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Nasa credited an Indian engineer, Shanmuga Subramanian, with helping locate the site of the debris.

Tesco and Asda are among 67 firms and investors who have written to President Bolsonaro

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and the UK’s largest asset manager are among 67 major companies and investors who have written to Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, urging his government to stop further deforestation of the Amazon for soy production.

The preservation of the Amazon rainforest, a vital sink for carbon dioxide, is widely considered by scientists and activists to be a priority in responding to the climate crisis. However, the Brazilian soy farmers’ association Aprosoja has mounted a campaign to end a voluntary ban on trading crops harvested from newly cleared land.

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Seismic shift in LGC market fundamentals caused big rise in prices across second half of year, while STC experienced some volatility within narrower trading range.

The post Renewable Energy Market Report: Seismic shift in market fundamentals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Finkel says there was no political consensus for hydrogen targets, and cast doubts about long-term cost effectiveness of hydrogen using carbon capture.

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Australia’s threatened birds have declined by 59%, on average, between 1985 and 2016 based on 400,000 surveys at more than 17,000 locations according to Australia's world-first Threatened Bird Index. Elisa Bayraktarov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Jaana Dielenberg, Science Communication Manager, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Plant-based meats are disrupting the food market and some companies. Samuel Becher, Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington Jessica C Lai, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

More than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to Gondwana rainforest a ‘global tragedy’
• ‘Absolutely suffocating’: how are you affected by smoke haze from Australia’s bushfires?

More than 10% of the area covered by New South Wales national parks has been burned in this season’s bushfires, including 20% of the Blue Mountains world heritage area, state government data obtained by Guardian Australia has revealed.

The amount of bushland destroyed within NSW national parks dwarfs that of the entire previous fire season, when 80,000 hectares were lost.

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Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy on plans to become the “battery of the nation”, and to help out Victoria when its brown coal generators stop production.

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Plans for 100MW solar farm with 50MW/100MWh battery in S.A. Clare Valley submitted to state’s planning commission for development approval.

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Ireland unveils details of planned transition from peat and coal to renewable energy, and its target of 70% renewables by 2030.

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Spanish electric utility Iberdrola uses Madrid climate talks to announce plans to replace its last two coal-fired power plants with subsidy-free wind and solar.

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California regulator ARB knew of alleged regulatory compliance offences at a Michigan-based WCI livestock project for five months before launching an investigation last month, but still chose to issue offsets after uncovering those problems, documents show.

Calix Limited has announced it will be joining the $150m Future Battery Industries Co-operative Research Centre.

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Potent chemicals are unwittingly passed down from mother to calf, according to a UK study.

As the UN has its annual climate change conference, we look at what it's for and if it ever makes a difference.

More than 370 species were gathered during a six-year mission to widen the gene pool and ensure future food security

The seeds of more than 370 wild crop species have been collected as part of a six-year Indiana Jones-style mission to widen the gene pool of staple crops and ensure future global food security in increasingly unpredictable growing conditions.

A hundred scientists from 25 countries travelled by horse, canoe and even elephant to reach remote corners of the world in search of wild species of common agricultural crops such as rice, barley, beans and potatoes that billions of people rely on for basic nutrition.

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This year's UN climate summit hosts declined to reference Article 6 as COP25 got under way on Monday, instead launching a push on governmental ambition that observers say could give them cover should carbon trade talks flounder.

Enel Green Power blames "technical problems" for delays at Australia's largest solar project which is yet to reach full production.

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The Clean Energy Regulator has denied an application from Amazon to keep its greenhouse gas emissions secret, with the data now publicly available.

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