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Industrial conglomerate INEOS plans to make a big investment in developing Europe’s green hydrogen capacity, with an announcement on Monday to commit €2 billion in what will be the region’s largest investment to date in electrolysis projects.

The Smart Energy Council will be holding Australia’s biggest online energy and climate change event, the Global Race to Zero Summit on 20-21 October.

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Angus Taylor to face re-election challenge in Hume, with a community endorsed independent candidate to be revealed next month.

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Solar offers the cheapest and quickest option to cut emissions in the net 10 years. We just need to build more of it, and connect more of it.

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Australian concentrated solar and hydro storage technology outfit RayGen Resources claims Norwegian giant as major new investor.

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Morrison has ceded control of Australia's climate policies to Joyce's Nationals, and didn't even ask them to support an increased 2030 target.

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We don’t need new taxes, hydrogen, CCS or a “gas-led recovery”. But we do need the federal government to either get involved or get out of the way.

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Canadian pension fund takes 49% stake in FRV Australia, including huge development pipeline of solar and battery storage projects.

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Making energy supply to homes and businesses more flexible could help the UK meet its climate goals.

BBC science correspondent Matt McGrath answers your questions about Glasgow's COP26 climate summit.

The BBC's Nick Beake meets the young climate activists trying to stop Norway drilling for oil and gas.

The Nebra Sky Disc is dated 3,600-years-old and considered one of the most important archaeological finds.

India's oldest and tallest mountain of rubbish in the city of Mumbai is 18 storeys high.

Two friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.

Exclusive: NatWest, Microsoft, GSK and Unilever among firms to raise complaint over poor planning and breakdown in relations

Companies that stumped up millions of pounds to sponsor the Cop26 climate summit have condemned it as “mismanaged” and “very last minute” in a volley of complaints as next month’s event in Glasgow draws near.

The sponsors, which include some of Britain’s biggest companies, have raised formal complaints blaming “very inexperienced” civil servants for delayed decisions, poor communication and a breakdown in relations between the organisers and firms in the run-up to the landmark talks.

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Angus Taylor briefs junior Coalition partner on policy proposal but any deal remains a long way off

The National party has exited a marathon meeting where they discussed the Morrison government’s climate policy without coming to an agreement – with discussions to continue into the parliamentary sitting week.

The not-unexpected outcome came after more than four hours of talks on Sunday. The Liberal energy minister, Angus Taylor, spent the first three hours briefing the party room on a proposal to commit Australia to a net zero emissions target by 2050 and the roadmap to get there.

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List of facilities makes it clear that virtually no part of the US appears free from the potential risk of air and water contamination with the chemicals

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified more than 120,000 locations around the US where people may be exposed to a class of toxic “forever chemicals” associated with various cancers and other health problems that is a frightening tally four times larger than previously reported, according to data obtained by the Guardian.

The list of facilities makes it clear that virtually no part of America appears free from the potential risk of air and water contamination with the chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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The Russian film crew return after an ISS shoot that had its own moments of drama.

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