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Carbon offset pioneer charged with $100 million fraud scheme

Friday - US regulators say Australian national Ken Newcombe faked data for carbon credits investment. The Goldman and World Bank veteran denies the allegations but is facing up to 20 years in jail.

Our leaders are collaborating with fossil fuel colonialists

Friday - By Tim Winton | COMMENT: The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations

Friday - Barcelona is using its subways’ regenerative braking to power trains, stations and neighbourhood EV chargers. Could other cities do this?

Enough, already: why humanity must get on board with the concept of ‘sufficiency’

Friday - Humanity’s rapacious consumption is more than Earth and its climate can handle, which is driving an ecological crisis.

A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short

Friday - New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”

Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate

Thursday - Both candidates actually answered — sort of.

Climate scientists call on UK govt to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture

Thursday - Leading climate scientists are urging the government to pause plans for a billion pound investment in “green technologies” they say are unproven and would make it harder for the UK to reach its net zero targets.

Azerbaijan is using COP29 to ‘peacewash’ its global image

Thursday - Azerbaijan is hosting the next UN climate summit, COP 29, in November. Their proposed agenda omits discussions on phasing out fossil fuels and excludes civil society participation.

Fossil fuel dominance of India’s power mix to end by 2030, says central bank

Thursday - India's burgeoning economy continues to be overwhelmingly powered by fossil fuels including coal, but that dominance will be consigned to the history books by end of this decade, according to the...

How the US lost the solar power race to China

Thursday - It all starts with a crystal.

Intense marine heatwaves disrupt fish populations and fisheries in NZ

Wednesday - Marine heatwaves, where sea surface temperatures are unusually warm, can lead to increased or decreased fisheries catches, depending on their intensity.

‘Nowhere is safe’: shattered Asheville shows stunning reach of climate crisis

Wednesday - The historic North Carolina city was touted as a climate ‘haven’ – a reputation deadly Hurricane Helene left in ruins.

Major gaps between EU farming incentives and Green Deal goals: report

Wednesday - The European Court of Auditors reviewed the EU's reform of agriculture subsidies and found a "noticeable gap" between farming incentives and the EU's overall green targets, the ECA said in a report...

Climate scientists sound alarm over Asia’s rising seas

Wednesday - Scientists are urgently calling for global action, including reducing fossil fuel use, as the Pacific Ocean’s sea levels rise faster than the global average and the warming Indian Ocean drives...

Sorry, AI won’t ‘fix’ climate change

Wednesday - OPINION: OpenAI’s Sam Altman claims AI will deliver an "Intelligence Age," but tech breakthroughs alone can't solve global warming.

Create ‘positive tipping points’ with climate mandates, governments urged

Wednesday - Requiring key sectors to switch to clean energy by specific times could trigger benevolent cascades, a report claims.

Sloths may die out due to climate change

Wednesday - The survival of sloths is under threat due to climate change, according to a new study.

TEN YEARS AGO...

Tuesday - Ten years ago, New Zealand was allowing its elite soils to be eaten up by cities – despite signing up to a new global campaign to protect valuable agricultural land.

Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning its Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu’s climate minister declares

Tuesday - Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question its claim to be a “member of the Pacific family”, and undermines the Australian case to...