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

EUAs slipped to their lowest level for over a week early on Friday, declining below €22 as markets grew wary about the pace of the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic amid a resurgence in new cases.

New hydrogen car company launches in NSW with aim of reviving car manufacturing industry and delivering new SUV called Snowy in 2022.

The post H2X hopes to jump-start Australian car industry with launch of hydrogen SUV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solgen Energy says 1.7MW of solar – including four “mini solar farms” – installed across five Cairns wastewater treatment plants will cut grid electricity consumption by 25%.

The post Cairns council installs another 1.7MW solar across wastewater plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With species fast disappearing, the world needs a single target for fighting extinction, say experts.

Three Western German towns will trial running their local grids without coal and gas, using instead a mix of wind, solar, storage and green hydrogen produced on-site.

The post German towns launch trial to kick coal and gas from energy supply appeared first on RenewEconomy.

JinkoSolar has been confirmed as the most bankable photovoltaic (PV) module supplier to the solar industry for the five year period covering 2015 to 2020.

The post JinkoSolar confirmed as most bankable PV module supplier for five-year period 2015-2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The plant takes its name from the colonial botanist Joseph Banks, but the coastal banksia's history goes way back to ancient times. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ClimateWorks report says national EV strategy needed to cut transport emissions, and push for quieter, healthier and cleaner cities.

The post Australia is one of world’s worst transport polluters: Covid-19 response could change this appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hazer Group successfully raises $8.4m in share placement to fully fund completion of ARENA-backed biogas to green hydrogren pilot plant.

The post Hazer successfully raises $8.4m to fund biogas to hydrogen pilot appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Aluminium smelters are being advised that they can act as "giant batteries" for the grid, hastening the clean energy transition and locking in their own future.

The post Australia’s big smelters could also be giant batteries, and go green at same time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Done well, post-Covid government spending can make Australia’s economy more productive, improve quality of life and help the low-carbon transition. Here's how.

The post Four ways a smart government can create jobs and cut emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent MP Helen Haines leading regional groups arguing community energy – including wind, solar and battery storage – should form major plank of Covid-19 recovery plans.

The post How community-owned renewables could lead Australia’s Covid-19 recovery plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Democratic legislators maintained a provision in a Senate budget bill to require regulator ARB to conduct a cap-and-trade rulemaking next year, but sources said the exact language may continue to give the state agency significant discretion in that process.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stagnated on the secondary market this week despite growing optimism on the 2021 WCI floor price, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) values climbed to a three-month high following the Q2 auction.

Governments are throwing billions of taxpayer dollars on stimulus measures after COVID-19. But they must do it diligently, and transparently. Thomas Longden, Research Fellow, Crawford School, Australian National University Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Zeba Anjum, PhD student, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An El Niño event in 2015-16 led to the lowest ever catch in redlegs. Fisheries must work with research to climate-proof their management. Eva Plaganyi, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Laura Blamey, Research Scientist, CSIRO Robert Kenyon, Marine Ecologist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A survey of 11 remote western locations found the fragments had traveled through the atmosphere like rain or water particles

Microplastic particles equivalent to as many as 300m plastic water bottles are raining down on the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree and other US national parks, researchers have found.

In a survey of 11 remote western locations, also including the Great Basin and Craters of the Moon national parks, researchers discovered more than 1,000 tons of microplastic particles that had traveled through the atmosphere like rain or water particles.

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The onset of the coronavirus pandemic is presenting several challenges for developing offset projects under the Canadian government’s planned system, with stakeholders enduring more delays in receiving regulatory guidance on eligible protocols and travel restrictions that are complicating site visits.