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RayGen locks in funding for pilot 4MW/50MWh concentrated solar and storage plant that uses mostly mirrors and water for fully dispatchable power.

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Key technology breakthroughs could see renewable fuels become cost competitive with petrol, diesel and jet fuels within the next two years.

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Some regions show significant drops in air pollutants as the coronavirus hits work and travel.

Australia should issue carbon credits to Safeguard Mechanism participants that emit below their baselines, but only if those caps are gradually declining, the Climate Change Authority (CCA) said Thursday.

The addition of a heat pump could be a game-changer for the Model Y driving range in winter.

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Federal government advisory body says Morrison must move quickly on climate change to seize economic opportunities, and to mitigate the growing impacts on Australians.

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Head of renewables investment group to take new role heading energy division at iron ore miner Fortescue Metals, which is playing increasing role in clean energy transition.

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The US-German Grace satellites saw Greenland shed 600 billion tonnes of ice by the end of summer last year.

Robust international emissions trading rules under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 can smooth the path to net zero emissions and boost the credibility of offsetting and CCS, UN envoy Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices traded underneath $16.00 on Wednesday afternoon, after a wave of selling throughout the day caused front-month prices to plummet to the lowest percentage below the current WCI floor price in the scheme’s history.

Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) will deliver under a quarter of the policy’s anticipated emissions abatement as a result of overlap with existing federal and provincial policies, researchers said Tuesday.

The government says it'll make a fracking ban 'permanent', but it can still be overturned by another government in future. Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Electricity demand is shifting in numerous power markets operating in the US’ two cap-and-trade programmes due to the coronavirus pandemic, but grid operators said it is too early to determine the exact impact of more employees working from home and government-imposed travel restrictions.

Finnish utility Fortum should commit to phasing out coal and drop its support for western Europe’s last coal plant it will soon control as part of its takeover of German rival Uniper, investors wrote in a joint letter on Wednesday.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit prices took on significant losses Wednesday as the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus roiled the transportation sector programme.

EU glass packaging manufacturers are collaborating on a pilot project that they believe cut help cut the sector's emissions by 50% by firing furnaces from green power sources. 

A newly discovered fossil bird could be the oldest-known ancestor of every chicken on the planet.

Tiny creature, half the size of a mallard, found in rocks dating back to dinosaur age

Experts have discovered a fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird – a diminutive creature about half the size of a mallard duck.

Dubbed the Wonderchicken, the remains were found in rocks dating to about 66.8m to 66.7m years ago, revealing that the bird was active shortly before the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 66m years ago.

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Expert says early cancellation due to coronavirus would damage hopes of progress

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Nicholas Stern, one of the most prominent global experts on the climate crisis, has urged Boris Johnson to resist calls to postpone vital UN climate talks this year, despite the coronavirus outbreak.

Ministers and officials have privately discussed the possibility of postponing the Cop26 talks scheduled for Glasgow this November, but no decision has yet been taken. Travel bans and the shutdown imposed in many countries because of the virus have resulted in cancelled meetings and officials working remotely.

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