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Gas generation is an expensive proposition on almost all grounds. And the world can't afford its emissions either.

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Nasa astronaut Christina Koch is set to complete the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.

EUAs continued their recovery on Wednesday from a four-month low hit this week, as the prospect of a breakthrough in tackling the coronavirus lifted oil and wider financial markets.

Adelaide strikes energy offtake deal with Flow Power to source 100% renewables – from 1 July 2020, "if it’s run by the City of Adelaide, it’s being powered by renewable electricity."

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Scientists use the remains of wasps’ nests to date Australia’s ancient aboriginal rock art.

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Seeds found in Judean desert are male and female, leading to hopes of producing dates

A handful of date seeds from fruit that ripened around the time of Jesus have been successfully planted and grown in southern Israel, researchers have revealed.

The seeds, dubbed Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith and Hannah, were among many others discovered at archaeological sites in the Judean desert.

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A senior EU carbon and power analyst has left based ICIS to join Swedish utility Vattenfall, marking the second such departure from the German-headquartered analytics firm this year.

Scientists said 99% of understanding of cancer was missing until today.

Tim the elephant had tusks so long, they reached the ground. He died of natural causes.

Swedish utility Vattenfall saw its fossil-based production dip 1.6% in 2019 as hydro reservoirs filled from very low levels earlier in the year, the company said in its annual results on Wednesday.

About a quarter of the size of Wales, the A68 iceberg is about to enter the open ocean.

• Forest scientists say prescribed burning is best used in a targeted way to help protect assets
• 31 ex-fire and emergency bosses say royal commission a waste of time if it doesn’t examine climate change

Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing the severe fires that devastated more than 5m hectares across New South Wales this summer, an analysis has found.

Forest scientists from the University of Melbourne said the results suggested hazard reduction was best used in a targeted way around assets to help protect them from less intense fires.

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US biofuel credit prices continued to tick up this week after a recent federal court ruling questioned the EPA's granting of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance waivers, but other factors were also thought to have added to the bullish sentiment.

Carbon emissions from the EU’s power sector fell by a record 120 million tonnes or 12% in 2019 thanks to a sharp decline in generation output from coal-fired plants, a report published Wednesday found.

A law to bind the EU to a 2050 net zero emissions goal is due to be proposed by the European Commission on Mar. 4, the bloc’s executive said Wednesday, a date that was a week later than had been widely expected.

Labour leader criticises COP 26 preparations and Johnson’s record on environment

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson of “failing spectacularly” to measure up to the scale of the climate crisis, after the sacked president of COP 26 revealed the UK was miles behind in getting ready for the November summit.

Speaking at prime minister’s questions, Corbyn raised the government’s failure to organise COP 26 properly, after Johnson’s team sacked Claire O’Neill as the summit’s president just days before its formal launch.

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NZUs have halted last week’s slide and regained some lost ground the last two days amid limited supply and traders fixing their gaze on expectations of higher prices in the longer term.

Australia will let participants in future Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auctions sign an optional contract that allow let them to sell contracted carbon credits to the secondary market instead if they can achieve higher prices there, in a bid to attract more participation.

South Korea’s environment ministry on Wednesday finalised its proposal for the nation’s long-term emissions strategy, aiming for 40-75% cuts from 2017 levels by 2050.