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Italian oil and gas firm Eni secured more than 2 million carbon credits over 2021 from its investments in African nature-based projects, the company said in filings published this week.

Our new analysis suggests the vast majority of carbon credits granted for regrowing native forests either has not occurred, or would have occurred anyway. Andrew Macintosh, Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University Don Butler, Professor, Australian National University Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A clean energy technology firm plans to retool an idled biomass plant into a dual-purpose facility – supplying emissions-free power while capturing and storing CO2 – the company reported this week.

Our new approach lets us separate, store and transport tricky gases like hydrogen as a solid - and for a fraction of the energy. Ying Ian Chen, Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University Srikanth Mateti, Research fellow, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As the prospect of a full cut-off of Russian gas into the EU looks increasingly likely, the European Commission is seeking ways to drastically reduce the bloc's industrial consumption to help build supplies ahead of winter without further crippling the economy.

The Environment Agency has tough words for polluting companies – but how has it let things get this bad?

Emma Howard Boyd, chair of the Environment Agency, wasn’t holding back. Fines for polluting water companies in England should be much greater, errant directors should go to jail in the worst cases and investors should not enjoy a “one way bet”. All are reasonable ideas. The current state of pollution in rivers is indeed “shocking”, “unacceptable” and all the other damning descriptions found in the EA’s annual environmental performance report on the water firms.

Serious pollution incidents increased to 62, the highest total since 2013. Seven of the nine privatised firms oversaw increases on 2020 in serious incidents. Only three companies – Northumbrian, Severn Trent and United Utilities – got a four out of four star rating.

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ANU researchers detail 'irrefutable' flaws with Australia's carbon offset regime, as trio of Coalition appointees resign from oversight committee.

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A developer has opened a tender for up to 680,000 carbon credits of vintage 2008-15 generated by a REDD+ project in Peru.

The US will not come close to meeting its more ambitious Paris Agreement GHG reduction target formalised last year, with industrial sector emissions plateauing and abatement in other sectors progressing at a slower-than-needed pace, according to a report published Thursday.

The agency made the call after awarding water companies lower marks for pollution.

A German biochar company is planning to scale up its CCS capacity to more than 30,000 tonnes of CO2 a year by 2025 through building the country’s first network of carbon removal parks.

A new company focusing on voluntary carbon offsets aims to become Europe’s top credit originator, joining an increasingly crowded marketplace offering services to corporate clients.

'Friends and family' lower long-term stress in orphaned elephants, study finds.

Scientists are developing a sailplane to soar above the Martian surface like the big seabird.

A Pew survey found more Americans favor stricter environmental laws and regulations – even at an economic cost

More than 80% of Democrats think the government is not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis, according to a large nationwide survey that found younger voters across both parties are most frustrated with the pace of political action on green issues.

Overall, Americans are largely split along party lines in how they view Joe Biden’s record on pressing climate and environmental challenges like clean water and air quality, according to the Pew Research Center survey of more than 10,000 adults.

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Bird flu is devastating several sea bird species along the UK coastline.

To further drive our positive momentum and expand into other markets of biochar-application, we are looking for an Industrial Applications Sales Manager (m/f/d) to manage existing and initiate new industrial application projects with partners across Europe.

Climate change minister Chris Bowen has accepted the resignation of three members of the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee

Labor will make substantial changes to a committee responsible for ensuring the integrity of the national carbon credit system after the departure of three members appointed by the Coalition, including the chair.

A spokesperson for the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, confirmed he had accepted the resignation of three members of the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee.

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Trading regulations for China’s national emissions trading scheme have been included in the State Council’s 2022 legislative work plan, sparking some hope among market observers that the scheme might finally be written into law despite also appearing in last year's work plan.

The world’s first solar powered direct air capture (DAC) project is looking to sell forward offset credits for €900/tonne ($904) as it eventually seeks to compress, transport and store CO2 for under $20 per tonne.