Australian miner partners with green steel hopeful for low emissions iron work

Published 07:13 on February 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:13 on February 7, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

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.

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Bangladesh garment industry holds vast biogas potential, study finds

Published 10:55 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:55 on February 6, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Bangladesh’s vast garment industry could cut costs and reduce carbon emissions, according to a team of local and German researchers.

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Australian port association releases first ever emissions guidelines for tricky sector

Published 13:01 on February 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:54 on February 4, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International, Shipping

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.

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Australian farmers’ group calls to retain seven ACCU methodologies due for sunset

Published 10:07 on February 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:07 on February 4, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

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.

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Japanese steelmaker to supply ‘green steel’ pipes to Singapore

Published 10:04 on January 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:04 on January 30, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Other APAC

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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Tokyo trading houses’ Asian gas focus wrong footed -report

Published 08:49 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:49 on January 29, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan

Japan’s giant trading houses are lagging in the global move to decarbonise and risk harming regional climate goals and stranding Asian nations with fossil fuel assets that may become obsolete at best or lock in long term emissions at worst, a paper released Wednesday found.

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Japanese developer debuts IFM methodology

Published 11:48 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:48 on January 28, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Japanese climate solution developer has debuted a new methodology that will credit forests owned by corporate entities in a move it said will rival and improve upon J-Credits.

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Australian state halts wind farm approval process for projects set to supply miner, smelter

Published 10:11 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:11 on January 28, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Queensland has paused plans for several large-scale wind farms whose electricity was to be purchased by mining companies with facilities under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism.

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Indonesia’s clean rhetoric must be balanced with clear new regulations, think tank says

Published 08:14 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:14 on January 28, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Indonesia’s new leadership has failed to implement the policies necessary to achieve its updated 2050 net zero target or its energy independence target in the first 100 days, a local think tank said.

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Australian state commits almost A$120 mln to protect land, sea, and biodiversity

Published 07:44 on January 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:44 on January 24, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

Queensland’s newly elected conservative government on Friday promised A$117.84 million ($74.44 mln) for natural resource protection over the next four years.

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