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Researchers use specialist technology to trace the outline on the mud flats of a river in Essex.

EUAs lifted above €25 early on Monday as European leaders agreed to extend the UK's Brexit deadline, though the Britain's departure from the bloc remains mired in uncertainty.

The former head of carbon advisory at trading firm Hartree Partners has joined one of the world’s biggest biomass producers.

Trees that help keep soils fertile could slow deforestation in Brazil's "arc of destruction".

Remembering George Seddon, an extraordinary polymath who radically rethought our relationship with the environment.

Critics call Sir David Attenborough's new nature series "breathtaking" and "visually magnificent".

Price reporting agency Argus Media has parted ways with its US emissions markets and policy reporter, who is to join the trading arm of an energy company, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Australian oil and gas producer Woodside is backing the idea that facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism should be awarded carbon credits if they beat their baselines, which it said should be set based on industry average emissions intensity.

The Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, explains how he aims to make the climate emergency resonate with readers on an emotional level

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Some days, I am filled with dread. Some nights, I have trouble sleeping. But I would not swap my job for any other.

As global environment editor for the Guardian, I report from the Amazon to the Arctic on the disappearing wonders of a rapidly deteriorating world. Along with a growing number of colleagues, I investigate who is affected, who is to blame and who is fighting back.

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating accumulation of rubbish the size of a continent, has whales and dolphins in its heart. Chandra Salgado Kent, Associate Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Greens say funding could come from sustainability fund, which they say is not being used on green projects

Fortnightly collections of food and garden waste in Victoria would cost the state more than half a billion dollars over the next four years, a parliamentary budget office costing for the Greens has revealed.

As the state searches for ways to tackle an ongoing waste and recycling crisis, the Greens party has called on the state Labor government to consider providing a fortnightly collection service for food and other green waste.

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Might we be to blame for the rise and rise of misinformation or fake news? How can effectively stop or slow down climate change? It won't be at the supermarket but it may be at the ballot box. What happened when Indonesia proposed a no sex for unmarried couples rule? Is putting up your dukes better than picking up a gun?

Risen Energy joins "months-long" grid connection queue after completing construction of 121MW Yarranlea solar farm west of Toowoomba in August.

The post Queensland Yarranlea solar farm completed, joins queue for network approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction of Risen Energy (Australia)’s 100 megawatts AC Yarranlea Solar Farm was completed in August and the facility has entered the commission and compliance phase.

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Tesla launches version three of its solar glass roof, with bigger and more efficient tiles, but target market moves on from Desperate Housewives.

The post Musk re-boots plan to “make roofs come alive” as Tesla unveils new solar tile appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Powerlink approves connection deal for 162MW solar farm in Queensland's western downs region.

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NSW planning commission blocks $120M Crookwell 3 wind farm, just as Berejeklian government goes to the defence of new coal mines.

The post Crookwell 3 wind farm blocked as NSW seeks to protect coal mine developments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW and federal governments finally move to support more grid upgrades, which will help bring in more renewables and clear the path for more coal retirements.

The post NSW, Canberra finally wake up to grid needs ahead of Liddell coal closure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This year’s Australian bird of the year poll is going to a run-off. What does that mean for your favourite bird?

In the 2002 French presidential election, voters on the left were lumped with an unpalatable choice: vote for their longtime conservative enemy, Jacques Chirac, or abstain but risk handing the election to the far-right candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen. Progressive voters did their duty and reluctantly lined up at ballot boxes to cast their vote for Chirac, who was re-elected with a record 82% of the vote.

This turn of events doesn’t on face value seem an endorsement of the runoff system, especially when Le Pen had just 17% of the primary vote and Chirac just 20% in the first round. Together the pair had less than 50% of the vote.

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Crap solar. What is it? And how do we stop it from happening and ensure good quality? A special podcast from All Energy conference in Melbourne explains all.

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