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Resolution calling on Origin to review membership of business groups lobbying against climate change initiatives receives 46 per cent support. "Massive", say activists.

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Australian cleantech accelerator EnergyLab kicks off angel investor group with Sydney-based start-up, Symbiot Technology, as the internet-of-things energy management company launches its first investment round.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms Australia will not be pulling out of Paris climate agreement: Why? There is no need, because it will have precisely zero impact on anything.

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Total Eren says it may nearly double size of Victoria's biggest solar plant, and add storage, as it flags push to become major player in Australian market.

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Hydro Tasmania has had an extremely productive year, returning a strong financial result for 2017-18.

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Opponents of the 160-mile Bayou Bridge pipeline, which will cross Native American land and 700 bodies of water, have chained themselves to machinery

As the flat-bottom fishing boat speeds through waterways deep inside Louisiana’s Atchafalaya basin, the largest river swamp in the US, the landscape suddenly shifts from high banks of sediment and oil pipeline markers on either side to an open grove of cypress trees towering above the water. Flocks of white ibis appear, seemingly out of nowhere, to nest and hunt amid the moss-dripped, century-old wetland forest.

“This is what the entire basin is supposed to look like,” explained Jody Meche, president of a local crawfishermen alliance and a lifelong resident with a thick Cajun accent.

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Ian Kiernan's iconic anti-litter campaign, begun in Australia in the 1980s, became a global success.

The IEA seeks an Energy and Environment Policy Analyst to join a small team of enthusiastic professionals reporting to the Head of the Environment and Climate Change Unit (ECC) in the Energy and Environment Division (EED).

This job entails supporting the sales of carbon credits and renewable energy certificates at a specialised firm with a large international portfolio.

A study of ancient dog DNA shows man's best friend has been at our side for at least 9,000 years.

Stakeholders have slammed Ontario's decision to scrap its cap-and-trade programme, adding that the government's plan unfairly penalises market participants while jeopardising the province's climate goals.

South Australia's investment in the Tesla big battery has been an outstanding success, but its commitment to diesels is another story. The machinery is now to be leased.

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Some claim humans need to go vegan diet to combat climate change. But a new Nature study has found that simply reducing our meat intake could help drive down greenhouse gas emissions.

EUAs bounced back sharply on Tuesday after an early plunge to a two-month low below €18, in a volatile market fraught with concerns over Brexit.

Two snub-nosed monkeys sitting on a stone is the top shot at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.

The UK's carbon tax under a 'no deal' Brexit will not be related to the current EU ETS design, the government said Tuesday, confirming that while the levy's sectoral coverage remains unclear, UK emitters are unlikely to be able to use surplus EUAs to comply with it.

President Donald Trump goes on the attack after the Cherokee nation dismisses Elizabeth Warren's claim.

ALLCOT is looking for a screen trader for compliance carbon market. The position will be based in the company's Madrid office.

ALLCOT is looking for an EU ETS business development manager for its Madrid office.