Australian 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.
Read MoreTokyo trading houses’ Asian gas focus wrong footed -report
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.
Read MoreJapanese developer debuts IFM methodology
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.
Read MoreAustralian state halts wind farm approval process for projects set to supply miner, smelter
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.
Read MoreIndonesia’s clean rhetoric must be balanced with clear new regulations, think tank says
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.
Read MoreAustralian state commits almost A$120 mln to protect land, sea, and 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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