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Scott Morrison says ‘Bill Shorten can’t explain what his policies mean to Australians’, but car manufacturers are all moving towards electric vehicles

Hyundai Motor Group says it will sell every electric vehicle it brings to Australia and has “no fear” of the market changing in order to cut carbon pollution.

The carmaker has responded to the political commentary of recent days, which included the prime minister Scott Morrison claiming Labor’s electric vehicle target was a threat to Australians who like to drive SUVs.

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Grants of up to £100,000 available to increase number of drop-off points and cut waste

A £1m fund to help expand and improve paper cup recycling facilities across the UK will be launched on Thursday by the coffee giant Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub.

Local authorities, recycling companies and social enterprises will be invited to bid for grants of up to £100,000 on behalf of their communities to create at least 10 large-scale recycling programmes.

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European carbon prices shot to their highest in almost 11 years on Wednesday, as speculative buying was fuelled by rising gas prices and indications that Brexit was poised for a longer extension.

California issued more than 646,000 California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) across six projects, and forestry projects made up a bulk of the new issuances, regulator data showed Wednesday.

Equivalent of 11,000 new cases a day occur worldwide due to toxic air from traffic, researchers say

Four million children develop asthma every year as a result of air pollution from cars and trucks, equivalent to 11,000 new cases a day, a landmark study has found.

Most of the new cases occur in places where pollution levels are already below the World Health Organization limit, suggesting toxic air is even more harmful than thought.

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A rise in voluntary market issuances over the past year could signal that entities are preparing for the start of multiple international emissions trading regimes in the next decade, but some cautioned there still may be too much risk to engage in early purchasing.

The world is on the brink of creating irreversible damage to the environment if better policy isn't rolled out. Read the findings of the UN report. Pedro Fidelman, Senior research fellow, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The most sensitive search to date for the gas that might signal life on the Red Planet draws a blank.

There's a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that's been found in the Philippines.

Research has thrown up 600 new cancer vulnerabilities and each could be the target of a drug.

European carbon prices skyrocketed to a new 10-year high near €27 on Wednesday, but a poll of analysts showed a consensus view that EUAs will come back down to earth in the near term.

Compliance entities in the WCI cap-and-trade programme appear to be cutting their long positions in the secondary market as California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices have jumped over the past six weeks, according to US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

Domain of Bees’ Needs campaign now used by site offering ‘independent escorts’

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has inadvertently been sending members of the public looking for advice on encouraging pollinators to a website advertising escort services.

The Bees’ Needs campaign, launched in 2014 by the then environment minister Lord de Mauley, called on the public to do more to help insect pollinators by growing more nectar-rich flowers, leaving patches of land to grow wild and cutting grass less often.

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Astronomers have taken the first ever picture of a black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy.

Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.

Senior officer in charge of review said he did not realise ‘the scale of work required’

Police chiefs have been criticised after they have repeatedly delayed completing an official review of the way they handle UK anti-fracking protests.

Senior officers promised to launch the review into tactics two years ago amid complaints that police had often used excessive force against campaigners who protested against fracking firms.

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A new model illustrates how Anak Krakatau's deadly tsunami spread across the Sunda Strait.

A comprehensive study assesses the flood danger posed by glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau.

New Zealand has made a seasoned carbon market negotiator its new climate change ambassador.