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Share market surges, but price of renewable energy certificates and Australian carbon credits fall as clean energy transition is delayed.

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We may still get to 50 per cent renewables by 2030, even with the re-election of the Morrison government.

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A global research effort is targeting inherited disorders in dogs. Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Bethany Wilson, Honorary Affiliate, University of Sydney Frank Nicholas, Emeritus Professor of Animal Genetics, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Elliott Green Power has appointed ARENA's inaugural CEO, Ivor Frischknecht, to its advisory board, alonsgide another low-carbon investment veteran, Mark Woodall.

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Morrison set to win majority, Kerryn Phelps concedes in Wentworth while Labor leadership heats up as a factional showdown.

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We’ll be revising down our forecasts for the next 3 years, but in the end I doubt if it changes the end point, just the way we get there.

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Coalition's surprise win means focus turns to the states, the corporate sector and the Australian Energy Market Operator. Where does its blue-print for the future take us now?

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Lies and deceit have taken away the chance for Australia's energy policy to move into 21st century. But there is still something that people can do right now.

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There were many promises made in the lead up to the election, but which of those policies will be achievable and how will they affect Australian lives over the next three years?

What makes people more likely to trust a climate change message? If it looks too corporate, it's more likely to fail. Rebecca Green, Lecturer, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The climate crisis lawyer talks about the Extinction Rebellion protests and why the government must take action on the environment

Farhana Yamin is an environmental lawyer who, over the past three decades, has worked on a number of international treaties, including the Paris climate agreement. She has represented small island nations threatened by the effects of global heating and recently took part in the Extinction Rebellion protests.

How did you become politically interested in the environment?
When I was about 20, 22 and qualifying as a lawyer. It was just before the Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. I was already working for the small island states in the climate negotiations. And the climate change convention was adopted and the biodiversity convention was adopted. So all of these agreements were supposed to have sorted out the problem. It was a time when I was very optimistic about what law could do.

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Letter to senior figures urges them to use their power to influence public opinion on climate change

Environmental activists Extinction Rebellion have turned their fire on the advertising industry in a public letter, encouraging it to use its expertise in manipulating public opinion for good or risk mass public protests against it.

Speaking to the Guardian, one of the authors of the letter, which was written by Extinction Rebellion members with decades of experience of the advertising industry, said the group was not “singling out advertising, as we previously disrupted fashion week and are systematically challenging all industries who have the platform, influence and skills to tackle this epoch-defining crisis but are failing to do so in any meaningful way”.

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As part of efforts to tackle global heating, grants will be available for planting and three years’ care

More than 130,000 trees are to be planted in English towns and cities over the next two years as part of the nation’s battle against global heating.

The environment secretary, Michael Gove, will announce on Sunday that grants for the plantings will be made available through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.

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Australia’s right-wing Coalition government pulled off a surprise win in Saturday’s federal election, remaining in office to put an end to opposition plans to increase the nation’s emissions reduction ambitions and set up a CO2 baseline-and-crediting scheme for major emitters.

Now that the Coalition has won the federal election, how will it meet its campaign promises on taxes, the environment, education, health and infrastructure? Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Phillip O'Neill, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Experts agree that global heating of 4C by 2100 is a real possibility. The effects of such a rise will be extreme and require a drastic shift in the way we live

Drowned cities; stagnant seas; intolerable heatwaves; entire nations uninhabitable… and more than 11 billion humans. A four-degree-warmer world is the stuff of nightmares and yet that’s where we’re heading in just decades.

While governments mull various carbon targets aimed at keeping human-induced global heating within safe levels – including new ambitions to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 – it’s worth looking ahead pragmatically at what happens if we fail. After all, many scientists think it’s highly unlikely that we will stay below 2C (above pre-industrial levels) by the end of the century, let alone 1.5C. Most countries are not making anywhere near enough progress to meet these internationally agreed targets.

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Election result hangs in the balance. The career of Tony Abbott has ended, while the Coalition cling to hopes of retaining power.

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If data is the new oil, are data centres the new oil rigs?

Project hopes to identify best habitats for extraordinary creature more endangered than giant panda – and shed light on mysterious breeding location

“That one is definitely over five years old, it could be eight to 10 years old,” shouts Dr Peter Walker, as a writhing 50cm long eel is scooped out of the River Tone near Taunton in Somerset. “This year or next I would expect this one to be on its merry way.”

The European eel makes an extraordinary 6,000km (3,728-mile) journey to the Sargasso Sea in the north Atlantic to spawn, from where its larvae travel all the way back. Now scientists hope a new project may shed light on this still mysterious part of eels’ lifecycle, which could provide crucial help in protecting the species.

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There are 55 nuclear power plants being built today. Some countries are embracing nuclear. Others are shutting down their nuclear facilities. We assess the future of nuclear power.