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Yes, the headline is a bit of a tease and quite unthinkable, of course. Or maybe…?

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One of New Zealand’s top emissions trading experts and a member of the government’s interim Climate Change Commission is leaving to take up a position in New York.

New type of electric car technology using combination of battery and hydrogen power could allow a passenger car to travel over 5000km, only stopping to quickly refill battery fluid.

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Tokyo ETS emitters shaved another 100,000 tonnes off their annual CO2 output in FY2017, the metropolitan government announced Tuesday, in a programme where almost 80% of the participants have already met their 2019 targets.

Norway is ready to make its first payment to Indonesia under the two nations’ 2010 agreement to halt deforestation, after the South East Asian nation reported a drop in greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in 2017.

Up to 20,000 animals died late last year; decision is one of several made by Melissa Price after criticism over inaction

The federal government has upgraded the threatened status of a flying fox after almost a third of its population was wiped out in Queensland’s recent heatwave.

The environment minister, Melissa Price, said the spectacled flying fox would be listed nationally as endangered, up from vulnerable, to “reflect heightened concerns for its future”.

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Since the mid 1990s, Yuji Agematsu has used debris from New York’s streets to create a series of dioramas inside the cellophane sleeves of cigarette packets. The pieces below are from a year of his work entitled zip: 01.01.17 . . . 12.31.17

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Only one in three firms have climate goals set to go beyond 2025, report finds

Most European companies have no target for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions even though 80% see climate change as a business risk, a survey has found.

Among those that have set climate goals, only one in three stretch beyond 2025, according to the annual Carbon Disclosure Project report.

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China's refusal to take Australia's rubbish has started to bite, and it's clear we're not ready to deal with the consequences. Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

19 February 1976: There is a well-established industry that can recycle the plastic we throw away

The preponderance of plastics that we use – around three-quarters – are of the thermoplastic type, which by definition soften when heated and can be reworked. Nearly all plastics material commonly found in domestic waste or litter, moreover, is of this kind. So the basic premise for recycling exists.

Modern society, of course, is a prodigious producer of waste. It was recently reckoned that to produce five million tonnes of plastics a year West Germany produced scrap in the processing plants of 275,000 tonnes, and 100,000 tonnes more in manufacture. About one million tonnes of plastics, (consumer goods and packaging) ended up as refuse, or litter. Germany uses about 2½ times the amount of plastics that we do.

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Australian officials have not visited the centre where hundreds of rare and endangered birds were sent

The federal environment department does not know if hundreds of rare and endangered Australian birds exported to a German organisation headed by a convicted kidnapper and extortionist are still at the group’s facility in Brandenburg.

Department officials told Senate estimates on Monday night their wildlife compliance unit was investigating after Guardian Australia reported the government had been warned birds sent to the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) could be sold to collectors at a huge profit.

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Viva Energy announces PPA with Acciona Energy to source around one-third of its electricity a year from the nearby 132MW Mt Gellibrand wind farm.

The post Mt Gellibrand wind farm to help power Geelong refinery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian launches a new attack on rooftop solar subsidies, but forgets to do some basic maths and fact-checking.

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Federal Policy Director for the Wilderness Society, Tim Beshara, has criticised Environment Minister, Melissa Price for burying the official acknowledgement of the extinction of an Australian mammal species in a media release today entitled “Stronger protection for threatened species”.

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Group of 45 researches and energy experts say quick transition to renewables is essential to slash emissions, but it needs a detailed plan, and rule changes.

The post 100% renewables can be reached quickly, but it needs a plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clothing brands and retailers should pay per item to fund a £35m annual recycling scheme, MPs say.

Climate change needs to be seen as an escalating and potentially existential risk to security in Australia, and to orderly relations between peoples and nations.

The post With climate protection, Labor can turn the table on government’s fear agenda appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Innogy to build two solar farms in Canada without need for subsidies, highlighting tremendous growth of the solar industry over last few years.

The post Now, even in Canada unsubsidised solar beats fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO relaxes limits on wind generation in South Australia, offering a plethora of new combinations that highlight both the complexity and growing confidence in shift to renewables.

The post AEMO further relaxes limits on wind generation in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solving the energy-equity issue for low income renters requires both reward and punishment to incentivise behaviour of the various stakeholders.

The post Carrot and stick: Getting to the root cause of energy inequity appeared first on RenewEconomy.