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Snowy 2.0 construction costs now put at least $5.1 billion, and its timeline stretches out to 2027.

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Frasers Property has another carbon neutral certified building.

Medibank Private is certified carbon neutral for its business operations.

Randwick City Council is carbon neutral.

Intrepid Group is certified for its business operations and tours.

Keith Tulloch Wine is certified for its wine and winery operations.

Snowy 2.0 is shaping up to be a more than $5 billion-plus project. Almost as much as the price, it’s the eight years to completion that caught this analyst by surprise.

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Electric vehicles have been subject to some wild claims in the Australian election campaign, even before it is called. Here’s the reality

A more pertinent question might be: why weren’t we talking about them earlier? The treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, tried to start a discussion in January 2018, when he was responsible for environment and energy, comparing the expected trajectory of EVs to that of the iPhone. He said changes in battery technology and recharging infrastructure were gaining momentum in Europe, Asia and North America that would inevitably be replicated in Australia, and predicted people that who mocked EVs would one day be driving them.

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Ed Catmull has aphantasia, as do some of the world's best animators at Pixar.

The proposed "mega-merger" of AP Eagers and Automotive Holdings Group to create by far the biggest car dealership in Australia is big news. But so far, EVs don't rate a mention.

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Eucalypts have been in Australia for 45 million years. But hundreds of species appeared more recently than previously thought. Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We've been here before. In fact we've been going round in circles on climate policy for decades, while the temperature (of the debate, as well as the planet) climbs ever higher. Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU carbon settled slightly lower on Monday after bouncing around in a wide €1 range, as sellers maintained pressure on prices while buyers stepped in at every dip.

Oil major Shell will spend $300 million over the next three years to help meet its self-imposed short-term emission target by offering drivers the chance to offset their carbon footprint.

Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill to create a new fund to benefit the state’s uneconomical nuclear energy plants, but some believe the proposal could simultaneously undermine the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

Wildlife and human health are threatened say scientists as Syngenta accepts ‘undeniable demand’ for change

Pesticides and antibiotics are polluting streams across Europe, a study has found. Scientists say the contamination is dangerous for wildlife and may increase the development of drug-resistant microbes.

More than 100 pesticides and 21 drugs were detected in the 29 waterways analysed in 10 European nations, including the UK. A quarter of the chemicals identified are banned, while half of the streams analysed had at least one pesticide above permitted levels.

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Six additional general WCI market participant accounts were opened in California during the first quarter, including a New York-based fund that sees California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures as underpriced.

Readers welcome the Guardian’s decision to publish the Mauna Loa global benchmark on atmospheric CO2 every day and suggest other measures to raise awareness

At last, a newspaper prepared to publish CO2 emissions on a daily basis, though unfortunately on the weather page (Why our daily weather forecast now includes a carbon dioxide count, 5 April). What is happening to the climate, and the CO2 emissions causing this, are not related to the weather.

The economic section is where CO2 emissions should appear, alongside economic indicators like GDP and stock market prices. This is where the relationship between how we think wealth is generated and the costs of doing so should be made transparent. The thoughtful introduction of a few more headline indicators such as inequality, population numbers for humans/pollinators/dolphins/tigers, forest cover and deaths from air pollution on the same page would make the Guardian a genuinely progressive and even a transformative newspaper.
Sara Parkin
Principal associate, The Sustainability Literacy Project

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Shell Energy traded the first California Carbon Offset (CCO) without any invalidation risk on the ICE contract’s first listing day on Monday, a move that could bolster credit transparency and activity in the WCI cap-and-trade programme.

North Norfolk Council has put nets up at Bacton to encourage birds to nest further along the coast.