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The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is about to detonate an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring.

Switzerland’s carbon credit procurement agency has opened its first call for proposals for GHG-cutting activities, with the aim of tying up its first emission trade agreements under the Paris Agreement.

Panel was disbanded after a Trump official voiced concerns that it did not have enough members ‘from industry’

A US government climate change advisory group scrapped by Donald Trump has reassembled independently to call for better adaptation to the floods, wildfires and other threats that increasingly loom over American communities.

The Trump administration disbanded the 15-person Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment in August 2017. The group, formed under Barack Obama’s presidency, provided guidance to the government based on the National Climate Assessment, a major compendium of climate science released every four years.

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More than 40% of electricity sold by China’s grid companies this year is likely to go through its recently-established power markets, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC), marking further progress in the ongoing power market reform seen as crucial for the success of the national carbon market.

A chorus of critics say the laws are badly written and will have unintended consequences.

A delegation of Queensland MPs are concerned the Environment Minister has not yet signed off on the Adani coal mine.

Australia's vast reef is struggling to re-grow corals after unprecedented bleaching, scientists say.

The purple shrub thrives in dereliction and decay. How much better things would be if it had nowhere to grow

A couple of years ago, I was with a TV director, standing on Soho Road in Handsworth, Birmingham. There was a break in filming while someone faffed around with something. This gave the two of us chance to pause and admire a derelict pub called the Red Lion. It was built at the start of the last century and remains, for all its dilapidation, a magnificent sight.

My colleague pointed at a bush, thriving improbably out of a crack high up in the terracotta facade. “That,” he said, “is a buddleia. It’s incredibly hardy, it can take root anywhere.”

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Dingoes help conservation efforts by controlling the population of feral cats. Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AEMC gets headlines about renewables it was looking for in its latest reliability review, but it barely covers up its own failings in the shift to clean energy.

The post The shocking regulatory and cultural fail in Australia’s energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor's 50% renewables target is an excellent electricity transformation policy, but it's only a one-third reduction in carbon output from today’s level.

The post Labor’s emissions reduction policy: Does it really add up? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report details "remarkable" 2018 for Australian renewables, including doubling of investment in large-scale projects, and delivering wind and solar – with storage – at costs cheaper than new coal.

The post Renewables smashed records in 2018, says report – and truly trumped coal on cost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The German renewable energy industry set a new record in March, producing over half of the country’s net electricity generation.

The post Renewables provide over half of German net power in March appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A 44MW solar facility has been completed in Ontario, built on the site of what was once the largest coal-fired power plant in North America.

The post Canada replaces largest North American coal plant with solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Existing legislation requires ‘complete overhaul’ to prevent the decline of species, committee warns

A Senate committee examining Australia’s animal extinction crisis has recommended new environment laws to try to halt the decline of threatened species.

The laws, proposed in an interim report by the committee, would include a new, independent national environmental protection authority that would have sufficient powers and funding to enforce compliance with environment law.

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Study creates blueprint to safeguard marine life and enable ocean recovery

Academics have mapped out a network of sanctuaries they say are required to save the world’s oceans, protect wildlife and fight climate breakdown.

The study, ahead of a historic vote at the UN, sets out the first detailed plan of how countries can protect over a third of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target scientists and policy makers say is crucial in order to safeguard marine ecosystems and help mitigate the impacts of a rapidly heating world.

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EUAs shot up more than 5% to a one-month high on Wednesday as financial markets reacted positively to Brexit progress deemed to reduce the risk of Britain crashing out of the EU.

Scientists call for more research into the last time when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were the same as today.

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) disputed comments that its proposed RGGI-linked ETS would significantly increase costs for consumers, while the agency omitted language that would cause the cap to decline after 2030.