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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices have bounced back after utility Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) credit auction last week, though national and state-level fuel data still suggest bearish near-term fundamentals for the transportation sector programme.

In the second episode of our new coronavirus-era podcast, Carbon Pulse speaks with Toronto-based analysts and consultants ClearBlue Markets about the pandemic's effects on the WCI cap-and-trade programme and Canadian carbon pricing systems.

A vast store of DNA is being used to study why the severity of symptoms for coronavirus is so varied.

• EPA chief Wheeler: current soot regulations are adequate
• Research shows stricter rules could save thousands of lives

The Trump administration has said it will not tighten rules for soot pollution, despite research showing that doing so could save thousands of lives each year.

Related: Coronavirus US live: Cuomo says Trump cannot order New York to reopen

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Global economy could lose out by $600tn by end of century on current emissions targets

Every country in the world would be economically better off if all could agree to strengthen their commitments on the climate crisis through international cooperation, new research has found.

But if countries go no further than their current CO2 pledges – which are too weak to meet the goals of the Paris agreement, and would lead to dangerous levels of global heating – then they face steep economic losses.

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ARENA launches $70 million funding round for large-scale renewable hydrogen production projects.

The post ARENA opens new $70 million renewable hydrogen funding round appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pressure is mounting on EU institutions to tie post-coronavirus stimulus packages with the EU Green Deal, as ministers from the 27-nation bloc appear divided over the role of sustainability in tackling the crisis.

EUAs dropped more than 3% early on Tuesday, giving back some of last week's substantial gains as a weak auction and mixed signals from wider markets clouded sentiment.

As the UK enters it fourth week of lockdown, conservationists say they've seen some hidden benefits.

Sentinel Property Group installs 100kW solar system at its River Quays building in Townsville, whose tenants include Indian coal mining giant Adani Resources.

The post Townsville office complex, and Adani Carmichael coal mine HQ, goes solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Firefighters are tackling remaining "hot spots" near the abandoned nuclear plant, officials say.

Scientists say the rapid change could have negative effects on fisheries and aquaculture, and impact coastal vegetation

Water in estuaries along 1,100km of Australia’s south-east coast warmed by more than 2C between 2007 and 2019, a new study finds.

The rapid change could have negative effects on fisheries and aquaculture, as well as impact coastal vegetation such as mangroves, scientists behind the study said.

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Australia's Climate Change Authority is making potential climate risk to the country's carbon offset portfolio a key issue in this year’s legislated review of the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), the agency said Tuesday.

China’s Guangdong province will hold the first of two planned auctions for the 2019 compliance year under its emissions trading scheme on Apr. 27, the local emissions exchange said Tuesday.

The Beijing municipal government has pushed back the 2019 compliance deadline for its emissions trading scheme to October, while holding off on putting obligations for its aviation sector.

BZE are now seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to bring its technical roadmaps to life, open doors to new audiences and lift the profile of BZE to new heights as the urgency to respond to climate change surges.

Octopus-hunting freedivers, mounds of shark fins, and a close encounter with a leopard seal are among the judges’ selections for Oceanographic Magazine’s ocean photography awards, open for entries until June 30

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Scientists at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) produce innovative solar cell that converts light into electricity with almost 50 per cent efficiency.

The post Scientists set new solar power efficiency record at almost 50 per cent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen says network connection completed for expansion of Tesla big battery in South Australia.

The post Neoen says network connection complete at expanded Tesla big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Survival of five shore plovers – or tūturuatu – was at risk unless operation went ahead to take them to a predator-free island

A rare New Zealand bird has been evacuated to a remote island despite the strict coronavirus lockdown, with the high-risk mission “essential” to the survival of the species, conservationists say.

Despite stringent lockdown orders in place country-wide, as New Zealand battles Covid-19, five juvenile shore plovers – or tūturuatu – were flown from captivity in Christchurch to the remote, predator-free Mana Island off the coast of Wellington on Saturday.

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