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The data will help protect vital pollinators and could lead to new bee discoveries, say scientists.

On Martinique and Guadeloupe a pesticide has poisoned the soil and water and caused many cases of prostate cancer.

The UK is frequently cited as an example of why gas is "needed" in a clean energy transition, but the government's own forecasts shows gas will be in rapid decline.

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It is a relief to see state-based climate plans beginning to solidify into real policy action - plans that actually lower emissions, while putting 'guard rails' around the growth of energy technologies.

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ClearVue has begun construction on a “World-First” clear solar glass greenhouse at Murdoch University south of Perth.

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RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices inched up on the secondary market this week on bullish outlooks for the post-2020 period, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values edged down slightly as traders await the results of the Q4 WCI auction.

PM says Australia may be able to reach targets without the controversial accounting measure, as international pressure grows for greater climate ambition

Scott Morrison has told senior business leaders his government may not need carryover credits to meet its emissions reduction targets, because he is “confident our policies will get this job done”.

The prime minister addressed the Business Council of Australia virtually on Thursday night – one of many organisations that has championed Australia adopting a net zero emissions reduction target by 2050, a target the Coalition has resisted.

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Zinc-based battery manufacturer Eos listed on Nasdaq this week in a move it hopes will provide financial muscle to compete with lithium-ion specialists like Tesla.

The post Zinc-based battery start-up Eos Energy goes public to challenge Tesla dominance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Countries are progressing on their GHG reduction targets too slowly to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, even as the COVID-19 pandemic may inadvertently put the US on track to meet its previous Paris Agreement goals, according to two reports published Thursday.

Business secretary urged to lead by example before UN climate talks in Glasgow

Labour has accused the government of being reckless with Britain’s international climate credibility by continuing to consider financial support for overseas fossil fuel projects before UN climate talks in Glasgow next year.

The shadow climate minister, Matthew Pennycook, called on the government to end all financing for new foreign fossil fuel projects immediately or risk undermining its own commitment to tackling the global climate crisis.

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AGL faces years of declining profits, so perhaps it is time to consider a split of the company into two, clean and thermal.

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The Green Climate Fund channels money from rich countries to help low-income countries tackle climate change and cut their emissions. But Australia stopped contributing. Jonathan Pickering, Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is to be dismantled, officials announce.

EU carbon fell on Thursday on technical selling and profit-taking, as well as worries surrounding weaker fundamentals, policy disputes, and COVID-19, with EUA prices retreating further from a two-month high touched in the previous session.

Canadian Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson introduced a long-awaited bill on Thursday to install five-year GHG reduction budgets and a mid-century commitment to net zero emissions, with the forthcoming 2030 target to serve as an update to the country’s Paris Agreement goal.

For the first time, advocates have tracked how animals in US waters are harmed by plastic pollution.

Climate groups plan to camp in Washington DC in protest of Biden’s hires of key staff with connections to the oil and gas industry

Progressive climate activists plan to occupy the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC today in protest of Joe Biden’s early hires of key staff with connections to the oil and gas industry.

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Farmers must still destroy animals before midnight, despite health ministry saying variant has not been found since September

The Covid-19 mink variant that led to a cull of all mink in Denmark and the resignation of the country’s agriculture minister on Wednesday, is “very likely extinct”, said Denmark’s health ministry.

The cull was sparked by research from one of Denmark’s public health bodies, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), which showed that a mink variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus called C5 was harder for antibodies to neutralise and posed a potential threat to vaccine efficacy.

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The great whales are returning to the island that hosted the industry that nearly destroyed them.