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Prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

New Zealand allowances crept up 5 cents on Friday to end the week at their highest since late July and just shy of the market’s all-time record, but activity is stymied with both supply and demand dented.

XR plans protests next week as activists call on MPs to back a climate emergency bill

Extinction Rebellion plann to block streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff next week as they call on MPs to back a climate emergency bill and hold a national citizens’ assembly on the crisis.

On Tuesday, five XR groups will block roads leading to parliament as they descend on Westminster to demand MPs back what they call the climate and ecological emergency bill, which they say would speed up the UK’s progress on reducing its carbon emissions.

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Solar industry warns of "chaos and confusion" as regulators struggle to finalise new standards and rules for new inverters and large scale "shedding" of rooftop PV.

The post “Chaos and confusion” as regulators fast-track rules to switch off solar PV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

University of South Australia team says its own R&D – and that of many others – on renewable heat-to-power technology will slash industrial gas use by up to 80%.

The post Renewable alternatives set to slash industrial gas use – sooner rather than later appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exclusive: Queensland supreme court says company engaged in ‘unconscionable conduct’

Adani has quietly begun planning to rebrand its Abbot Point coal terminal – removing all reference to Adani in its company name and branding – as financiers continue to abandon the business and a Queensland court orders it to pay $106.8m in damages.

The Queensland supreme court this week ordered Adani to pay four terminal users damages for “unconscionable conduct” in a judgement that was scathing of Adani’s actions to advantage its own financial interests over other coal companies.

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ANU study says cheaper solar and wind, combined with falling costs for electrolysers, will mean green hydrogen will soon beat fossil fuel alternatives.

The post Rapid fall to parity predicted for Australian renewable hydrogen costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ben Blanche was named the overall winner of the Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition for his photo, Border Fire Mt Barney. The judges said: ‘In the wave of flames snaking across the mountain we see the true scale of the fire, and for every burning tree that we see, we imagine the shrubs, the vines, the insects, the marsupials and the birds that we can’t.’

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Legislation reveals how Angus Taylor will co-opt one of Australia's most successful clean energy investment bodies to pour taxpayer funds into unprofitable gas projects.

The post “Crazy”: How Taylor plans to co-opt CEFC funds into unprofitable gas projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federally, there is no policy, no plan for policy, and no decent process for policy development. Neither is there much support for all the work everyone else does.

The post As states negotiate transmission debacle, it’s radio silence from the Feds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

West Mathewson was attacked without warning by lions during one of their regular walks

A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two white lionesses on Wednesday when one of the animals attacked and killed him without warning, his family said on Thursday.

The incident took place on the premises of the family-owned Lion Tree Top Lodge, in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province.

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There's to be a new effort to understand how the immune system responds to Covid-19.

Hyundai Motors the only major legacy automaker to deliver a positive stock return in 2020, prompting S&P Global to give thumbs up to its electrification strategy.

The post Hyundai’s electric vehicle pivot pays off, while other ICE players languish appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neuralink is working on ways to connect the human brain to machines.

In a recent survey, 64% of youths said they've experienced bushfires, heatwaves and drought in the past three years. But 88% believe they're not taught to protect themselves and their communities. Annette Gough, Professor Emerita of Science and Environmental Education, RMIT University Briony Towers, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The farming of seaweed is accelerating as firms exploit its fast growth and green credentials.

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RGGI allowance (RGA) prices continued their bull run this week despite traders noting some resistance in the market, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA)  values dropped after the second consecutive WCI auction failed to sell out.