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Australia's new emissions data for the December 2018 quarter show a rise on the previous quarter, although the raw figures actually dropped. Here's what that all means. Tim Baxter, Fellow - Melbourne Law School; Associate - Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Two new reports have highlighted the potential of “renewable gas” in Australia, if the Federal Government can put in place the right policy mechanisms to support its use. The reports, one from by Energy Networks Australia and another by Bioenergy Australia were launched at the Renewable Gas in Australia Symposium held in Sydney, have recommended...

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Independent panel lead by former Labor climate change minister urges big emissions reductions, even without factoring in a 1.5C pathway.

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Request by Adani Renewables triggers review of controversial allocations of marginal loss factors, as rule-maker also moves to provide some transparency to project plans.

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Data showing 0.7% rise in 2018 published a week late and only after minister discloses it to the Australian

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, according to a government report that was withheld for a week in defiance of a Senate order.

The environment department published its emissions data for the December 2018 quarter on Thursday morning, but only after the energy and emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, first disclosed information from the report in an interview with the Australian.

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Queensland government attempts to overturn Supreme Court ruling that declared its controversial "solar rules" invalid to be heard by Court of Appeal on Friday.

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Council wants NSW government to work with banks on financial products to make divestment easier

Sydney’s Inner West council says it has 100% divested from fossil fuels after a three-year process that began before the amalgamation of Leichhardt, Marrickville and Ashfield councils.

The council is now calling on the New South Wales government to work with the big four banks “to develop financial products that will allow more organisations to follow our lead”.

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Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor has received approval to build the world’s largest planned floating offshore wind farm.

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Chile, the host of the next UN climate talks unveiled its plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, which will require one of the fastest coal shut downs anywhere.

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Latest data shows how Australia's greenhouse emissions continue to surge as Angus Taylor opts to release greenhouse figures through the Murdoch press.

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Washington state lawmakers will engage with fellow legislators and stakeholders for the rest of 2019 as they restart efforts to pass a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) bill next year, while a Seattle-area clean air agency is planning its own rulemaking process for a regional clean fuels programme.

New Jersey could finalise regulations as early as next month as it works to join the US RGGI carbon market in 2020, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

Here's how climate change affects recovery efforts for the elusive western ground parrot. Shaun Molloy, Associate research scientist (Ecology), Edith Cowan University Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Vertebrate Biology, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUAs dipped back towards €24 on Wednesday as a drop in oil prices triggered a sell-off in key energy contracts, even as EUA demand prospects appeared to be improving.

Rebecca Long-Bailey questions how much authority the government has on issue

Boris Johnson has been challenged by Labour to clearly disavow his previous denial of climate science, after several other Conservative leadership hopefuls said they accept there is a climate emergency.

A dividing line between the candidates opened up on the issue after Andrea Leadsom, a Brexit-supporting former cabinet minister, Sajid Javid, the home secretary, and Rory Stewart, the international development secretary, told a One Nation group hustings on Tuesday night they would tackle the climate emergency as a global crisis.

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Legislation eliminating Alberta’s C$30 carbon tax entered into force on Tuesday, but the timeline is still uncertain for the federal government to impose its ‘backstop’ fossil fuel levy on the Canadian province in response.