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Australia's current greenhouse emissions target is not ambitious enough, and we're not on track to hit even this modest goal. But the potential is there to hit zero emissions by mid-century if we try. Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University Anna Malos, Project Manager, climate and energy policy, ClimateWorks Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Molluscs that have shells - like pipis, clams and oysters - have to build their own shell from scratch. And they keep building it their whole life, using chemicals from the sea and their own bodies. Aurelie Moya, Research Fellow, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new astronaut capsule, which launched on Saturday, has successfully guided itself into the station.

The demonstration flight of America’s new astronaut capsule will see it dock with the lab.

More than 600,000 tonnes of plastic packaging – out of 900,000 tonnes used – was not recycled last year

Only a third of Australia’s plastic packaging waste ends up being recycled, according to a new report.

The study, conducted by the University of Technology Sydney and commissioned by the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), tracked different kinds of packaging waste in the 2017-18 financial year.

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SpaceX has launched a capsule designed to carry people from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Students' mass walkouts to demand action have sparked a debate over school attendance in Germany.

PM Trudeau announces $1.4bn (£1.2bn) for a Nasa space station to help land humans on the Moon.

The new combination could be approved to carry people if the mission is successful.

Firewood banksia don't just survive in Western Australia's sandy plains, they thrive, showing off with vibrant, pink-red flower spikes. Rachel Standish, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Murdoch University Lauren Svejcar, PhD Candidate, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The seven-foot (2.1m) hoodwinker sunfish washes up in Santa Barbara, baffling scientists.

Hopes ride high on nuclear fusion to provide cheap, clean energy.

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Meanwhile, there still remain easy and effective ways to reduce the extra input of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and remove some of what’s there.

Finite Carbon’s team of ten full-time carbon and forestry experts with deep experience in timber management, forest conservation and forest carbon accounting seeks a GIS manager to assist in project development and database management as the company continues to grow.

Maine is expected to sign onto the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) shortly, as the programme ramps up work to regulate fuel sector emissions in the US northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, numerous sources told Carbon Pulse.

A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) and CO2 tax bills in Vermont, a RGGI bill in New Hampshire, and a 100% carbon-free electric bill in Washington.

As climate change policy dominates debate, the world moves inexorably towards 100% renewable energy, and is engaged in a race to build and commercialize the hottest tech behind this global shift – batteries.

EU member states have distributed nearly 60% of the 758.5 million allowances earmarked for free allocation to industrial emitters this year, according to data released late Friday by the European Commission, with five governments having not yet started the annual process.

Oregon may not immediately link its proposed ETS to the WCI cap-and-trade scheme in 2021, but a connection to California and Quebec's markets remains a priority, the bill's author told Carbon Pulse.