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Schneider Electric is joining the Electric Vehicle Council of Australia, and calling on Governments to fast-track the electrification of transport in Australia.

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The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced it will introduce averaging accounting for foresters in the ETS, a move that could free up additional supply as forest-owners face fewer risks.

The huge blocks of ice that drift away from Antarctica have a story to tell about Earth's past - and its future.

Plans have been submitted for environmental approval to build what would be the UK’s largest solar PV site, with plans for battery storage too.

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Puerto Rico passes bill to move the island to 100% renewable energy by 2050, the latest in a string of states and territories to do the same.

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Longleat Safari Park says its project is still helping koalas despite criticism after one animal died.

BNEF says stunning cost falls mean clean technologies are beating coal and threatening to steal the grid balancing role from gas-fired plant operators.

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American auto giant General Motors is injecting $US300m into upgrading its Michigan plant so it can add a new electric vehicle to its auto offerings.

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Federal Coalition government says it does not plan to release an EV strategy before mid-2020.

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Ostracods live in almost every watery habitat – including Bedfordshire puddles

As Homo sapiens rushes towards extinction (in geological terms) taking with us many other species, it is good to know that some creatures that were here well before us will still be about when we are gone.

In a small puddle in a wood in Bedfordshire some crustaceans called ostracods were spotted last year “zipping about like rockets under water” as they completed their rapid transition from eggs to adults. Magically, ostracods disappear when puddles dry up only to re-emerge when conditions become favourable. The trick is that their eggs dry out and can survive for years as dust waiting for the right conditions to hatch.

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Fossil fuel major BP on Tuesday announced a $100 million fund to lower emissions from its upstream oil and gas operations, months after shareholder pressure forced the company to beef up its climate-related disclosures.

For years we've heard about how the cane toad is spreading across Australia, and now a federal parliamentary committee is recommending some practical measures to stop the relentless march of the pest.

Virginia utility Dominion will permanently close 10 fossil- and biomass-fired units that it had previously placed on reserve last year, coming ahead of the state’s expected entry into the northeast US RGGI carbon market next year.

EU carbon notched a second straight gain on Tuesday to recover further from Monday’s three-week low, as a coal rebound lifted the energy complex amid continued EUA auction strength.

Climate extremes are killing Australian trees, but we don't know where they're dying. Scientists are asking the public to use their phones to help. Belinda Medlyn, Professor, Western Sydney University Brendan Choat, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University Martin De Kauwe, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The bullet train used to make a loud boom going through tunnels - but inspiration from the natural world helped fix it.

Rarer pollinators are struggling and scientists say this could threaten the UK's long-term food security.

Wild bees and hoverflies lost from a quarter of the places they were found in 1980, study shows

A widespread loss of pollinating insects in recent decades has been revealed by the first national survey in Britain, which scientists say “highlights a fundamental deterioration” in nature.

The analysis of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species found the insects have been lost from a quarter of the places they were found in 1980. A third of the species now occupy smaller ranges, with just one in 10 expanding their extent, and the average number of species found in a square kilometre fell by 11.

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