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The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved a bill last week that would install the northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme’s post-2020 Model Rule, pending final governor approval.

A petition signed by 350,000 people calls for "netting" of trees and hedges to be a criminal offence.

Europe's Aeolus spacecraft is gathering fantastic new data on global winds - but it's also got a problem.

Victor Vescovo descended almost 11km in a submersible to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.

An American explorer finds plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.

Springwatch presenter will no longer attend Dogstival after ongoing protests from shooting community

A festival appearance by broadcaster and wildlife presenter Chris Packham has been cancelled because of ongoing protests over his campaign against shooting birds.

Organisers of the Dogstival event in the New Forest said they were concerned about safety of the public after death threats received by Packham.

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BP’s Group Safety & Operational Risk (S&OR) is at the forefront of that change. With air quality also a growing global issue, BP needs to understand the requirements, the risks and the opportunities that could present. This role is key to S&OR meeting the increase in carbon and air quality activity internally and externally, providing leadership, support, guidance and strategic thinking.

The Laos government is seeking an international consultant to join its REDD+ Readiness Preparation project.

UN Habitat is looking for an evaluator to contribute to a mid-term evaluation of accelerating climate action through the promotion of urban low emission development strategies.

The shallow graves of Masig Islanders are being washed away by rising sea levels.

A rare sighting of Tesla's smaller, cheaper SUV – the Model Y – seen driving around on public roads in the US.

The post First Tesla Model Y spotted “in the wild” in America appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla adds tow bar option to Model 3 electric sedan, which should calm Scott Morrison's claims that EVs will kill the Australian weekend.

The post Tesla offers tow bar for Model 3 – has Elon Musk saved the weekend? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It would take 17 days to respond to an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. And that's the best-case scenario. Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In the late 1990's a new term was used to describe the situation between the two nuclear powers of India and Pakistan. That term is ugly stability. Aakriti Bachhawat explains what that is and if it is enough to keep peace in the region.

Slight alteration to Queensland's new solar rules allows labourers to hold panels, but only if an electrician is holding them at the same time.

The post Carry On up the solar farm: Queensland’s baffling new solar rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: The animated Gif gives a history of marginal loss factors in Australia over the past decade - and an insight into the evolution of the grid.

The post Image of the day: Australia’s changing marginal loss factors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While the Ganges is sacred but heavily polluted, the Chambal’s ‘cursed’ but pristine waters have proved a blessing for locals

Cold-blooded gharials, a crocodile-like species unique to south Asia, catch the last of the day’s warmth as a setting sun paints the sky crimson above the Chambal river.

Two jackals and a jungle cat scuttle up thorny ravines that box in the expansive blue water, while the orange-beaked Indian skimmer bird glides overhead.

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First turbine completed at Goldwind's 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania, which will boost the island state's wind power capacity by 50% once complete.

The post First turbine completed at Tasmania’s Cattle Hill wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IMF says fossil fuel subsidies in Australia amount to nearly $1,200 per person, or a total of $29 billion.

The post Global fossil fuel subsidies reach $5.2 trillion, and $29 billion in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scott Morrison says government took reef ‘off the endangered list’ – despite no such list existing

Scott Morrison has credited his government as having “saved” the Great Barrier Reef, a claim rejected as “ridiculous” by scientists, environment groups and the Queensland government.

At the Liberal party’s campaign launch in Melbourne on Sunday, Morrison thanked past environment ministers Greg Hunt and Josh Frydenberg for their work on reef issues.

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