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Wind and solar are lowering wholesale electricity prices by at least $11/MWh, but storage is needed to remove the upward pressure on prices from expensive gas generators.

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Walcha Energy is delighted to welcome Dan Muller as Development Manager for the Walcha Energy Project.

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Millions displaced in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, with Assam and Bihar among the worst-hit regions

Floods have forced millions of people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc.

The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. Some 4.3 million people have been displaced from their homes in Assam in the last 10 days due to rising waters across the mostly rural northeastern region, according to a government release on Monday.

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The Extinction Rebellion group is holding climate protests across the UK.

A House of Lords inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months on.

Committee urges action over flame retardants found in breast milk and umbilical cords

Britons are being exposed to a “cocktail of chemicals” from the womb onwards, with potentially life-threatening consequences, MPs have warned.

Ministers were accused of “sitting on their hands” while “unnecessary and potentially toxic” chemicals continued to enter people’s homes.

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Allocations of free carbon allowances to new and expanding companies in the EU ETS dipped slightly in the first half of 2019, with some 65% of the earmarked permits still unused as the clock ticks down on tapping the reserve.

The focus for the Originator will be carbon origination and, in particular, offsets from Natural Climate Solutions (NCS). These are recognized as the largest, fastest, and lowest cost opportunity to deliver material carbon offsets by both reducing emissions from deforestation and creating carbon sinks.

Massachusetts will auction off allowances across two vintage years in December for its state-wide Global Warming Solutions Action (GWSA) programme, while the 21 regulated facilities have seen emissions drop through the first quarter.

Greek utility PPC failed to attract any bids for three of its lignite assets by a Monday deadline, as bidders preferred to wait for the new government’s rescue package.

An eight year study of half hourly prices finds that wind and solar generation have been pushing wholesale electricity prices down. Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The endangered Australasian bittern offers a way past the 'farmers vs environmentalist' debate in the Murray-Darling basin. Matt Herring, PhD Candidate, Charles Darwin University Kerstin Zander, Associate professor, Charles Darwin University Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Wayne A. Robinson, post doctoral research fellow, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The man who allegedly killed Suzanne Eaton was reported to be a father of two from the Greek island.

Quebec's retirement of 1.8 million V17 carbon allowances last week will shorten the duration over which its remaining unsold permits will return to quarterly auctions in the WCI cap-and-trade programme, according to Carbon Pulse analysis.

The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has selected emission reduction programmes from five developing countries to participate in the organisation’s Carbon Fund, bringing the nations a step closer to signing agreements seen as a possible base for forestry international emissions trade.

European Commission President nominee Ursula von der Leyen on Monday pledged to back a more ambitious 2030 EU emissions reductions target in a bid to secure the support of more MEPs ahead of her confirmation vote tomorrow.

The eating disorder charity Beat said the findings were groundbreaking.

It is hoped a new instrument will help scientists understand the sources and movement of water on the Moon.

Carbon Cap are now recruiting a carbon trader who will work closely with other members of the team reporting the Head of Investments.