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Chytrid fungus has caused declines in 501 amphibian species, according to a new analysis. Most of the damage happened in the 1980s, before the fungus itself was even discovered. Benjamin Scheele, Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University Claire Foster, Research Fellow in Ecology and Conservation, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We have quantified the effects of twelve power station closures in five states. Local unemployment shoots up and comes down only slowly. Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Rohan Best, Lecturer in Economics, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Study reveals extent of chytrid fungus and how devastating it has been for frog, toad and salamander species worldwide

A deadly disease that wiped out global populations of amphibians led to the decline of 500 species in the past 50 years, including 90 extinctions, scientists say.

A global research effort, led by the Australian National University, has for the first time quantified the worldwide impact of chytridiomycosis, or chytrid fungus, a fungal disease that eats away at the skin of amphibians.

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The UK government has awarded £19.5 million in compensation to 60 companies for their 2018 costs relating to the EU ETS and the UK’s carbon price support, in an effort to shield them from carbon leakage risks.

Two US Democratic legislators reintroduced a bill Thursday to implement a national carbon trading programme that they said could gel with progressives’ Green New Deal (GND) resolution to decarbonise the US economy.

The World Meteorological Organization says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are speeding up.

Pollution from energy sector continues to drop, while low-carbon generation rose to 53%

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2018 as pollution from the energy sector continued to decrease, provisional government figures show.

Emissions of the gases that drive climate change have fallen for six years in a row, and are 44% below the 1990 baseline for the UK. Emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, are at the lowest level since before the start of the 20th century, when Queen Victoria was still on the throne, government officials said.

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The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.5% in 2018, according to provisional government data released Thursday, a decline driven by the ongoing energy sector shift from coal to cleaner gas and renewables but muted by colder temperatures.

The British-led project to break the Land Speed Record is brought back from the brink of cancellation.

China last year restarted construction on a number of previously suspended coal plants, offsetting a decline in the rest of the world to push up global capacity build figures for the first time in three years, according to a report published Thursday.

Environmental activist Wonne Afronelly says she wants to clean up the city sitting at the mouth of the Niger River, which carries a lot of the world's plastic pollution.

Nasa does not have enough right-sized spacesuits for a planned all-female spacewalk, so a man will step in.

The cave is near the desert site where the Bible says Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt

Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe performed their World Championship routine in a pool full of plastic waste.

Labour is set to outline how it will transfer the UK's National Grid to public ownership.

A new report suggests New Zealand should rethink climate policy and use forests to offset only agricultural emissions, which make up half of the country's total emissions, and not carbon dioxide. Ivan Diaz-Rainey, Associate Professor of Finance & Director, Climate and Energy Finance Group, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Premier Mark McGowan turns sod on Albemarle lithium plant in Kemerton.

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State announces $250k for establishment of renewable hydrogen pilot plant on the Gold Coast, on same day it marks state’s “first ever” delivery of green hydrogen.

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For more than 30 years, Environmental Defenders Offices around the country have worked to help people take legal action on environmental issues. They've notched some big wins along the way. Amelia Thorpe, Associate Professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Replacing poles and wires with renewables and storage on parts of Australia’s grid could “save hundreds of millions of dollars,” deliver more reliable supply, says energy minister.

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