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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

AXA, Liberty Mutual and HDI will not provide future policies to the Carmichael coalmine after previous cover expires

Three major insurance groups that provided cover for parts of the Adani coal project in Queensland have said they will not provide future policies to the project.

AXA XL, Liberty Mutual and HDI have told Guardian Australia they will not have any further involvement in the project after previously providing insurance cover that has now expired.

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Busier roads to blame, with fears of worse to come as workers shun public transport

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Carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded around the world as lockdown conditions have eased, raising fears that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could surge higher than ever after the coronavirus pandemic unless governments take swift action.

Emissions fell by a quarter when the lockdowns were at their peak, and in early April global daily carbon dioxide emissions were still down by 17% compared with the average figure for 2019, research published last month in the journal Nature Climate Change found.

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Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet.

EUAs retreated towards €22 early on Thursday, defying a stronger auction as wider markets slid on a US Federal Reserve assessment weighing the impact of the coronavirus.

Our modelling shows that storage of up to 10 hours still leaves gaps in demand and spilled supply. Something else is needed.

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Tesla says Model 3 most efficient car on market, easily beating fossil fuel cars on emissions, with even bigger savings coming with autonomy and "robo-taxis".

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Japan and the EU are consulting with the UNFCCC secretariat to hold an online ministerial meeting on tackling the effects the coronavirus pandemic through climate action, top government officials said on Thursday.