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Several hundred Greenland bears survive by hunting seals from freshwater ice instead, scientists say.

The Western Australian state government has amended legislation to allow its Forest Products Commission (FPC) to earn and trade Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and other carbon assets, in a bid to ramp up the state’s carbon farming industry.

GM Ventures leads investment round to help fund development and commercialisation of start-up behind massive, floating wall of wind turbines.

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Right wing think tanks says "real Australians" are being hit by "net zero induced" technical faults in coal plants. And we wonder how we got in this mess.

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People cannot easily find out how dirty the air is where they live, the National Audit Office says.

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Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change.

Spending watchdog warns existing policies not enough to meet most targets by 2030

The government is not on track to cut air pollution and is not effectively informing the public about the issue, the spending watchdog has warned.

The National Audit Office (NAO) warned that existing policy measures will not be enough to meet most of the government’s air quality targets by 2030.

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A US hemp exchange and benchmark price provider has teamed up with the Washington DC-based National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) to develop carbon sequestration opportunities in the country’s industrial hemp market.

How will the WA government prepare for the closure of its last two coal generators? Lots of wind, solar and batteries.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dropped this week in line with macroeconomic weakness across broader markets, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) ended the week relatively flat on continued strong bid interest.

Climate change is changing wave patterns and strength. Bigger waves combined with sea level rise will hit coasts hard – but only in some countries. Thomas Mortlock, Senior Analyst at Aon Reinsurance Solutions and Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University Adrean Webb, Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Itxaso Odériz, Posdoctoral researcher, Universidad de Cantabria Nobuhito Mori, Professor, Kyoto University Rodolfo Silva, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Tomoya Shimura, Associate professor Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The findings underscore the importance of acting immediately to protect threatened species from predators in the wake of catastrophic natural events. Louis Lignereux, Researcher, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Almost 8 million Aussie homes lack sufficient insulation, use sub-par heating and cooling equipment, or are badly designed. These homes account for 18% of Australia’s emissions. Nimish Biloria, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rich-to-poor payments for climate-related harm is set to be the focus of year-end UN climate negotiations, experts said on Thursday as interim talks wrapped in Bonn amid concerns over whether voluntary carbon market infrastructure should feature in a new global emissions trading regime.

EUAs tumbled towards €83 on Thursday as traders faced pressure to sell carbon to cover positions in the surging gas market, while investors braced for a global recession after the Fed's interest rate hike.

The deaths of the reporter and the Indigenous expert in Brazil come amid growing violence against environmental defenders and journalists

The killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in the Amazon is devastating for their families and friends. It is also the embodiment of a wider assault on environmental defenders and those who work with them, and of the dangers faced by journalists. The relentless targeting of those who seek to protect an ever more fragile world is increasing as the climate crisis grows more intense. In 2020, more than four defenders a week died globally. A disproportionate number are Indigenous people or, like Mr Pereira, those who work closely with and for them. Mr Phillips, though passionate about the environment, was not an activist but a reporter – one of many who have died in Latin America because of their work.

The discovery of their bodies, and the police announcement that one of the suspects arrested in connection with their disappearance has said that he killed them, brings an end to the families’ anguish of not knowing their whereabouts. “Now we can bring them home and say goodbye with love. Today, we also begin our quest for justice,” Mr Phillips’ widow, Alessandra Sampaio, wrote in a statement.

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