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The US space agency has awarded two American and one Japanese firm contracts to pick up lunar soil.

At the start of 2020 forecasts were predicting the year would end with an LGC surplus in the millions, but current trends mean we could easily wind up with a deficit.

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Breeding in captivity is expensive, and means the animal's gene pool will be sorely depleted. Using sperm and egg freezing and IVF techniques can reduce that. Lachlan G. Howell, Casual Academic and PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle John Clulow, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia has identified five new offset project methods it will fast-track over the next four months to further boost the supply of domestic carbon credits, Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor said Friday.

A combination of corporate and state government demand rescued many wind and solar projects in 2020. Chris Briggs explains why.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How companies and states rescued wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New South Wales planning commission green-lights new 200MW solar project in Inverell Shire, to be co-located with a big battery.

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The high growth of electric vehicles will play a large role in significant grid changes, and in decreasing emissions.

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Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum calls on Australia to set zero carbon target, saying climate change 'single greatest threat' to Pacific region.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rose to near pre-Q4 auction levels this week as sellers exited the secondary market, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) values declined in front of the Northeast US cap-and-trade scheme’s own quarterly sale. 

The "ambitious" target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far, the PM says.

Boris Johnson promises to go further and faster by setting target of 68% reduction in annual carbon emissions

The UK will cut greenhouse gas emissions further and faster than any other major economy in the next decade, according to a new carbon target set out by the prime minister.

There will be a reduction of 68% in annual carbon emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, a significant increase on the current target of about 57% reductions. The raising of ambition on tackling climate breakdown is intended to galvanise other countries to follow suit, as Boris Johnson prepares to co-host a virtual summit of world leaders on the climate next week.

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Hartree Partners has hired two emissions trading experts, including a former head of global carbon at Deutsche Bank, as the commodities trading firm ramps up its environmental product offerings.

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