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Solar activity is now believed to have caused explosions during the Vietnam War. Our reliance on technology means the next event could have far more serious effects.

The Prince of Wales is set to address a summit on dealing with waste.

Carnegie Clean Energy's 10MW Northam solar farm begins limited export of power as part of commissioning of plant, with full commercial operations set to begin in coming weeks.

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Labor plans $10 billion boost to CEFC, $5 billion for new "energy modernisation fund", and series of reverse auctions to ensure more wind and solar built.

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Swapping gas boilers for mix of electric and hydrogen may also be cheapest way, says report

Millions of gas boilers will need to be replaced with hydrogen alternatives and coupled with electric heating devices if Britain is to hit its carbon targets at the lowest cost, according to the government’s climate advisers.

In a report on the role hydrogen could play in the energy system, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) spelt out the huge but necessary cost the country faces to switch to green heating.

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South Africa’s finance minister on Tuesday introduced the government’s long-awaited carbon tax bill in the National Assembly, a week after the Treasury released updated offset regulations.

The American space agency says its InSight Mars lander is on a near-perfect Thanksgiving trajectory.

Indonesian energy company with plans to develop more than 500MW of renewables will begin construction on a 5MW solar farm near Murray Bridge.

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Workers pulled from five solar farms being built by RCR-Tomlinson as the engineering firms woes deepen.

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The final California-Quebec current vintage auction of 2018 settled at a discount to the future sale for the first time in the carbon market's history, according to results released Wednesday.

Labor leader Bill Shorten promises $200 million in household battery rebates and a $100 million “neighbourhood energy” program to help deliver 50% renewables by 2030 and cheaper prices.

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EU carbon prices climbed above €20 on Wednesday for the first time in over a week, as a stronger auction encouraged speculative bulls while coal prices rebounded from a seven-month low.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved a Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) programme and application process for nuclear plants this week, potentially shoring up a low-carbon energy source as the state prepares to join RGGI in 2020.

Filmmaker takes new ‘people’s seat’ and will form speech with input from social media

Sir David Attenborough is to address the UN’s climate change summit in Poland in December, taking up a newly established “people’s seat” at the negotiations.

The people’s seat initiative, which launched on Wednesday, will give citizens around the world the opportunity to send their messages to leaders via social media, using the hashtag #TakeYourSeat. These views and information from opinion polling will then form the basis of Attenborough’s speech to leaders.

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The television presenter is to urge greater action in a major speech at UN climate talks next month.

Oil major Chevron earlier this year received a compliance waiver under the US Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for one of its facilities, a media report said on Tuesday, as stakeholders await the EPA’s finalisation of the programme’s 2019 blending mandate next week.

Sir David Attenborough will join the UN in taking a message from people around the world to the December climate change talks in Poland.

Italian utility Enel is increasing its investments in renewables at the expense of thermal generation on the way to becoming emission free by 2050 as it set new strategic goals out to 2021, the company said Wednesday.