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The 50MW facility near Manchester hopes to store enough power for roughly 50,000 homes.

OECD nations mobilised in 2018 11% more on climate finance for developing countries, compared with the previous year, although reaching the $100 million objective set by 2020 is still uncertain.

Wolves were hunted and trapped to extinction in state in the 1940s

Coloradans have voted to reintroduce wolves, which were hunted and trapped to extinction in the 1940s, to the state by 2023.

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A mutation in coronavirus triggers alarm but scientists urge caution as more information is needed.

Mike Cannon-Brookes leads group of more than 100 organisations issuing endorsement of Zali Steggall's Climate Change Bill.

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Exclusive: public health and environment at risk as water companies overuse emergency overflows, says pressure group

Water companies discharged raw sewage into bathing water beaches almost 3,000 times in the past year, polluting the environment and risking public health, new analysis shows.

Related: Face masks and gloves found on 30% of UK beaches in clean-up

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

Hong Kong-based shipping firm Wah Kwong has agreed to buy an undisclosed amount of carbon credits from the territory’s biggest power company as part of a joint effort to “raise awareness of decarbonisation in the shipping industry”.

Italian utility Enel has reported a 61% year-on-year drop in coal power generation over the first nine months while considerably advancing its hedging position, a double-whammy for EUA demand.

Mutation that led to government order fuels debate about future of fur and safety of farms

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John Papsø is devastated. You can hear it in his voice over the phone from Jutland. Like every other fur farmer in Denmark, he has 10 days to kill his mink.

“It’s horrible. I’m not even sure it’s dawned on me how grave the consequences will be for us. We are shellshocked. I was up at 4am because I couldn’t sleep. I’ve been pacing up and down the floor, and I’ve cried. It’s a state of shock,” said Papsø, who has more 30,000 mink on his farm.

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Offset deliveries to Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has now surpassed 60 million units, according to Clean Energy Regulator data, while the recent high ACCU issuance levels continued this week.

India is considering setting up a domestic GHG emissions trading scheme, a senior government official told industry leaders this week, while providing no further detail on what such a market might look like or when it could start.

President Donald Trump replaced the chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday evening, demoting Neil Chatterjee after he voiced openness for the grid regulator to consider state-led efforts to incorporate carbon pricing into wholesale power markets.

One of the world’s biggest gliding mammals, Australia’s greater glider is actually three separate species, according to new research

One of the world’s biggest gliding mammals, Australia’s once-common and unique greater glider, actually comprises three separate species, according to new genetic research.

Researchers said the findings should prompt urgent work to better understand the three species which are under pressure from rising temperatures, bushfires and land-clearing.

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S.A. government throws more money at Home Battery Scheme, boosting overall target to 440MWh and paving way for households to invest in bigger batteries.

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A global analysis suggests that on average the world's tallest teenagers live in the Netherlands.

Conservation volunteers find PPE items in nearly a third of areas targeted in annual drive

Discarded masks and other items of personal protective equipment were found on nearly a third of beaches surveyed by beach-cleaning volunteers this autumn.

The Marine Conservation Society’s annual beach clean found items of PPE on 30% of the areas they cleaned up.

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South Australia to "jump start" uptake of electric vehicles by transitioning government fleet to EVs and boosting charging infrastructure.

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The luxury carmaker will scrap petrol engines within a decade and become carbon neutral.

In an Australian first, Melbourne has become home to the new, revolutionary, zero-carbon, off-grid streetfood kitchen.

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