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A new home under construction in the Melbourne suburb of Clyde North in Australia. Photo by Troy Mortier on Unsplash
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How low can we go? To cut the carbon that goes into buildings to net zero, we need radical change

Building operations can get to net zero through efficiency and renewable energy. It’s entirely unclear how we’ll get there for material use and...

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Tata Steel signs £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with UK Government for £1.25 billion green steel project in Port Talbot

September 11 2024 Tata Steel announces that it has signed a  £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with the UK Government allowing it to...

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Government puts workers at the heart of new and improved Port Talbot deal

The government has announced a new, improved Port Talbot deal for workers which has been agreed with Tata Steel and Trade Unions. Published...

The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
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Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

Reaching net zero involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible before ‘offsetting’ any remaining hard-to-abate emissions (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Some businesses still misunderstanding what net zero means, research finds

Survey of British businesses shows that non-experts might be setting net zero goals with a lack of understanding.

FILE - Sailboats and a passenger ferry dot Lake Champlain as seen from Battery Park, Aug. 14, 2015 in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsRegulationsResiliency

EPA says Vermont fails to comply with Clean Water Act through inadequate regulation of some farms

The EPA urges Vermont to fix regulatory flaws in controlling farm runoff to protect Lake Champlain from pollution.

AnalysisClimateEmissionsOpinion

Methane emissions are at new highs. It could put us on a dangerous climate path

The Conversation: Cutting methane emissions is one of the best and only short-term levers we can pull to slow the rate of climate...

FILE - Smoke rises from an energy facility after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)
ElectricityNewsNuclear PowerPoliticsTradeWeather

Ukraine braces for hardest winter due to intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure

Ukraine’s prime minister warned Tuesday that the country could be facing its toughest winter since the full-scale Russian invasion began

AnalysisBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)EmissionsManufacturingReportsTransport

Beyond passenger cars: Clean Energy Canada on how to jumpstart commercial electric vehicles

Canada lags in adopting zero-emission trucks and buses, which account for 37% of transport emissions: Clean Energy Canada

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
BiofuelsClimateEconomyEmissionsFuelNewsSustainable Aviation Fuel

US clean fuels tax credit likely by end of Biden administration, Agriculture Secretary says

Program would provide credits for the production of lower-emission fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel, and should be finalized by the end of Biden's...

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