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New research from Stanford university has demonstrated a promising new take on the lithium metal battery that could increase electric vehicle driving range.

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The grid needs additional flexible capacity from alternate sources such as VPPs for stability, to reduce power prices and prevent broader outages. And they deliver unique benefits to hospitals.

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Scientists portrayed in biology textbooks are predominantly white men, according to a US study.

Specialist small PV project developer Meralli Solar and community renewables outfit Farming the Sun are joining forces to build a 9MW solar farm in Uralla, NSW.

The post Small, smart, community-owned solar farm planned for NSW High Country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Thai scientists are collecting bats to find clues about the origins of viruses, including Covid-19.

Albanese rules in CCS, rules out nuclear, and indicates compromise on targets as he seeks energy and climate deal with Morrison.

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‘Restoring nature needs to be given top priority,’ says Craig Bennett, Wildlife Trusts CEO

Restoring the natural environment could absorb as much as a third of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions, making the government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050 much easier to meet, according to green campaigners.

Returning degraded peatland and bog to its natural state, cultivating marine meadows of seagrass, restoring salt marshes and wetlands, and taking some grasslands out of cultivation, as well as planting more trees, all contribute to creating carbon sinks, which absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Just because we’re in a period of change, doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum. Kim Borg, Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Jim Curtis, Research Fellow in Behaviour Change, Monash University Jo Lindsay, Professor of sociology, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If we had not altered the composition of the atmosphere at all through emitting greenhouse gases, particulate matter and ozone-destroying chemicals, the average temperature would have remained stable. Laura Revell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Auckland's extreme drought and the rapid retreat of glaciers in the Southern Alps both highlight how important long-term observations are for water management policy and planning. Andrew Lorrey, Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Climate Observations and Processes, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ben Noll, Meteorologist/forecaster, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Lauren Vargo, Research Fellow in the Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California regulator ARB is expected to publish guidance shortly on the criteria for offsets to be classified as having a direct environmental benefit to the state (DEBs), potentially giving clarity to emitters before the provision’s implementation in 2021, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

Campaigners say some of the wood is going to companies supplying Ikea, though it and logging firm deny wrongdoing

Laws to protect biodiversity in Ukrainian forests are failing to prevent environmentally unsustainable logging that is harming wildlife, and the resulting timber is being sold to EU consumers as ethical and sustainable, a green campaign group has alleged.

Trees are being felled during silent periods, when forests are supposed to be left intact so that birds and other wildlife can nest and reproduce, according to an investigation by the environmental charity Earthsight.

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California’s cross-border ETS linkage with Quebec does not present any conflict with the Trump administration’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement, and the federal government’s Foreign Affairs Doctrine challenge to the programme is rooted in unsupported speculation, according to court filings released late Monday.

Imposing a border carbon adjustment (BCA) on EU imports can be combined with continued free ETS allowances, an EU trade body said on Tuesday, seeking to soften the EU’s apparent hard line on the issue.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) granted an extension on Monday for regulators to craft an ETS rule aligned with the Northeast US cap-and-trade programme, with a state agency slated to use the additional time for collecting feedback from environmental justice and affected fossil fuel communities.

A number of EU environment ministers on Tuesday backed a 2030 EU-wide emissions reduction target of 55% below 1990 levels, with some nations even wanting to raise the bloc's ambition still further.

Letter signed by 29 organisations, including the Church of England, states financial institutions have a duty to tackle climate change

Investors managing trillions of dollars in assets have warned Brazil that escalating deforestation and the “dismantling” of policies to protect the environment and indigenous communities are “creating widespread uncertainty about the conditions for investing”.

Amazon destruction rose to its highest level in more than a decade last year, Brazil’s first under the leadership of Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right nationalist who has vowed to develop the region and slash environmental protections.

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Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.

EUAs surged almost 4% early on Tuesday, racing to a new four-month high above €25 as wider markets rallied on better-than-expected economic data and reassurances about the US-China trade deal.