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Total and Marubeni to build 800MW solar plant in time for Qatar's World Cup at what is claimed to be the lowest price for such a project.

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Roads are dominating new housing developments, a report says, despite more people wanting to drive less.

The first of 51 Vestas wind turbines erected at Warradarge wind farm, a 180MW project being developed by Bright Energy Investments in Western Australia’s mid-west region.

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From above, the rockpools of coastal New South Wales seem almost otherworldly. They're small sanctuaries of turquoise and aquamarine hollowed out of rock shelves and hewn into headlands. All are unique, built to hug the landscape and adapt to their natural environment. They are constantly changing – reshaped by tides, waves and storms. The Sydney architect Nicole Larkin has studied the pools and created 3D models and scale drawings of each, capturing this footage as part of her work

• Nicole Larkin: Australians love ocean pools – but they are increasingly under threat

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Latest talk is that first deliveries of Tesla Model Y electric crossover will begin in two weeks, while images and video surface of third row rear seats.

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Tesla dominates market for new electric vehicles in Australia in 2020, mostly through Model 3 which will likely beat all but one of its petrol and diesel rivals too.

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Pennsylvania joining the US Northeast RGGI ETS via executive order would prompt a legal challenge and create prolonged regulatory uncertainty for the scheme, a state Republican warned the programme’s top official.

Increased buying of RGGI allowances (RGA) by compliance entities led to higher prices on the secondary market last week, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

A German investment bank has reiterated its view that EU carbon allowances will almost triple in value in 2020 and could even top €100, despite prices languishing in the mid-€20s for most of the past year.

Global investment of $50-70 billion a year will be needed to halve emissions from shipping by 2050, a scale 100 times greater than an industry-proposed $2/t levy would raise but a level experts say has already been borne by the maritime sector within living memory.

Research is at an early stage but scientists said it had huge potential for destroying cancers.

The Coalition claims it’s meeting its targets and doing more than Labor did in power. What’s the reality?

The prime minister says the Coalition is acting on emissions, meeting its targets and doing more than Labor did when in power. What’s the reality?

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High pressure at Heathrow Airport reaches 1,049.6 millibars - a record for the UK's capital.

IETA is recruiting for a position of EU Policy Director in its Brussels office from March 2020 to March 2021 (maternity cover) with a possible extension.

The impact of humans on nature may have been far greater and longer-lasting than we thought, say scientists.

But it rejects a claim by a man whose Pacific Island nation is threatened by rising sea levels.