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Western Australia’s Labor-led McGowan Government announces members of its Future Battery Industry taskforce which will seek to grow the state’s battery industry.

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Biggest solar project in NSW approved by planning commission, despite resident concerns of heat islands and glare and council's fear of "batteries melting down like nuclear".

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The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is offering a role for someone to take a leading role in shaping UK energy, environment and climate change engagement with South West China.

The government says the post-Brexit plans for farm payments are the most significant for 50 years.

Covid and drought help reduce greenhouse in latest quarter, but there's little evidence of any long-term cuts to emissions apart from switch to wind and solar.

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Homes for these "ultimate environmental engineers" have been set up in enclosures across England.

REP brings forward 500MW wind component of Bowen renewable energy hub, as state authorities kick off environmental review of "battery of the north".

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£1.6bn subsidies for owning land in England to end, with funds going to improve nature

Wildlife, nature and the climate will benefit from the biggest shake-up in farming policy in England for 50 years, according to government plans.

The £1.6bn subsidy farmers receive every year for simply owning land will be phased out by 2028, with the funds used instead to pay them to restore wild habitats, create new woodlands, boost soils and cut pesticide use.

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The decision recognises that water rights are critical for Indigenous people to restore customs, protect their culture, become economically independent and heal Country. Troy McDonald, Chairman of Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge Erin O'Donnell, Early Career Academic Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Angus Taylor’s dire warnings about abandoning coal are going unheeded as the states forge their own path towards renewables

There may have been other weeks that packed in as many transformative developments in clean energy in Australia as the past seven days, but they don’t come often.

On Friday, the New South Wales parliament passed laws to build 12 gigawatts of clean energy – roughly equivalent to the country’s entire existing large-scale renewable capacity – and 2GW of energy storage in the state over the next decade.

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Wayne Ting, chief executive of e-scooter firm Lime, says there's room for improvement.

Analysis: The PM changed tone as soon as Joe Biden was projected likely next US president. Will a policy pivot follow?

Scott Morrison’s language about Australia adopting an emissions reduction target of net zero by 2050, and about climate action more generally, is starting to warm up. The recent shift in the prime minister’s language invites two questions: is there a pivot under way, and is the shift real?

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The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade.

A rare wetland plant has reappeared after not being seen for more than a century.

The distribution of free EU carbon allowances for 2021 will be delayed until at least Q2 next year due to the protracted process to set ETS emissions benchmarks and calculate allocation quotas, the European Commission confirmed on Friday.

The EU and Switzerland has published the ETS allowance transfer window schedule for 2021, providing 29 one-day opportunities for units to flow between the linked carbon markets.

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EUAs reached a fresh two-month high on Friday before easing back for a robust 5.2% weekly gain as fears about an extended auction-free period continued to drive bullish sentiment.