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NZU trade has been moribund in recent sessions, with outlook turning slightly negative amid reports that the government is struggling to finalise a deal to bring agricultural emissions into the ETS.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator swelled its carbon credit issuance to over 700,000 this week, with energy firm EDL earning the vast majority for emission cuts at a number of landfill sites.

Checking the claims: the PM trumpets Australia’s policies as ‘responsible and achievable’. But what do experts say?

Speaking in the US, Scott Morrison said he would drastically reduce plastic pollution and strongly defended Australia’s position on climate change. Does what he said stack up?

CLAIM: Australia will ban exports of plastic, paper and glass waste starting in 2020 and is leading on practical research and development into recycling.

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Overnight at the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered a robust defence of his Government's commitment to reducing carbon emissions. The Prime Minister's speech has also been criticised by Labor and the Greens as misleading. But was it?

South Korean carbon emission contracts set fresh records across the board again on Thursday, as the impending 2018 compliance deadline and a bullish long term outlook kept pushing up prices.

The panel of researchers have plans to continue their studies revealing that 21 million Americans live with unacceptable air pollution

An advisory panel of air pollution scientists disbanded by the Trump administration plans to continue their work with or without the US government.

The researchers – from a group that reviewed the latest studies about how tiny particles of air pollution from fossil fuels make people sick – will assemble next month, a year from the day they were fired.

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A former SNP environment minister says 'not very much has changed' in Scotland on climate emergency.

Australian concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) company Vast Solar has recently been awarded the CSP Technology Innovation Prize at the international CSPPLAZA Conference 2019 held in Suzhou, China.

The post Vast Solar completes capital raise and wins international award for world-first dispatchable renewable energy technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor leader declares prime minister ‘is blaming the media for reporting the facts’

Anthony Albanese has delivered his strongest criticism of the prime minister yet, declaring Scott Morrison has a habit of being “loose with the truth” and blaming the media for reporting facts when he was uncomfortable with legitimate criticisms and questions.

Albanese, who has banned his caucus from using the word “liar” when referring to Morrison or government MPs, said Morrison’s latest deflection of Australia’s climate record was part of a “pattern” he had developed when asked uncomfortable questions.

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School climate strike activists call on theatre group to sever ties with oil firm

School climate protesters who took to the streets in huge numbers across the UK last week are threatening to boycott the Royal Shakespeare Company over its sponsorship deal with BP.

In a letter being sent to the RSC on Thursday, a group representing young people in towns and cities across the UK, says it will launch a boycott campaign unless the theatre company severs its ties with big oil.

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Chinese PV manufacturing giant says it “makes business sense” to shift its operations to 100% renewables by 2025 – we should hope so!

The post PV giant JinkoSolar targets 100% renewables by 2025 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMC unveils blueprint for "future energy grid" embracing rooftop solar, household batteries and electric vehicles, although its call for urgency rankles with those that see the rule-maker as a stumbling block in the past.

The post Grid reform “urgent” in race to catch up with solar, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind turbines assembled on Australian soil for first time in more than 10 years, with launch of the Vestas Renewable Energy Hub in former centre for car manufacturing.

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Morrison wants Australia's climate "action" to be praised and children shielded from truth about climate impacts, just as new UN report reveals stark impacts on oceans and reefs.

The post Morrison’s lame Kyoto and reef defence drowned by stark UN oceans report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post Not convinced on the need for urgent climate action? Read this appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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

The post Gannawarra storage project shows how new technologies outpace regulations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post Tesla big battery “still operating superbly” as profits maintained in last six months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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