely incurring costs for short-term climate neutrality, as is the case today.

Octopus kick-starts $10 billion renewables "platform" with closure of two funds, investment from CEFC and purchase of country's biggest solar farm.

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A US-based conservation organisation on Tuesday announced a multi-million-dollar green bond to support drastically scaling up its small acreage forest offsets programme.

Greens leader Adam Bandt questions whether Albanese government really wants to end the climate wars. "We’re in a crisis and we need to act like it."

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