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An upcoming court decision on Washington state’s blocked Clean Air Rule could spark further debate on progressing a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill in the legislature next year, stakeholders said.

AEMO's chief executive speaks on the challenges posed by the rush to develop new solar and wind projects, as Australia meets its renewable energy target ahead of schedule.

California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) will request feedback from regulator ARB before endorsing a possible metric for tracking the amount of surplus allowances in the state’s WCI-linked ETS, members said Thursday.

Some $US1.3 trillion has been tipped into solar installations in last decade, pushing it above coal and forcing prices down dramatically.

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RGGI allowances (RGAs) rose by double digits this week ahead of the September auction results, as California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dipped on the secondary market amid increased spread trading.

Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) jurisdictions could release a carbon market draft design framework this month, but that document could lack substantive details, such as price levels or potential annual caps, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

The team that took the first ever image of a black hole announces plans to take a "razor sharp" full colour video of the one at the centre of our galaxy.

The crowded 2020 Democratic presidential field outlined their ideas for decarbonising the US economy on Wednesday night, with the candidates’ presentations revealing a split on carbon pricing and on when the country should hit net-zero emissions.

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Erwin Kräutler says he expects next month’s papal synod to denounce destruction of rainforest

The fires in the Amazon are a “true apocalypse”, according to a Brazilian archbishop who expects next month’s papal synod at the Vatican to strongly denounce the destruction of the rainforest.

The comments by Erwin Kräutler will put fresh pressure on Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, following criticism from G7 leaders last month over the surge of deforestation in the world’s biggest terrestrial carbon sink.

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Carbon emissions from two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines rose slightly in August, keeping both on track to record higher CO2 output and face costlier EU ETS bills this year.

Two holes in the mighty predator's head may have helped it lose heat, according to scientists.

A DNA study rules out suggestions that "Nessie" is a prehistoric reptile or a shark.

European carbon prices firmed on Thursday on the back of a second consecutive auction-free day and optimism surrounding Brexit, while bearish economic data and energy and supply pressures weighed.

China’s greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production rose by 4% in the first six months of 2019, despite carbon output from power production standing still, analysis showed Thursday.

After issuing an unusually high amount of carbon credits last week, Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week distributed offsets to only one market participant as many project owners are holding their applications after receiving credits during the end-of-year rush in June.

A massive environmental monitoring unit on the seabed vanishes, baffling German experts.

The ban, due to start in 2020, could have seen the end to incandescent bulbs which waste energy.

UK satellite company SSTL is taking pictures of the planet with the small educational computer.

Global energy producer EDL has won the 2019 Asia Power Awards’ Environmental Upgrade of the Year in recognition of its successful Coober Pedy Hybrid Renewable Project.

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