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RGGI's third quarter emissions rose by almost 9% year-on-year as double-digit gains in New York overshadowed declines in two other member states, according to programme data.

EUAs halted their dramatic four-day 22% slide on Wednesday as prices oscillated around €16 in a nervous market still reeling from the heavy declines.

Ontario’s legislature passed a bill Wednesday to officially scrap the province's now-cancelled ETS, enabling them to introduce a yet-to-be-determined replacement climate plan in November.

The federal government is primarily to blame for the mess that is Australia's energy policy. It's time for the states to step up, to reduce both prices and emissions. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

First map of Earth’s intact ecosystems shows just five nations are responsible for most of them – but it will require global action to protect them

Just five countries hold 70% of the world’s remaining untouched wilderness areas and urgent international action is needed to protect them, according to new research.

Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have for the first time produced a global map that sets out which countries are responsible for nature that is devoid of heavy industrial activity.

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Analysts have tempered their expectations for further EU carbon price gains this year, though they predict that the uptrend that lifted EUAs to a 10-year high last month will resume in early 2019.

Approximately 133 facilities across seven Canadian provinces and territories will be regulated under the output-based pricing system (OBPS) of the federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing plan, according to a document released Wednesday.

Nasa's Kepler telescope, which has been looking for inhabitable worlds, has run out of fuel and will look no more.

Construction had halted in 2015 amid protests from native Hawaiians who consider the land sacred.

A team of UK scientists have claimed the record for decoding the world's longest DNA sequence.

The Coalition government in Australia's New South Wales on Wednesday announced an Emerging Energy Programme with a CO2 cap that effectively rules out new coal plants, defying the federal government’s rejection to include climate change policy in energy planning.

Bill Shorten’s government would, if elected, create a national environment protection authority and a new environment act

A Labor government would bring in new federal environment laws and strong independent agencies including a national environment protection authority (EPA) to enforce them, under a draft policy platform signed off by the ALP national executive.

Developed by a 60-member policy forum chaired by the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, and the outgoing party president, Mark Butler, the platform is the basis for debate at Labor’s national conference in Adelaide next month.

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Tesla is breaking through and redefining the car market in the US. Three graphs explain how and why.

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In what could be a worrying sign for Australia, Hyundai UK have bumped Kona Electric release date from February to August 2019.

The post Concerns for Australia as Hyundai delays UK release of Kona EV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Macalister Demonstration Farm says 61kW solar install will pay for itself in six years – and opens the door for new benefits and greater productivity.

The post Solar a “no-brainer” for Victorian dairy co-op – batteries next appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Worldwide fossil fuel consumption subsidies were almost halved between 2012 and 2016, but IEA report shows this trend switched in 2017, when they increased by 12%.

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National parks and nature reserves are vital for conservation, but are also great places for recreation. Balancing the two is tricky, but it can be done if we realise parks are not just playgrounds. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University David Salt, Science writer and editor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Queensland has more solar capacity installed than any other state, and it is pushing down day-time wholesale prices.

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