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For those not convinced we need to take urgent action against climate change, here's what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming.

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Australia's second Tesla big-battery shows market regulators remain biggest barrier to integration of renewables and storage systems.

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Dagens ETC says ban is crucial for its credibility and urges other media to follow suit

A Swedish newspaper has announced it will stop taking advertising that promotes fossil fuel-based goods and services with immediate effect.

The editor of the daily Dagens ETC said the decision was “crucial for our credibility”. He urged other media outlets to consider doing the same.

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Neoen says earnings from Tesla big battery in South Australia hold steady after stronger than expected results in first six months of operations.

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The IPCC report says extreme sea level events that used to hit once a century will occur once a year in many places by 2050. This situation is inevitable, even if emissions are dramatically curbed. Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Transdisciplinary Researcher & Knowledge Broker, CSIRO Kathleen McInnes, Senior research scientist, CSIRO Nathan Bindoff, Professor of Physical Oceanography, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Young female frees herself when car stops after 10km and is taken to hospital with minor injuries

Wildlife carers say they are stunned a koala that was hit by a car and dragged along a New South Wales highway at high speeds escaped with only minor injuries.

The ABC reported that the young female koala, named Wazza by her carers, was carried for about 10km on the front grille of a car on the Pacific highway, north of Kempsey, on the NSW mid north coast.

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Much anticipated ruling on marginal loss factors delayed for two months by AEMC after big investors warn that status quo would kill new investment.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will celebrate the introduction of the UK's new polar research vessel.

‘Australia is doing our bit on climate change and we reject any suggestion to the contrary,’ the prime minister tells the United Nations general assembly in New York. Scott Morrison also says: ‘Australia’s internal and global critics on climate change willingly overlook or perhaps ignore our achievements as the facts simply don’t fit the narrative they wish to project about our contribution’

• Scott Morrison says Australia’s record on climate change misrepresented by media

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Study finds 800,000 extra fibres are shed than on standard washing machine setting

Delicate wash cycles should be avoided whenever possible, according to scientists who found they can release hundreds of thousands more plastic microfibres into the environment than standard wash cycles.

Researchers at Newcastle University ran tests with full-scale machines to show that a delicate wash, which uses up to twice as much water as a standard cycle, releases on average 800,000 more microfibres than less water-hungry cycles.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed the United Nations General Assembly overnight, outlining his vision to tackle plastic pollution and protect our oceans.

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Three potential pathways exist for New York to approve a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) next year as support builds for the programme, an industry source said.

California regulator ARB issued nearly 1.3 million compliance offsets (CCOs) across seven projects this week and reduced the invalidation period on another 1.1 mln existing credits, according to data released Wednesday.

According to the IPCC's latest report detailing the dramatic impact that climate change is having on the world's oceans and polar regions, sea levels could rise by over a metre by the end of this century.

Australia cannot distance itself from moral responsibility for emissions from exported fossil fuels. Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EDF Energy has an exciting opportunity for a Policy Analyst based at our Whitfield Street office in London. You will work on a wide range of energy and environment policy areas affecting electricity generation.

As the environmental science director, your role will be to help us build an even deeper understanding of the environmental impacts and opportunities associated with energy generation.

At the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended Australia's record on climate change action.

Exclusive: top water bureaucrat says planning has begun for plant to move from producing 15% of water to 30%

Sydney’s desalination plant will double in size as the city’s water supply approaches the critical threshold in dam levels.

The top bureaucrat who oversees water in the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Jim Bentley, told a Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (Ceda) lunch in Sydney, that planning for the expansion had now begun.

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