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European carbon prices slipped back on Friday, consolidating yesterday's strong gains and holding above €29.

The whale was discovered where the river Leannan and Lough Swilly converge.

Scientists say ‘July has rewritten climate history’ after wildfires raged around the world

The record-shattering heatwave that roasted Europe last month was made at least twice – and possibly hundreds of times – more likely as a result of the human-driven climate crisis, scientists have calculated.

Across the globe, July at least equalled – and may have surpassed – the hottest month in recorded history, according to new data from the World Meteorological Organization. This followed the warmest ever June.

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The heatwave that hit Europe last week was made more probable and more intense by human activities, say scientists.

The Manager of Commercial and Data Systems Enablement will be responsible for the end-to-end data quality of our carbon credits.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

Record 35 chicks expected to leave nests this year in successful wildlife comeback

This summer, as the snows finally melt across the Alps, a record 35 bearded vulture chicks are expected to leave their nests and take to the skies to patrol their mountain home, in one of the most successful wildlife comebacks of recent times.

“Bearded vultures were hunted to extinction in the Alps in the early 20th century. People referred to them as the devil bird believing that they would carry off small children and sheep,” said Théo Mazet, who works for Asters, a French wildlife organisation helping to bring the birds back to the Alps.

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Some drivers say there is not enough charging points to charge the vehicles.

Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has barely contributed to cutting carbon output since 2017, as over the past 18 months contract terminations have shed almost as much volume from the fund’s portfolio as the Clean Energy Regulator has signed in auctions.

Mean maximum temperature 2.23C above average as authorities predict fire season worse than average

Australia has just experienced its third-hottest July on record, beaten only by records set in 2017 and 2018, as fire and water authorities in the eastern states prepare for a worse than average fire season.

The year-to-date temperatures from January to July were the second warmest on record, according to a monthly statement from the Bureau of Meteorology. Rainfall recorded during that period is the fifth lowest on record, with the drought worst in New South Wales, southern Queensland, and eastern and central Victoria.

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Greenland’s ice sheet shrunk more in past month than in average year, experts warn

The frozen extremities of the northern hemisphere are melting at a near-record rate as heatwaves buffet the Arctic, forest fires tear through Siberia and glaciers retreat on Greenland fjords and Alpine peaks.

Unusually high temperatures are eating into ice sheets that used to be solid throughout the year, according to glaciologists, who warn this is both an amplifying cause and effect of man-made climate disruption across the globe.

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New Zealand to wind back free carbon permits to industrial emitters as Ardern ramps up climate action in preparation for zero-carbon goal.

The post New Zealand shows Australia how it’s done on emissions policy, climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian zinc-bromine flow battery maker points to China expansion and successful capital raising as reasons for optimism after big drop in quarterly revenue.

The post Redflow eyes the long game, after “disappointing” Q1 battery sales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ninth ERF auction proves complete flop, awarding just $850k in contracts, and achieving just 0.0085% of emissions reductions needed to meet Australia's 2030 target.

The post Emissions auction flop rams home climate policy failures as Taylor blames election timing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Firm handling half of Victoria’s recycling hoped buyer’s $40m injection would save it but ‘funds have not been received’

The supreme court of Victoria has ordered recycling company SKM to be wound up, as tens of thousands of tonnes of recycling more than previously disclosed may be headed for landfill.

SKM, which is owned by Melbourne’s Italiano family and handles about half of Victoria’s recycling, had staked its hopes on a buyer who was willing to rescue the company with a $40m injection. But a lawyer representing SKM, Reegan Grayson Morison, told the court on Friday that the “funds had not been received as hoped by the company” and SKM was not in a position to oppose the wind-up.

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With the 2020 Large-scale Renewable Energy Target all but met, attention is focused on the LGC surplus in the pivotal 2019 compliance year.

The post Renewable Energy Market Report: All eyes on LGC surplus appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's rooftop solar rebate has now entered nightmare territory. There are four possible options available to the state government for ‘fixing’ the scheme.

The post It’s time for Victoria to right the solar ship – before it sinks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL to delay Liddell closure to support "critical" summer demand, performing an about-face on previous claims the ageing coal plant was unreliable – especially in summer.

The post AGL buckles in political heat, agrees to delay closure of Liddell appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are fears that Skye's fossils of creatures from more than 165 million years ago are threatened by irresponsible collectors.

Preliminary figures suggest last month's temperature equalled or narrowly beat the previous high mark.