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EUAs dipped below €21 on Friday and were poised to end a tumultuous week at a loss, with oil prices continuing to strongly influence price direction.

In the latest Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak to Megan Boutwell, vice president of operations at US-based consultancy Stillwater Associates, about the coronavirus-related impacts on the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and neighbouring transportation sector clean fuels markets.

Nearly 20 Pennsylvania Republicans have asked Governor Tom Wolf (D) to withdraw his executive order that requires the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to draft a RGGI-modelled cap-and-trade programme by this summer. 

The US Supreme Court will decide at a May conference whether to take up a case that challenges the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), with refiners arguing the EPA should reconsider that facet of the biofuels programme on an annual basis.

The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including lockdown sea loin and IVF toad

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Exclusive: Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances

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Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution by scientists investigating whether this could enable it to be carried over longer distances and increase the number of people infected.

The work is preliminary and it is not yet known if the virus remains viable on pollution particles and in sufficient quantity to cause disease.

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Study sheds light upon migratory cycle of bird to help understand alarming decline

When you’ve just braved sandstorms, thunderstorms and drought during a 4,000-mile solo flight in search of romance, what is your first priority?

For Carlton II the cuckoo, it appears to be a relaxing round of golf. The satellite-tagged bird became the first of a small flock of tracked cuckoos to return to his breeding grounds in record time, dashing from the Ivory Coast to southern England in seven days.

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

China is making steady progress on reforming its power market, which along with the national ETS is expected to speed up decarbonisation, but the process is vulnerable to government strategy to rebuild its economy after the COVID-19 outbreak, according to analysis released this week.

New techniques are being used to transform images from Hubble into spectacular 3D visualisations.

Europe’s top emitter RWE on Friday reported a 29% drop in ETS-covered thermal power output over Q1, continuing its rapid decline in carbon-intensive generation on from last year.

Degrowthers are susceptible to caricature – but their ideas raise important questions about how, how much, and why we work

Amid the misery and chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there are some short-term consolations. The precipitous drop in road and air traffic has left the air cleaner and the skies clearer. For advocates of a Green New Deal (GND) – a vast, state-funded green infrastructure project, including a total transition to renewable energy and the construction of mass transit systems – there are reasons to be optimistic. As the severity of the unfolding global recession becomes clear – the IMF predicts a 3% global contraction – the GND looks like the best route to recovery.

Related: Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work?

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1MW “solar garden” designed to deliver renewable power to people without a rooftop of their own seeks expressions of interest from the local Riverina community.

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What, exactly, is a two-sided wholesale electricity market? And will it really be good for consumers, or just sound like it?

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Enphase to collaborate with solar industry innovator 5B on PV and storage bushfire relief campaign.

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Owners of five solar farms in Victoria and NSW hopeful for full resumption after testing for new inverter "firmware" to address oscillation issues appears to be successful.

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ARENA makes the case for its continued existence with a report showing the significant benefits the agency has delivered to clean energy and regional Australia.

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Austria and Sweden have both announced the closure of their last coal plants – with Sweden doing so two years ahead of schedule.

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UK solar generation reached a new record high of 9.68GW, thanks in large part to the Coronavirus-related slump in air pollution levels resulting in clearer skies.

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