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Oregon Democrats are planning to approve a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill out of committee on Friday with additional technical amendments to the proposal, the bill’s author told Carbon Pulse.

New analysis shows solar and storage projects are beating out gas projects with prices in the low $US30s/MWh, and are easily beating fossil fuels in Hawaii.

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Environmental justice groups urged 10 US jurisdictions to explore options outside of a cap-and-trade programme to regulate emissions from the transportation sector, claiming that model would not guarantee reductions in disadvantage communities.

"I trust that Australian voters will choose the right path... It will certainly have a tremendous global impact whatever the choice Australians make."

Everything you need to know – where it is, the environmental impact, Indigenous land rights issues and actual profitability – of the Adani Carmichael coal mine in one simple interactive. Michael Hopkin, Acting Editor, FactCheck, The Conversation Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Germany should push for reforms to loosen EU state aid rules and enable the government to provide more support to EU ETS-covered heavy industries, a prominent environmental think-tank has proposed.

Last week the Mauna Loa Observatory observed the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ever documented

Donald Trump’s interior secretary hasn’t “lost sleep over”, the record-breaking levels of pollution heating the planet, he told US lawmakers in an oversight hearing.

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii observed carbon dioxide levels of 415 parts per million in the atmosphere on Friday – the highest ever documented.

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EUAs briefly climbed back above €26 on Wednesday, recovering in another afternoon surge after wider financial markets celebrated US President Donald Trump appearing to soften his line on EU trade tariffs.

US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue could back a carbon market for the sector to stimulate more revenue for farmers, and an upcoming appropriations bill may urge his agency to research the development of that option, a federal congressperson told a news outlet.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

Three-quarters of areas tested show contamination, European Environment Agency says

Heavy metals and a cocktail of dangerous chemicals continue to poison Europe’s seas, with more than three-quarters of areas assessed showing contamination, according to a report.

The sea worst affected was the Baltic, where 96% of the assessed areas showed problematic levels of some harmful substances, according to the European Environment Agency. Similar problems were found in 91% of the Black Sea and 87% of the Mediterranean. In the north-east Atlantic, unsafe levels of chemicals or metals were found in 75% of assessed areas.

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Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots and fungi, connecting trees and plants to one another.

A new coalition of multinational fossil fuel and industrial CEOs, environmental groups, and think tanks issued a call Wednesday for the US Congress and President Donald Trump to enact a market-based climate policy, coming alongside several other principles for driving emission reductions and promoting equity and durability.

Stressed youngsters might well enjoy a less commercial society, writes Clare Hobba. And Alice Munnelly questions the Met Gala’s green credentials

Your article describes Bill Nye, the children’s science presenter, getting justly angry about climate change (Bill Nye: ‘The planet’s on fire, you idiots’, G2, 15 May). But today’s children are not the first generation to have a sharp awakening to our violation of the environment – pollution was a major concern for youngsters of the 1970s.

As a child, my cultural heroes were environmentalists. The Wombles recycled rubbish, singing: “Pick up the pieces and make them into something new / Is what we do.” Bagpuss was an expert in thrift: “We will fix it like new, new, new,” sang the mice. As a teenager, instead of buying new, I embraced the 1970s revival of handicrafts and made my own leather bags, floaty skirts and bead jewellery. Cars were a rarity and I travelled by bus, bike or on foot and got to know my neighbours.

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Nearly 400 million more carbon allowances will be withdrawn from the EU ETS through next summer and inserted into the MSR, the European Commission announced late Wednesday in its annual 'TNAC' update, with the oversupply figure rising slightly year-on-year to top analyst expectations.

German-based utility RWE slowed its hedging rate over Q1 but still has a slightly advanced position compared to a year ago, it said in financial results Wednesday, giving a slightly bearish signal for EUAs.

The European satellite measuring the shape of the White Continent is now working at higher resolution.

China has released provincial targets for its mandatory renewable energy credit scheme, which will launch in a test version this year before starting properly in 2020.

Ex-Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown, in conversation. He discusses why the environment is our most pressing concern, the impact of big money - and the Murdoch press - on politics, and more.

A disease posing a "very serious threat" to the EU's olive industry still poses a real threat to southern European producers, say experts.