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Hyundai Australia confirms it will recall electric Kona and Ioniq cars sold in Australia and replace their battery packs due to potential fire risk.

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Australia's emissions begin to head back up in latest figures, as the Australian economy recovered from the symptoms of Covid-19.

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Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace's action is dangerous and illegal.

The National Trust is planning to plant dozens of blossoming trees at different sites around the UK.

Australia’s electricity market is unsustainable. Texas shows us why.

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Protected land reserved for Brazil's indigenous communities is being traded on the social network.

Auditors say emissions down just 1% since 2011 and target of zero emissions by 2050 is a long way off

Carbon emissions from passenger cars across Britain have fallen by just 1% since 2011, despite a steep rise in the sale of electric and hybrid vehicles, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said.

The National Audit Office said the popularity of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and an increase in road traffic were among factors that have cancelled out expected reductions from low-emission car sales.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rose on the secondary market this week on the heels of the second consecutive WCI auction selling out, as RGGI allowance (RGA) values slipped ahead of the programme’s own quarterly sale next week.

A WCI-modelled carbon market bill passed its first committee in the Washington state legislature on Thursday, but a key senator signalled that he will tether the act’s ultimate implementation to lawmakers also enacting a transportation funding package this session.

It's an exciting time for energy policy in Western Australia, but neither side has given clear answers to some crucial questions.

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AusNet releases its preferred route for major new transmission link through Victoria to address "Rhombus of Regret" and unlock new wind and solar projects.

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Europe's largest planned gas station has been scrapped, and a new report shows that clean is cheaper. It's bad news for Angus Taylor.

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EUAs slipped 2.3% on Thursday after an early drive higher floundered and wider markets fell, halting this week's run of late upward moves towards EU carbon's all-time high above €40.

Iconic ecosystems, from coral reefs to Tasmania's ancient forests, are collapsing across the continent and into Antarctica. It's not too late to act — in fact, our lives depend on it. Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Lesley Hughes, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Michael Depledge, Professor and Chair, Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

During the Texas cold snap prices jumped 30,000%. We can't allow it to happen here. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US biofuel credit (RINs) values rose during the first half of the week as the widening bean oil-heating oil spread propelled prices higher under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while next-year D3 credits traded on Thursday as entities potentially looked to hedge renewable natural gas project development.