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Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are taking part in the latest wave of climate strikes to demand urgent action on the emergency

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China is likely to avoid setting an absolute cap on CO2 when it launches its emissions trading scheme next year, and instead opt for an intensity-based approach, according to a Tsinghua University professor who is advising the government on designing the market.

Half of tree species found only on the European continent face extinction, including the conker tree.

Ash, elm and rowan among trees threatened by pests and pollution, says biodiversity report

More than half of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction as invasive diseases, pests, pollution and urban development take a growing toll on the landscape, according to a study.

Ash, elm and rowan trees are among those in decline, says the assessment of the continent’s biodiversity, which could complicate efforts to tackle the climate crisis through reforestation.

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With more strikes planned this Friday, we look at readers’ suggestions on how those in power can tackle the climate crisis

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South Korean 2018 allowances on Friday completed two full weeks of daily gains as sellers sought to squeeze every possible won out of the few emitters still short ahead of Monday’s compliance deadline.

Hundreds of thousands hit streets across continents to demand action on climate

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are taking place in the latest wave of climate strikes to demand urgent action on the escalating ecological emergency.

Last week, millions walked out of schools and workplaces, uniting across timezones, cultures and generations in the biggest climate protests in history before a special UN conference in New York.

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The Minister for the Environment has determined the 2019 Finalised Priority Assessment List, which includes 31 species and 2 ecological communities which will be assessed by the TSSC in the assessment period commencing 1 October 2019.

Prime minister says Joyce has done his job as he announces a further $100m in drought funding

Scott Morrison has defended Barnaby Joyce’s performance as his drought envoy, saying he was not asked to “write a book”, but provide “candid feedback” and any criticism was from people caught up in “semantics”.

Morrison, who hopped off the plane from the United States following his official visit and on to another one to visit a drought-stricken Queensland community to announce a further $100m in drought funding, said Joyce had done his job and the issue had been “over-analysed”.

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New guidelines could save councils money and lead to 400bn more wildflowers

Britain could enjoy 400bn more flowers if road verges were cut later and less often according to guidelines drawn up by wildlife charities, highways authorities and contractors.

The national guidance for managing roadside verges for wildflowers calls for just two cuts a year – instead of four or more – and only after flowers have set seed, to restore floral diversity and save councils money. It would also provide grassland habitat the size of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh combined.

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Lobbyists are giving millions to help Trump win in 2020, after reaping a regulatory windfall that benefited their bottom lines

Robert Murray, a coal magnate who forged ties in 2016 with Donald Trump as he championed reviving the beleaguered coal industry, hosted a fundraising dinner this July in West Virginia that hauled in an estimated $2.5m for the president’s re-election coffers.

Texas lobbyist Jeff Miller, who has several big fossil fuel clients and ran energy secretary Rick Perry’s 2016 presidential campaign, raised about $1m in this year’s second quarter for the Trump Victory Committee, campaign filings show.

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New pictures from a Nasa spacecraft show the targeted landing site of the Vikram rover.

Education minister from new coalition says schools should see absences as ‘justified’

Young environmental activists in Italy are planning to miss school as thousands join climate crisis protests in major cities on Friday.

Some 475,000 people took part in the first global climate strike in Italy on 15 March and a similar number are expected to join the latest demonstrations in cities including Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, Naples, Bologna and Bari. But only if they are allowed to skip school. Earlier this week the education minister, Lorenzo Fioramonti, urged schools to consider as “justified” the absence of children taking part in the mobilisation against the climate emergency.

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Minerals Council of Australia - with deep ties to Morrison government - gets number eight global ranking for groups acting against climate policies.

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AEMO is looking at how electric vehicles fit into the grid. AEMO’s Greg Staib even imagines them used as batteries at peak times. Pity if you are trying to flag down a share car at the same time.

The post The Driven Podcast: What does the grid operator want to do with electric vehicles? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chief scientist delivers report into reviews of oil development in the Great Australian Bight. But he wasn't asked to consider climate change.

The post Oil drilling in the Bight will signal an unsustainable future for humanity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Despite the optimistic name, the showy everlasting only has three wild populations in Australia. But a West Australian public school has stepped up to help grow vital new seeds. Leonie Monks, Research scientist, Murdoch University Alanna Chant, Invited User Andrew Crawford, Research scientist Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A devastating quake and tsunami in the Pacific Ocean prompted a new kind of post-disaster research. Ten years on, we need these lessons to prepare for a precarious future. Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AEMO warns of added costs and potential delays for new projects as it delves deeper into system strength issues that have already imposed limits on five major solar farms.

The post AEMO warns of added costs and delays to new solar projects in Victoria, NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia’s state owned electricity generator and retailer Synergy has named the booming rooftop solar market as a key factor behind a huge loss and asset write down revealed by the government-owned company for the last financial year. In its FY2018-19 Annual Report, Synergy says the net loss of $657 million – including a $428.9...

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