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New pictures from a Nasa spacecraft show the targeted landing site of the Vikram rover.

Education minister from new coalition says schools should see absences as ‘justified’

Young environmental activists in Italy are planning to miss school as thousands join climate crisis protests in major cities on Friday.

Some 475,000 people took part in the first global climate strike in Italy on 15 March and a similar number are expected to join the latest demonstrations in cities including Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, Naples, Bologna and Bari. But only if they are allowed to skip school. Earlier this week the education minister, Lorenzo Fioramonti, urged schools to consider as “justified” the absence of children taking part in the mobilisation against the climate emergency.

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Minerals Council of Australia - with deep ties to Morrison government - gets number eight global ranking for groups acting against climate policies.

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AEMO is looking at how electric vehicles fit into the grid. AEMO’s Greg Staib even imagines them used as batteries at peak times. Pity if you are trying to flag down a share car at the same time.

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Chief scientist delivers report into reviews of oil development in the Great Australian Bight. But he wasn't asked to consider climate change.

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Despite the optimistic name, the showy everlasting only has three wild populations in Australia. But a West Australian public school has stepped up to help grow vital new seeds. Leonie Monks, Research scientist, Murdoch University Alanna Chant, Invited User Andrew Crawford, Research scientist Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A devastating quake and tsunami in the Pacific Ocean prompted a new kind of post-disaster research. Ten years on, we need these lessons to prepare for a precarious future. Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AEMO warns of added costs and potential delays for new projects as it delves deeper into system strength issues that have already imposed limits on five major solar farms.

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Western Australia’s state owned electricity generator and retailer Synergy has named the booming rooftop solar market as a key factor behind a huge loss and asset write down revealed by the government-owned company for the last financial year. In its FY2018-19 Annual Report, Synergy says the net loss of $657 million – including a $428.9...

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Tens of thousands turn out for protests as activists deliver letter calling on parliament to declare climate emergency

Tens of thousands of children and adults in New Zealand have stopped work and school on Friday to take part in the country’s third climate strike, billed as the biggest yet and the first display of “intergenerational” action.

More than 40 towns around the country were holding marches with 260 businesses involved, including most of the country’s tertiary institutions.

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While Morrison obfuscates on climate in New York, Macquarie announces mammoth plan to finance 20GW of new renewables in five years.

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UK Labour sets net-zero emissions for 2030 that no serious climate policy expert thinks is either technologically or politically feasible.

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Anwen Whitehead is getting her family to make small changes, inspired by campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Spark Infrastructure today announces the appointment of Mr Gerard Dover as its new Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 8 October 2019.

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Like many Australians, whenever journalist Callum Denness, dipped a toe into the ocean, he’d be struck by a paralysing fear of sharks. But, after realising how irrational his fear was, Callum decided to do whatever he could to confront it head on.

The WHO says microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels.

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San Diego County is appealing last year's California court decision that threw out its climate plan allowing for out-of-jurisdiction voluntary offsets, while green groups are reiterating their steadfast opposition to the strategy.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices rose with increased activity on the secondary market this week, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stagnated as participants focused on shifting deliveries further out on the curve.

Scott Morrison has copped criticism about his address to the UN General Assembly but recycling advocates have welcomed his focus on reducing waste.