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Australian zinc-bromine flow battery maker Redflow resumes trading on the ASX – and releases its highest annual sales revenue since 2012.

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The "Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change" (SGCCC) acts as platform for exchange on NDC implementation and climate governance between the Chinese and German national climate departments.

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A Biden presidency could herald a new era for climate action, while placing immense pressure on the Morrison to actually to something on climate change.

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Last year was remarkable for high temperatures and severe swings, according to the Met Office.

Non-native predators and pests, forestry and farming mean our recovery is faltering. Here’s what we need to do

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Australia’s “black summer” megafires were a severe blow to ecosystems already reeling from decades of adverse impacts. Feral predators and grazers, weeds and unsustainable land and water use have reduced the resilience of nature in Australia. So when the unprecedented fires came, they were able to push species to the brink.

Walking the fire grounds it was impossible to miss the immediate impacts: charred bodies of snakes lying among rocks, and dead wallabies floating in waterholes. But some astonishing survivors were also to be seen: small lizards that had waited it out in burrows, and birds that had fled to safety then returned. And with rain, the trees and grasses swiftly resprouted.

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AEMO says severed constraints on nine solar farms in Queensland only likely to be a rare event, and if too many coal plants are sidelined.

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Until recently, the city was seen as a poster child in its handling of the pandemic. What went wrong?

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list 13 species as Extinct. Consultation closes on 11 September 2020.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list the Eastern Mallee Bird Community as a threatened ecological community. Consultation closes on 28 August 2020.

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit bank will shrink by an estimated 4% in the first quarter of the year due to a more stringent carbon intensity (CI) reduction benchmark, though a drop in gasoline demand from the coronavirus pandemic will limit the damage, analysts said Thursday.

EU utilities advanced their hedging position over the second quarter even as their ETS-covered output slumped considerably as coronavirus restrictions took effect, according to financial results published on Thursday.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices surged to a four-year high on the secondary market this week on increased compliance buying, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values slid despite more trading activity.

Pennsylvania Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D) unveiled Thursday a bill to implement a power sector ETS that could link with the RGGI programme, a rebuttal to other state lawmakers’ attempts to stop Governor Tom Wolf (D) from joining the Northeast US carbon market.

Australia's car fleet - if fully electric - could provide as much storage five Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro schemes. Here's why.

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In Australia, coastal flooding is expected to be worse along the northern coast in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Ebru Kirezci, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne Ian Young, Kernot Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Historically, basking sharks were caught as bycatch in New Zealand fisheries and seen in their hundreds in some inshore areas. They have disappeared and we don't know why. Adam Smith, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Most polluted census tracts in 1981 remained the most polluted in 2016 despite nationwide reductions in pollution, study says

Wealthy white Americans are still getting to breathe cleaner air than lower-income communities of color, despite significant nationwide reductions in pollution since the 1980s, according to a new study.

Fine particle pollution – which is 2.5 micrometers or smaller – has fallen an average of about 70% since 1981. But air pollution is not equally distributed around America.

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A new US-listed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks carbon prices in three markets was launched Thursday, allowing retail investors for the first time to hold cross-continental stakes in cap-and-trade schemes.

Some of the EU’s largest cement and steel producers have seen production rebound late in H1 following initial coronavirus lockdowns in Q1, but they say prospects of a second virus wave make their outlook for the rest of the year impossible to predict.