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Non-forestry firms covered by New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme handed in 6.8 million allowances more in 2017 than the previous year despite only a modest increase in emissions as the phase-out of the scheme's 2-for-1 rule began to take effect.

Flow Power to take about half the output from new Queensland wind farm to deliver cheap renewable electricity to corporate customers in that state.

The investigation into claims against the embattled federal Labor MP Emma Husar has proven to be a major headache for her party colleagues.

Michael Myer says size of grant ‘unheard of’ as Josh Frydenberg refuses to say where idea originated

The environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, would not say whose idea it was to award a $444m government grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, on the same day a former member of the foundation’s board described the allocation as “unthinkable”.

Michael Myer, of the Myer family, was a member of the reef foundation’s board from 2001 to 2004 until he became concerned at what he called the growing “corporatist” direction of the organisation.

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On top of that, the $150 average annual household saving the ESB claims is due to the NEG is illusory, and based on heroic demand assumptions.

German start-up set to roll-out solar PV integrated electric vehicle – a "no frills" low-priced EV with 250km range and enough PV to power 30km/day if the sun's shining.

Amid all the talk of taking Tesla private this week, the CEO has given the world a sneaky look at numbers not often seen in public.

The world’s biggest oil exporter has placed a massive bet on Tesla – the company whose entire goal is transitioning the world off of oil.

The NEG, in its current form, proclaims to halt the energy transition in its tracks. It's a nonsense of course, but Australia needs a policy that recognises the future, not one that pretends to be able to stop it.

Jaguar unveils all-electric I-PACE in Australia, with deliveries set for “fourth quarter”, and reports of “interest” from 2,000-plus potential customers.

Urban trees are literally made with the help of human breath – they turn the carbon dioxide we breathe out into the building blocks of plant growth. So your local trees have a piece of you inside them. Cris Brack, Associate Professor, forest measurement & management, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

2011 Tesla Roadster takes on five high performance ICE vehicles in arduous three-day rally near Perth.

One of the last advantages touted for the hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) over the battery electric car (BEV) is the speed of hydrogen refuelling vs battery charging.

China’s northwestern Qinghai Province taps internet-of-things to run for seven straight days entirely on renewable energy.

NGO says it used GPS units to track waste from collection points outside Officeworks to Hong Kong and Thailand

Electronic waste dropped at government-approved recycling points outside Officeworks stores was allegedly exported to developing countries, potentially breaching a global waste treaty, a non-government organisation has said.

The US-based Basel Action Network (Ban) – which embeds GPS units inside discarded electronics and monitors them – said in a report to be released on Thursday that two LCD monitors the organisation placed at Officeworks’ “Bring IT Back” drop zones in Brisbane were tracked to an area of Hong Kong’s New Territories known for “e-waste trafficking”.

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California regulator ARB on Wednesday provided updates to its proposal to incentivise the uptake of more zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), including a controversial measure to credit ZEV infrastructure build-out introduced earlier this summer.

A woman passionate about insects and photography shares images of some of Scotland's colourful bug life.

For some people, a drop in water temperature means they will hang up their swimmers until spring time. For others, this is when their swimming becomes a richer and more fulfilling experience.

Dr Chris Juttner, says we need nothing less than global action equivalent to the mobilisation for World War Two to keep temperatures below 2 degrees to avoid further climate chaos, and urges Australia to rejoin the battle.