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The natural song of the regent honeyeater has essentially "disappeared" in 12% of the population.

Korea Zinc takes 30% stake in MacIntyre wind farm, part of a gigawatt-scale Queenalnd project that will supply a state government utility and a major refinery.

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The starfish could represent a lucrative trade but they also play a key role on the coastal ecology.

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We talk to Origin Energy’s head of mobility, and head of strategy, Chau Le, about the utility’s new push into electric vehicles.

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New research has found that a loss of song culture could be a big problem for one of Australia’s rarest songbirds. A lack of adult males passing on mating calls to younger birds may have forced some to pick up the tunes of other species. Females are less likely to pair and nest with those singing unusual songs, causing further problems for dwindling populations. Conservationists are trying a new technique to arrest this decline, playing songs captured in the wild to birds bred in captivity

• How an endangered Australian songbird is forgetting its love songs

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Much has been gained with the Yallourn closure deal. It would not be surprising to see other generators approaching the Government along similar lines.

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Trina Solar launches fully-owned PV tracking business Trina Tracker in bid to to capitalise on the next – potentially rocky – phase of the big solar market.

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New Zealand sold all 4.75 million NZUs on offer at its inaugural auction Wednesday, with the sale clearing more than 7% below the secondary market at NZ$36 ($25.90).

Australia's government is about to re-activate its efforts to convince the world that it's doing enough on climate (it is not).

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New study suggests young regent honeyeaters are not getting the chance to learn mating calls

What happens to a species if the music starts to die, or when their songs become corrupted or their singers have never heard the original tunes?

A new study has found that a loss of melody and song could be a bad sign for one of Australia’s rarest songbirds – the regent honeyeater.

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Activist shareholders welcome the impending release of ever-shorter, interim sectoral benchmarks designed to guide investors towards 2050 net zero targets, but remain adamantly opposed to the recognition of reduction-based offsets in achieving net zero, a panel heard Tuesday.

Czech utility CEZ saw a 13.9% drop in its EU ETS-covered thermal generation for 2020 as a major coal facility closed, it reported on Tuesday, detailing plans to offload more coal assets this year.

The World Bank-led Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has cancelled three possible deforestation reduction deals, while three others are expected to be agreed soon, a spokesperson confirmed to Carbon Pulse.

Emissions covered under the EU ETS likely fell by a record amount in 2020, according to a poll of 10 analysts, as the pandemic and subsequent government-imposed lockdowns slashed power generation and industrial output while wreaking havoc on the European economy.

Massachusetts sold all Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) carbon allowances on offer at its March auction, but the second sale of 2021 allowances regressed to an all-time low clearing price for the power sector cap-and-trade programme, market participants told Carbon Pulse.

EUAs lost nearly 2% on Tuesday, falling back further from the previous session's record high amid weaker energy markets and profit-taking, and despite resolute bullish sentiment.

We hear a lot about the Morrison government 'kicking the can down the road' on emissions reduction. New research reveals the precise burden that forces onto young Australians. Lesley Hughes, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Malte Meinshausen, A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne Will Steffen, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In healthy populations, the song of regent honeyeaters is complex and long. But where the population is very small, the song is sadly diminished. Ross Crates, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Dejan Stojanovic, Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University Naomi Langmore, Research Fellow, Australian National University Rob Heinsohn, Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California electricity demand appears to be skewing back to historic levels, though consumption remained stunted over the first two months of 2021 amid more COVID-19 restrictions, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.