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Pressure is mounting on Matthew Guy to show he takes climate change seriously – or else risk seeing the Wentworth effect play out in Victoria.

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Federal opposition calls it ‘an extraordinary waste of taxpayers’ money’ and issues warning to energy sector

The shadow climate change minister, Mark Butler, has issued a clear warning to Australia’s energy sector that Labor does not support the government indemnifying new coal plants against the future risk of a carbon price – noting the cost to taxpayers could run into billions.

While the ALP federally has a policy of not repudiating contracts, Butler told Guardian Australia on Wednesday: “Investors need to understand very clearly that we do not support that. That would be an extraordinary waste of taxpayers’ money.”

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In a staggering mix of ideology and incompetence, Morrison and Taylor are back "at work" on energy. Just don't expect a good outcome for consumers. Or emissions.

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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and Nova Scotia revealed Tuesday their updated plans to comply with the federal government’s carbon pricing mandate, with the NL proposal taking an exemption-filled hybrid pricing system and Nova Scotia shifting the design of its ETS by allowing auctions.

Here are six steps that could be taken straight away by a new Labor government to address the challenge of climate change, without legislation.

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A team of 30 surgeons in London operated on the babies weeks before they were born.

Like reptiles, birds do not have two separate exits from the body. They have one, called the cloaca. It is quite similar to the human anus but the cloaca expels both indigestible bits and toxins. Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Anergy minister Angus Taylor says there are no plans to kill rooftop solar rebate, despite calls from the ACCC and some big retailers.

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Naree was illegally smuggled to Thailand and forced to perform in a circus.

Oregon Democrats are promising to support a cap-and-trade proposal slated for discussion during the 2019 legislative session, but the future of that programme could depend on next month's gubernatorial election, a conference heard on Tuesday.

Reducing our use of sand and cement cuts down on CO2 emissions and lessens the impact on the environment.

WA private school expects to save around $235,000 a year on energy costs after installing 512kW of rooftop solar.

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Magnitude 0.4 tremor follows several others recorded since Cuadrilla restarted drilling

Fracking operations in Lancashire have been shut down after seismic activity was detected. The move came a little more than a week after the process was restarted in the UK for the first time since it was banned in 2011.

Cuadrilla Resources, which is carrying out the operations at its Preston New Road site, confirmed it paused work early on Tuesday as a precaution because of the microseismic event, which was measured at a magnitude of 0.4 and within the limit allowed by UK authorities.

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Beyond trucking in hay and water, drought-stricken farmers need money and advice on improving the natural features of their land. David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Michelle Young, Director, Sustainable Farms, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Since 2015, Canadian companies have provided $2.4 billion in combat vehicles, weapons, surveillance technology, pilot training relied on by the oil-rich Saudis

Each time she learns Saudi bombs are falling on Yemen, Shireen Al-Adeimi rushes to her cell-phone.

Living an ocean-away in the United States, the Yemeni-Canadian anxiously scrolls through her WhatsApp chats to make sure her friends and family back home are safe.

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California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) does not plan to present its board with additional changes to its proposed cap-and-trade amendments at a November meeting, a senior ARB official said on Tuesday.

The Canadian federal government on Tuesday announced it will fully or partially implement its ‘backstop’ carbon pricing plan next year on five provinces that are resisting Ottawa’s efforts to set out a carbon tax or ETS.

Mexico has released details of its three-year cap-and-trade pilot programme, which will begin in 2019 and feature some of the same mechanisms used by other North American carbon markets.

The UK’s climate minister Claire Perry on Tuesday said her ministry is examining how to eventually set up a standalone ETS under a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario, the clearest sign yet of Britain's preferred direction on carbon pricing.