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Photo of a coal miner on one poster was actually a lifelong Democrat who died of black lung disease.

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Solar is credited with taking the biggest chunk out of grid emissions over summer, as Coalition and Murdoch media hit "repeat" on the carbon scare campaign.

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Fresh from its landmark deal on the Bomen solar farm, Renew Estate has filed a development application for a huge solar farm and battery in NSW.

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Don't believe what you read on the label: 'biodegradable' bags might not break down in landfill. M. Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The argument for locating synchronous condensers with wind and solar farms is not convincing, and may make the grid weaker because they are being installed in the wrong place.

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Beryl solar farm near Mudgee - which is contracted to the NSW government's north west Sydney Metro project - begins production

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Colliery tips are home to hundreds of rare species of bugs - including some unique finds - say scientists.

It is the first seismic signal ever detected on the surface of a body other than Earth and its Moon.

The Washington state legislature on Monday approved a bill to move the Evergreen State to a 100% carbon-free electric grid by 2045 and align the policy with a possible cap-and-trade programme, as Nevada’s governor signed off on doubling the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

Based in part on reporting by the Guardian last year, a non-partisan group alleged a ‘disturbing pattern of misconduct’

Following allegations of a “disturbing pattern of misconduct” at Donald Trump’s interior department, based in part on Guardian reporting, the agency’s watchdog has opened a probe into six top officials there.

It comes in response to a 20 February ethics complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan watchdog group, that alleged a culture of “skirting ethical rules” among key staff appointed in the wake of Trump’s November 2016 election victory.

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Greta Thunberg took her climate message to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday. The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist told a packed room that her future and the futures of her fellow children had been 'sold'.

She said: 'We probably don't even have a future any more. That future has been sold so that a small number of people can make unimaginable amounts of money.'

Thunberg's visit coincides with the ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests across London to highlight the dangers of climate change

• Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance
  
• 'You did not act in time': Greta Thunberg's full speech to MPs

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EUAs rose to within reach of this month’s 11-year high on Tuesday, resuming their upward course following the Easter break’s jump in oil prices.

Non-EU nations Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein will begin auctioning EU carbon allowances in June, the European Commission announced late on Tuesday, cueing up the long-delayed sales after the formal requirements were fulfilled.

Michael Gove admits to feeling guilt as young activist says: your fossil fuels policy is beyond absurd

Greta Thunberg took her climate message to the heart of power in Westminster on Tuesday, with a quiet but powerful message to MPs that prompted politicians to declare contrition for their failure to act.

After the noise of Brexit in parliament and the disruption of Extinction Rebellion outside, the 16-year-old Swedish activist cut an extraordinarily composed figure as she arrived with her trademark braids, hand-painted placard and a speech that forced politicians to reflect on a crisis that is growing steadily worse despite three decades of political promises.

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Shadow health secretary pledges to make climate change a central policy focus

Labour has backed the Extinction Rebellion protesters who have carried out a week of civil disobedience and occupations to highlight the ecological emergency, likening them to the Chartists, suffragettes and anti-apartheid activists.

Speaking in response to an urgent question in the Commons on Tuesday, the shadow energy minister, Barry Gardiner – who also holds the international trade role – said that alongside the school strikes, the protests organised by Extinction Rebellion were reminiscent of previous memorable struggles.

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The Canadian federal government’s plan to implement fuel-specific electricity benchmarks under its ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS) will weaken the true carbon cost of coal-fired generation and diminish incentives for investing in renewable energy, according to a new study released Tuesday.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the past week while taking part in the biggest civil disobedience event in recent British history – a campaign of mass non-violent direct action orchestrated by the group Extinction Rebellion to highlight how little time the world has left to halt manmade environmental breakdown. The group started its protest on 15 April, stopping traffic at Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Waterloo Bridge and the area around Parliament Square, and has continued to occupy sites across the capital alongside smaller protests around the UK

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More than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested in London in the past nine days. Here, nine of the climate change protesters explain the extraordinary ends they will go to for the Earth

I have never been a campaigner or activist before, but I have been worrying about the environment for decades. For 20 years I have written letters, signed petitions, ridden a bike – I have done everything that is “polite” – but the situation has, if anything, gone backwards.

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From Extinction Rebellion to Greta Thunberg, the message about climate change is louder than ever before. Tell us how you feel about the movement

As the last Extinction Rebellion protesters were cleared from Waterloo Bridge on Sunday night, many moved on to sites at Marble Arch and Parliament Square, marking a week-long occupation in London mirrored in 33 other countries.

The protests have been met with both resounding support and disapproval. Still, millions of people have now heard their call for transformative and urgent change to avoid climate catastrophe.

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UK metals firm Liberty House is set to substantially increase its EU ETS footprint after Brussels cleared its purchase of ArcelorMittal steelmaking facilities that were allocated millions more EUAs than they needed.