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Since the Duck problem originates on the rooftops of individual households, it makes sense to solve the problem there, behind the meter.

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The options for electric vehicle buyers in Australia are growing: Here is the complete list of new models available in 2021 under $75,000.

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The options for electric vehicle buyers in Australia are growing: Here is the complete list of new models available in 2021 under $75,000.

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Australia's next big decarbonisation challenge is transport, and it's going to hit hard in 2021.

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Australia's next big decarbonisation challenge is transport, and it's going to hit hard in 2021.

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A new analysis shows that despite the temporary dent from Covid-19 and gains in renewables, Australia is returning to a badly off-track state on emissions.

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A new analysis shows that despite the temporary dent from Covid-19 and gains in renewables, Australia is returning to a badly off-track state on emissions.

The post New report shows Australia’s post-COVID carbon boom has already begun appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia launches rebadged energy productivity scheme, supporting households to shift demand, despite concerns over lost focus on energy efficiency.

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South Australia launches rebadged energy productivity scheme, supporting households to shift demand, despite concerns over lost focus on energy efficiency.

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California divvied out 4 mln compliance offsets across all four active protocols this week, according to data published by state regulator ARB Wednesday, capping off a year that saw total credit issuances under the state’s WCI-linked carbon market rise 70% over 2019 levels.

With the holiday season upon us and the EU ETS’ Market Stability Reserve set to be reviewed by lawmakers in the new year, analysts have weighed in as to what’s naughty and what’s nice about the carbon market’s vital supply management mechanism, and what about it might change in the future.

In many parts of Australia, the trees are in full flower in December. But once they start you must be quick to catch sight of them, the impressive flower show doesn't last more than a couple of weeks. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUAs climbed to within a few cents of €32 on Wednesday, moving up in thin holiday trade amid reports that a Brexit trade deal could be completed today, while data showed more investment and trading firms flocking to the market.

Tongass national forest, which plays a key role in fighting climate crisis, poised for logging after US ruling

A coalition of Alaskan native tribes, conservation groups and small businesses have filed a lawsuit in an effort to save America’s largest national forest by overturning one of the Trump administration’s most contentious environmental rollbacks.

Protection for the Tongass national forest in Alaska, one of the world’s last intact temperate rainforests, which plays a crucial role in fighting climate change, has been gutted by a recent US government decision to overturn a two-decade ban on logging and road building.

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ICE Futures Europe, the continent's main emissions trading exchange, will launch a daily Phase 4 EU Allowance futures contract on Jan. 29, 2021 - the same day that the first permit auction for the EU ETS' 2021-30 trading period will be held.

Exclusive: Ocean temperatures to peak at about 1C above average in April, according to forecast, threatening marine life and coral

Western Australia’s coastline is set for a marine heatwave in the early months of 2021, with temperatures rising to their highest level for a decade, according to a newly developed forecast from CSIRO.

Ocean temperatures from Ningaloo to Perth will peak at about 1C above average in April, according to the forecast produced using climate models, observations and machine learning.

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The successor to AlphaGo is being used to create a more efficient type of video compression.

It might have suffered a big break-up this week but the iceberg is still carrying substantial bulk.

Scientists have filmed octopuses in the Red Sea lashing out at fish during a group hunt.

There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5℃ of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk

As we prepare to turn the page on 2020, and inaugurate Joe Biden as president on 20 January 2021, the incoming administration has a climate mandate to listen to people across America – and keep fossil fuels in the ground. This means stopping the Keystone XL, Dakota Access and Line 3 pipelines on day one.

While Trump props up failing fossil fuel companies, including through government handouts from Covid-19 stimulus packages to the tune of $15bn, Biden has already committed to transitioning the United States off oil, holding polluters accountable, honoring treaty rights and stopping the Keystone XL pipeline.

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