Carbon credits data on the way

The Clean Energy Regulator, the agency responsible for administering the carbon credit scheme in Australia, has signalled that long-withheld data on how carbon credits are issued and calculated will be released next week. This comes as the federal government prioritises better management of the carbon credits system.

Research published in the Nature Stability journal has sought to quantify the human cost associated with global warming. According to the study, two billion people, including many Australians, will find themselves living in dangerously hot places within this century if global warming reaches 2.7℃.

Whale watching season begins in Sydney, and from May through to July up to 50,000 humpback whales are expected to pass Australia’s east coast during their annual migration from Antarctica to the Great Barrier Reef. 

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Integrity of carbon credits to be unveiled next week
The Clean Energy Regulator, the agency responsible for administering the carbon credit scheme in Australia, has signalled that long-withheld data on how carbon credits are issued and calculated will be released next week. This comes as the federal government prioritises better management of the carbon credits system.

The human cost of global warming, calculated
Research from the Nature Stability journal has sought to quantify the human cost associated with global warming. According to the study, two billion people, including many Australians, will find themselves living in dangerously hot places within this century if global warming reaches 2.7℃. Areas of particular concern are throughout northwest Australia, including Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland.

Whale migration kicks off on the east coast.
Whale watching season begins in Sydney, and from May through to July up to 50,000 humpback whales are expected to pass Australia’s east coast during their annual migration from Antarctica to the Great Barrier Reef. 

Sydney Opera House receives 6 Star environmental rating
The Sydney Opera House has achieved a 6 Star ‘Green Star’ rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). The Opera House is among the first UNESCO World Heritage listed buildings to receive such a rating.

African officials call for protection of forest elephants in the Congo Basin
Better conservation of the Congo Basin, the world's second-largest tropical forest after the Amazon, is key to halting the further loss of the endangered forest elephant species, senior officials said on Monday.

36-year-old UN treaty is protecting the arctic today
The Montreal Protocol, an international United Nations treaty that banned harmful ozone-depleting substances, has successfully postponed the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic summer by up to 15 years, new research has found. 

Exxon silently invests in lithium mining
A Wall Street Journal exclusive reported over the weekend that the oil and gas company, Exxon Mobil recently purchased drilling rights to a sizable chunk of Arkansas (US) land from where the company intends to drill for lithium, a key ingredient in batteries for electric cars, cell phones and laptops.