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28 January 2021 Australia’s major emitters could soon have the opportunity to publish the details of carbon offsets they have purchased, alongside their annual greenhouse gas emissions, under a new proposal being considered by the Clean Energy Regulator. While few details about the proposed carbon offsets report are currently publicly available, it is understood that the Clean Energy Regulator will soon be launching a process of consultation on a new reporting scheme to allow corporate emitte...

Advertisement Those hoping new United States President Joe Biden would make action on climate change one of his top priorities would have been cheered by the flurry of activity from his first days in office. With a few strokes of his pen, Biden cancelled a Trump administration permit for the $US8 billion ($10.3 billion) Keystone XL pipeline linking Canada’s oil sands to the Gulf coast, slapped a moratorium on oil and gas leases in Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, beg...

17 Dec 2020 Get your (eco-friendly) party poppers ready, because Pinetrees Lodge at Lord Howe Island has just achieved carbon-neutral certification under the federal government’s Climate Active Program! That means the property is the first full-service hotel in Australia to gain certification through the rigorous program. To achieve this certification, Pinetrees Lodge went through all sources of carbon emissions from the business – inclu...