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A European-Russian effort to land on Mars has been hit by another parachute failure, during a drop test in Sweden.

Black squirrel result of interbreeding between grey and fox squirrels – and they both carry virus

In popular myth they are an aggressive new “super” species pushing out the grey squirrel just as it has displaced the red squirrel.

But the black squirrels seen scampering through southern England are a form of grey squirrel created by wild interbreeding between greys and fox squirrels in North America, according to research.

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EUAs hit a five-week low near €26 on Tuesday, though prices rebounded to positive territory above €27 after a strong auction.

The climate change activist will spend two weeks travelling to New York on a boat with very few home comforts.

Czechia-based utility CEZ is lagging its historical carbon hedging rates, it said in financial results on Tuesday, suggesting that its EUA demand could rise over the rest of the year as it plans for higher thermal generation.

Jakarta has been facing a lot of problems, it's sinking, over-populated and prone to earthquakes. The Indonesian President Joko Widodo says the capital will be moved to Kalimantan and that it could happen as early as 2024.

Australia this week will detail a A$500 million ($338 mln) climate aid package for the Pacific, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday, although observers were left unconvinced as long as Australia does nothing to stem its own rising GHG emissions.

It follows COAG commitments to stop sending plastic waste overseas, after countries refused to take it.

The record-breaking trend in South Korea’s emissions market continued Tuesday with KAUs hitting 30,000 won ($24.59) for the first time as the wide gap between demand and supply kept pushing prices up.

Can you throw foreign aid money at a problem like climate change, if you're not going to do everything you can to cut down on your domestic carbon emissions?

UPC-AC seek to accelerate Baroota pumped hydro project in South Australia and neighbouring 300MW solar farm after buying majority stake.

The post UPC buys into South Australia pumped hydro and solar projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More climate sleight-of-hand from federal Coalition, with $500m of existing aid money for the Pacific to be diverted into renewables, disaster resilience.

The post Coalition conjures another accounting trick as it dodges climate commitment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China PV giant launches new high performance module in Melbourne, in strategic bet that “race to the bottom” on PV prices is coming to an end in Australia.

The post Longi launches high-end solar module with 20% conversion efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US wind power prices driven below $20/MWh as the end of Federal tax credits and Trump's trade war looms over US energy economy.

The post Wind power costs and prices driven to new lows in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Most of the major "gen-tailers" in Australia have hit the pause button on renewables, hiding behind Coalition policy. It will likely turn out to be a bad idea.

The post Big utilities stall on clean energy transition, despite the economics appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria Labor government makes good on election promise to boost the state’s renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2030, with the introduction of a new bill.

The post Victoria introduces bill to lock 50% renewables target into law appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Leading fine particle specialist Reynolds Soil Technology (RST) has launched into the renewable energy industry with solutions for unique problems encountered by solar and wind farms.

The post RST launches into renewable energy industry with innovative solutions for solar and wind farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Black rats are originally from India and brown rats are originally from China. Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Cold fronts swept south-eastern Australia, bringing snow and freezing temperatures. While snow is expected to decrease with climate change, cold snaps are likely to keep coming. Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Blair Trewin, Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Linden Ashcroft, Lecturer in climate science and science communication, University of Melbourne Sonya Fiddes, PhD Candidate in Climate Science, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Brisbane based RedEarth will expand local manufacturing facilities as it aims for $70M in locally made battery sales.

The post Queensland’s RedEarth secures $5m to roll out locally made battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.