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Coking coal company in Hunter Valley suggests solar farm on former open cut mine in the process of being rehabilitated.

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California regulator ARB will hold a public hearing on Apr. 5 to consider possible amendments to the cost containment provisions of the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with the aim of keeping prices below the yearly Credit Clearance Market rate.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced on Tuesday that voters will head to the polls next month for the provincial election that could have major ramifications for the future of the Canadian jurisdiction’s carbon levy and pricing system for large emitters.

Environmental campaigners say backing for Woodhouse colliery cannot be justified

Britain’s first new deep coal mine in 30 years has been given the go-ahead by Cumbria county council, sparking protests from climate change campaigners that the decision would harm the UK’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.

The £165m Woodhouse colliery was backed by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors, who said it would bring vital jobs to the area. Copeland’s Conservative MP Trudy Harrison has “wholeheartedly” endorsed the proposed undersea mine, saying the investment it would bring to the area was crucial.

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Western Australia’s liquefied natural gas industry is the main driver for increased emissions but the state has refused to endorse EPA’s guidelines

A Western Australian government decision to reject guidelines requiring major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to be carbon neutral leaves Australia without a state or federal policy to address its biggest source of growth in heat-trapping emissions.

The most recent federal government emissions report says the booming northern WA LNG industry is the main driver of an 0.9% increase in national emissions in the year to September, continuing a trend in place since 2015. LNG exports to Asian markets jumped 19.7% over those 12 months.

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EUAs lost further ground on Tuesday, extending their March low amid a bearish energy complex and continued Brexit uncertainty.

Bird of prey 10 times more likely to die on English grouse moors than other habitats, data shows.

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Bird of prey 10 times more likely to die on English grouse moors than other habitats

Hen harriers are 10 times more likely to die or disappear from or near to English grouse moors than any other habitat, according to a long-term study which reveals the scale of the illegal persecution of the endangered raptor.

An analysis of hen harriers over a decade found 72% of 58 satellite-tagged birds were confirmed or considered “very likely” to have been illegally killed. Just 17% of juvenile hen harriers survived beyond their first year around grouse moors in northern England and southern Scotland, compared with 36% across the Scottish mainland, where persecution has also been recorded, and between 37% and 54% on Orkney, where there are no grouse moors.

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Images show marine biologist removing 88lb worth of plastic bags from stomach of whale that died in Philippines of ‘gastric shock’

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Graphic autopsy images have revealed the terrible toll that plastic waste took on a young whale found dead in the Philippines.

The juvenile Cuvier’s beaked whale died of “gastric shock” after swallowing 88lb (40kg) of plastic bags, according to marine biologists at the D’Bone Collector Museum, a natural history institution in Davao City in the Philippines.

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Scientists say AP study consistent with peer-reviewed literature and shows clear sign of human-caused climate change

Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows.

The AP looked at 424 weather stations throughout the US lower 48 states that had consistent temperature records since 1920 and counted how many times daily hot temperature records were tied or broken and how many daily cold records were set. In a stable climate, the numbers should be roughly equal.

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Dr Amanda Tattersall travels the world speaking to activists to discover the most effective techniques for bringing about social change

One of the highest prizes for mathematics is awarded to Prof Karen Uhlenbeck for her ground-breaking work.

Exchange EEX maintains plans to get involved in China’s national emissions trading scheme, it announced Tuesday, despite delays in the launch of the cap-and-trade programme that has forced a number of domestic market participants to look elsewhere for opportunities.

Voluntary demand for carbon credits has increased to dwarf buying interest from Safeguard Mechanism companies, but Australia’s offset market is still oversupplied by some 730,000 credits in FY2018-19, the Clean Energy Regulator said Tuesday while setting its next ERF auction date.

Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, says action proved ‘no one is too small to make a difference’

More than 1.4 million young people around the world took part in school strikes for climate action, according to environmental campaigners.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish student whose solo protest last August prompted the global movement, said: “We proved that it does matter what you do and that no one is too small to make a difference.”

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Astrophysics star launches a scheme to help female and black students to become researchers.

Studio Periscope won the award for their hot composting system, the "Rollie".

Wasting water should be as taboo as blowing smoke in a baby's face, says Environment Agency boss.

ARENA provides $3.1 million towards green hydrogen hub that will use solar and battery storage at old Toyota car plant.

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