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Chevron finally gets carbon capture project up and running at Gorgon after years of delays.

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Participants in New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme paid the NZ$25 fixed price option instead of surrendering permits for over half the 32.8 million tonnes CO2e in compliance requirements for 2018, government data showed Friday.

Inexperienced hobbyists force bees to search often in vain for suitable habitats across the city

Humans are not the only ones in Berlin struggling to find accommodation. A beekeeping boom has led to swarms of bees increasingly forming novel new hives using anything from motorbikes to balconies in the German capital.

Germany’s beekeeping association has been forced to dispatch a growing band of swarm-catchers – or schwarmfänger – reachable via telephone hotlines, to deal with a deluge of incidents in which thousands of bees cluster round objects while scout bees go in search of suitable homes, such as a tree hollow, more often than not in vain.

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Federal and NSW Governments establish taskforce to examine options for Liddell closure that's set to reignite pro-coal push.

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Rapid spread of home batteries in Germany brings European residential storage market to an economic tipping point, according to new research.

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The Threatened Species Bake Off commemorates Threatened Species Day on 7th September. Submissions are open until 5pm AEST 9 September 2019. Visit the Threatened Species Bake Off page for more info.

The Threatened Species Bake Off commemorates Threatened Species Day on 7th September. Submissions are open until 5pm AEST 9 September 2019. Visit the Threatened Species Bake Off page for more info.

Vietnam is planning to launch a two-year pilot carbon tax for thermal power generation and cement production across four provinces as it steps up market-based efforts to stymie its rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions.

Tilt still plans big battery at Snowtown wind complex, but appears to have gone cool on addition of 44MW solar plant.

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Snowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer goes into the fine details of the proposed Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. Plus. The regulator’s power play on wind farms.

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The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 16 September 2019.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 16 September 2019.

Korea Midland Power and trading firm Ecoeye have signed a deal with subsidiaries of state-owned oil and gas firm PetroBangla to develop a CDM project that will generate some 1 million carbon credits annually for use in the South Korean emissions trading scheme.

A £5m expansion of Suffolk's Carlton Marshes could reduce the impact of surge tides, say its owners.

Clean Energy Regulator investigation sees Brisbane plumber sentenced to 4.5 years jail for falsely claiming to have installed more than 400 solar heat pumps.

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State and local governments have been struggling to stop plastic, glass, paper and cardboard from entering landfill, or being stockpiled, since other countries began rejecting our waste. So what now?

State and local governments have been struggling to stop plastic, glass, paper and cardboard from entering landfill, or being stockpiled, since other countries began rejecting our waste. So what now?

Marine heat waves, associated with climate change, cause the rapid death of corals, research reveals.

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