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The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ruled to order the country’s government to set deeper emissions reduction targets, in a ground-breaking decision that could help establish a global precedent in forcing states to act to prevent climate change.

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

Research shows underground storage can create new form of element which could affect groundwater

A new form of uranium has been discovered which is likely to have implications for current nuclear waste disposal plans, say scientists.

Many governments are planning to dispose of radioactive waste by burying it deep underground. However, new research has found that in such storage conditions a new chemical form of uranium can temporarily occur, while small amounts of uranium are released into solution. If uranium is in solution, it could make its way into groundwater.

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Airport blames Civil Aviation Authority for denying its request to quadruple spending

Heathrow has said its controversial plan to build of a third runway will be delayed by at least a year after the aviation regulator denied its request to quadruple spending before gaining planning consent.

Heathrow had asked the Civil Aviation Authority for permission to boost spending from £650m to £2.4bn despite the fact it has not yet gained permission to expand. Heathrow said the decision not to greenlight the amount it had requested would delay a third runway being completed until between “early 2028 and late 2029”.

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The species is being forced into deeper waters by a disease that locals believe is exacerbated by pollution and global heating

There’s an account of a fifth-century marker that stood on the border between what is now Algeria and Tunisia. On it was recorded the taxes levied on the different kinds of goods that passed its way: dates, grain and, critically, sponges.

Sponges continue to be harvested in Tunisia. Sailing from the Kerkennah Islands and the southern fishing town of Zarzis, Tunisian sponge fishermen have been plying the high-risk trade carried on by their families for as long as anyone can remember.

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MidCoast council tells residents, who are on level-four water restrictions, that water may be trucked in, if necessary

Residents in the New South Wales community of Gloucester have been told there is a risk the river that supplies their drinking water could run dry in the coming weeks – for the first time in recorded history.

Gloucester’s town water supply comes from the Barrington River, which flows from the typically fertile Barrington Tops national park.

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Camille Schrier, who wowed judges with a science experiment, said she aims to "break stereotypes".

The Department is preparing to release an updated version of the FullCAM model for public use in 2020. Information on the steps being undertaken following consideration of feedback on the discussion paper released in November 2019 is now available.

The Department is preparing to release an updated version of the FullCAM model for public use in 2020. Information on the steps being undertaken following consideration of feedback on the discussion paper released in November 2019 is now available.

New Zealand carbon allowances rose a massive 15% in Friday trade as yesterday’s news on the future market emissions cap and plans to lift the fixed price option from next year pushed prices to record highs.

Growatt has become the NO.1 solar rooftop inverter supplier in India according to the latest report released by BRIDGE TO INDIA.

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That's a wrap on 2019! RenewEconomy is taking a short break ... See you in 2020.

The post After a huge 2019, RenewEconomy and The Driven are looking forward to 2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Offset delivery to Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) over the past fortnight nearly doubled compared to the previous period as project-owners transferred over 710,000 credits with the end of the year looming.

If the Starliner vehicle's demonstration flight goes well, crew could start using it next year.

Regulator seeks feedback on proposed "options" contracts under the ERF, to reduce the risks to projects that fail to deliver emissions reductions.

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GE's 12MW Haliade-X prototype installed at the Port of Maasvlakte-Rotterdam in the Netherlands has started generating and selling power to local utility Eneco.

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Loy Yang A unit remains offline through Victoria heatwave, while market operator gives assurance that bushfires present no imminent threats to NSW power supplies.

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The World Bank has agreed to fund almost a quarter of a Chinese government forest ecosystem programme in the upper Yangtze region set to store some 23.5 MtCO2e over the next three decades and supply carbon credits to the national emissions trading scheme.

Despite a new electricity strategy and emissions reduction target, NSW persists in having no real policy or even good analysis to back them up. And no electric vehicle policy.

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