INTERVIEW: Canadian CDR player makes push into Australian mining heartland
A Canadian carbon dioxide removal (CDR) firm has announced a wide-scale push into Australia’s mining heartland with two partnerships with local miners and an $8 million boost from two venture capital firms to further its tech, and a separate partnership with the Climate Recovery Institute.
Read MorePolicy support needed for Malaysian steel decarbonisation
Malaysia has the potential to decarbonise its lagging and relatively small steel industry, but government support will be needed as the sector is experiencing a downturn that makes investment in green technology difficult.
Read MoreJapanese shipper sets up carbon insetting programme
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) on Wednesday launched a net zero alliance that will establish carbon insetting projects and generate environmental attributes certificates (EACs) from voyages that use its alternative fuels.
Read MoreAustralia passes hydrogen, mineral tax credit scheme
Australia has passed legislation to provide production tax credits for hydrogen and critical minerals processing in the hopes of kickstarting clean energy industries that have struggled to take wing.
Read MoreAustralian banks still committing billions of dollars to fossil projects -report
An activist shareholder group has run the ruler over the exposure to fossil fuels for Australian and international banks and found the numbers significant, but said ‘ordinary’ people may not realise the full extent of their banks’ lending activities.
Read MoreAustralian miner partners with green steel hopeful for low emissions iron work
An Australian miner sitting on an iron ore deposit saw its share price jump close to 20% by the middle of Friday after it announced an in-principle agreement to supply a large-scale green iron plant in Western Australia.
Read MoreBangladesh garment industry holds vast biogas potential, study finds
Bangladesh’s vast garment industry could cut costs and reduce carbon emissions, according to a team of local and German researchers.
Read MoreAustralian port association releases first ever emissions guidelines for tricky sector
Ports Australia has released reporting guidelines for ports covering Scopes 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, a first of its kind in the country.
Read MoreAustralian farmers’ group calls to retain seven ACCU methodologies due for sunset
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) would like to see retained seven of the 19 Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) methodologies that are due to be phased out, it said in a submission to the government.
Read MoreJapanese steelmaker to supply ‘green steel’ pipes to Singapore
Japan’s Nippon Steel said Thursday it will supply a form of lower carbon steel to Singapore’s Hupsteel, one of the largest wholesalers in the city-state, although Japanese environmental groups take issue with this particular type of carbon accounting.
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