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Ocean Conservancy seeks a senior manager for its climate program in Washington DC. The position will help build, shape, and execute its work, which will include creating and implementing climate and ocean-climate initiatives and increasing demand for action.

EUAs dipped back towards €25 early on Friday amid continued moderate auction demand and as financial markets swooned on a resurgence of Covid-19 coronavirus cases.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Offset developers have sold over 340,000 carbon credits to Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) so far in February, while the Clean Energy Regulator this week issued nearly 280,000 new units.

All new projects that enable fossil fuel growth are an affront to our state of climate emergency. It is a disgrace Canada is considering them

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland,

The year 2020 has already become one defined by devastating impacts of climate change. While we celebrated the ambition of countries – including Canada – that demanded the enshrinement of 1.5C in the Paris climate agreement, it is increasingly clear that even this is a compromise with deeply tragic implications for the world’s climate-vulnerable regions.

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Animal’s unique adaptation to low-oxygen life can be basis for protection, say researchers

Wolves living in the Himalayas are to be recognised as a subspecies of the grey wolf, with researchers predicting that the animals will soon be declared a unique species.

The wolves surviving at high altitudes in Nepal and on the Tibetan plateau possess a genetic adaptation to cope with the lack of oxygen which is not found in any other wolf, a study reports.

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Australia’s main opposition party, Labor, on Friday said it would set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 if it returns to office, without the use of Kyoto carryover credits, but declined to reveal any policy details.

This government’s response to the climate crisis appears to be: some of you will have to fend for yourselves

As British high streets and farm fields lie under water this week, Boris Johnson has repeatedly been urged to put on his wellies, go out and listen to flood victims.

So far though, his response has been more about tin ears than rubber boots: during Storm Dennis the prime minister was reportedly holed up in a 17th-century mansion in the Kent countryside.

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Wood burning stoves and coal fires are the single largest sources of PM2.5

The sale of the most polluting fuels burned in household stoves and open fires will be phased out from next year to clean up the air, the government has said.

Plans to phase out the sale of house coal and wet wood have been confirmed as part of efforts to tackle tiny particle pollutants known as PM2.5, which can penetrate deep into lungs and the blood and cause serious health problems.

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Anthony Albanese confirms Labor will adopt net zero-emissions by 2050 target for Australia, with no "absurd nonsense" carryover credits, but still no mention of vital interim targets.

The post Albanese delivers half a climate policy with “no cheating” – but no interim targets, either appeared first on RenewEconomy.

W.A. parliamentary inquiry finds state uniquely placed to become global leader in renewable microgrid development and export, but only with the right policy and regulatory settings.

The post Western Australia “uniquely” placed to be microgrid superpower, says report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cannon-Brookes says it is clear that Australia has the technologies to reach net zero emissions. So do other experts, but not the federal government.

The post “We have the technologies now”- Cannon-Brookes busts open Coalition myth appeared first on RenewEconomy.

has today announced $1.28 million in funding to establish the Australian Hydrogen Centre which will investigate blending hydrogen into natural gas pipelines in South Australia and Victoria.

The post Hydrogen potential for local gas networks in SA and Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARENA has today announced $995,000 in funding to Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd (Yara) to support a feasibility study for the production of renewable hydrogen and ammonia.

The post The Pilbara looks to renewable hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infigen says its new big battery at Lake Bonney performing better than expected, but warns federal government and regulators are making new investment difficult.

The post Infigen says Lake Bonney battery going well, but government hindering investment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some people might think it's a ridiculous conversation, but for the sake of the planet we need to talk about ending capitalism. Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The 149MW solar farm planned for Glenrowan West in Victoria appears set to break ground, after the appointment of EPC contractors Signal Energy Australia.

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Nic Bonne, who uses 3D-printed models to study galaxies, wants more people to stargaze.

The call for technology before action is a specious distraction designed to paper over the plan to take no action

If you’re committed to the Paris agreement – to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below two degrees above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees – then at a minimum, logically, scientifically, you’re committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

So far, at least 77 countries have committed to the target, as has every state and territory in Australia. The fact that prime minister Scott Morrison is pushing back hard against the calls for such a target sends yet another strong signal that his government still denies the need to tackle climate change.

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