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A new study suggests Australian and international tourists have 'reef grief' over the impact of coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef.

Major economies pledged a decade ago to phase out all aid for fossil fuels

G20 nations have almost tripled the subsidies they give to coal-fired power plants in recent years, despite the urgent need to cut the carbon emissions driving the climate crisis.

The bloc of major economies pledged a decade ago to phase out all fossil fuel subsidies.

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Media coverage of mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef may be causing some tourists to start mourning its loss.

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Prices for biofuel credits (RINs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) have climbed in recent days after a news outlet reported President Trump ordered a review of the EPA’s compliance waiver programme for refiners.

New speculators trimmed some length off their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings over the past week, but the group’s large position remained relatively unchanged despite significant price decreases in the WCI cap-and-trade market, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices have continued their steady increase over the month of June as compliance buying has persisted, but some participants have questioned how much further the bull run will last.

This month, the United Kingdom has made two landmark achievements in its bid to reduce carbon emissions.

Because it happened within the Australian Plate rather than at a plate boundary, shockwaves from the quake travelled more efficiently to Darwin than to cities closer to the epicentre. Brendan Duffy, Lecturer in Applied Geoscience, University of Melbourne Mark Quigley, Associate professor, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Severe coral bleaching may have been the crucial factor in bringing home the reality of climate change for many people. Matt Curnock, Social Scientist, CSIRO Scott Heron, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Discover Australia’s threatened plant species, as well as their major threats

Humans are devastating the world’s plants and causing a “frightening” number of extinctions, according to a global scientific survey of the issue. This is certainly the case in Australia, where plants make up 72% of the total threatened species list, with 1,308 listed species, and 370 species listed as critically endangered or endangered at a state level. This accelerating decline in the world’s biodiversity will have grave consequences for human society according to the UN’s recent global assessment report.

In Australia, recent research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub listed the 100 plants that are most at risk. Dr Jennifer Silcock from the University of Queensland said the list, published in the Australian Journal of Botany, showed the main threats were urbanisation, inappropriate fire regimes, introduced plant disease and habitat loss.

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Treasury proposes rise from 5% to 20%, while the tax on coal will stay at lower rate

Homes hoping to shrink their carbon footprints by installing a solar-battery system face a steep VAT increase from October under new laws proposed by HMRC.

The Treasury put forward legislation on Monday to raise VAT for home solar-battery systems from 5% to 20%, on the same day that MPs are debating the government’s new net zero carbon target for 2050.

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Organisers of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing have released a plan to minimise the event's greenhouse gas footprint, including a goal to buy or ensure donations of local carbon offsets and ETS allowances to make up for any emissions that can’t be avoided.

Spot emissions exchange operator CBL Markets will merge with commodity data firm Xpansiv, the companies announced on Monday.

Lax security at a Nasa lab let a hacker lurk on the agency's network for almost a year, says report.

New Zealand Climate Change Minister James Shaw has said he is “not keen” to shift the emissions trading scheme’s de facto price cap level up from the current NZ$25 level until the full market reform package is ready, the clearest indicator yet the cap will stay where it is and weigh further on NZUs.

Nasa's Mars robot records its largest measurement yet of methane in the Red Planet's air.

Green hosting first emerged at the start of the century, but times have changed and the sector has evolved as consumers awareness increases.

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Conservationists urge Sussan Ley to get her priorities right, saying her job is to protect species, not industries

Victoria’s faunal emblem, the tiny Leadbeater’s possum, will keep its critically endangered listing after the environment minister, Sussan Ley, rejected a push by Coalition MPs to downgrade its conservation status.

But Ley has been criticised for suggesting a long-delayed recovery plan for the possum should also consider the needs of the Victorian timber industry.

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