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EUAs surged back to €20 on Friday, bouncing off technical support levels after early losses had initially extended Thursday’s 18% rout to dip below €18 as energy markets remained highly volatile after the impact of a power market trader's massive losses and default earlier in the week.

A cuddly lion and a rescued baby gibbon are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

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Thousands of volunteers will help remove plastic and other litter from beaches this weekend

Record numbers of volunteers are anticipated this weekend to help clear litter from the UK’s beaches, in the 25th annual Great British Beach Clean organised by a leading marine charity.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has been running the four-day beach cleaning event for the last 24 years and expects the 2018 event to beat all previous records. Originally a modest citizen science project, it has become the largest and most longstanding beach litter survey in the UK, with all items recorded according to an internationally agreed methodology.

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Twenty-seven leading cities see their greenhouse gas emissions peak and decline over the past five years.

Tritium's founder and CTO explains why US funding is so significant for charging – and what it could mean for Australian EV drivers.

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The electric cars with stored power that could be transferred to a dwelling.

JinkoSolar was named the most “bankable”PV manufacturer by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) among 57 module brands.

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Australia’s position as a green building world-leader looks set to continue with a raft of leading companies signing up to the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment being announced in San Francisco this week.

The post Aussie big business signs up to Net Zero Carbon Commitment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tag is pleased to advise that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MPower, has been awarded an Early Works Agreement for a 5MW solar farm being developed by Renew Power Group.

The post MPower awarded early works agreement for $8m Port Pirie solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison promises no action on climate as emissions soar to record highs, putting Australia at risk of missing Paris climate target by a billion tonnes. But what to expect from a man surrounded in his office, his party room, his ministers, and in church, by climate deniers and fossil fuel hawks.

The post Morrison gives climate the middle finger as Australian emissions soar over Paris appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Country’s commissioner makes impassioned case against a business that no longer has a ‘social licence’

There is no longer a “social licence” for countries to kill whales for profit, Australia has told the International Whaling Commission in Brazil.

In an impassioned intervention, Australia’s IWC commissioner, Dr Nick Gales, told the key meeting that Japan’s proposal to lift a 30-year ban on commercial whaling was a “business proposition” that Australians reject.

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Deloitte report says the case for renewables has never been stronger, and smashes a few myths along the way.

The post The case for renewables has never been stronger, says Deloitte study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla snaps its army of investors, social media followers and haters to attention with a photographic reminder of the 70MW solar roof it is building on its Nevada Gigafactory.

The post Tesla shows off gigafactory solar roof – says it will be “world’s largest” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction is underway at AGL's Coopers Gap wind farm in south-east Queensland, and that means delivery of "the largest wind turbine blades ever transported in Australia."

The post “Largest ever” turbine blades en route to Australia’s largest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Offset advocates are working to create pilot cases for wetland and grassland conservation offset protocols that could show California's Air Resources Board their potential in the state's cap-and-trade market.

It's a scream: Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones.

RGGI carbon prices continued to increase after last week’s auction cleared above market participants’ expectations, while a months-long bull run in the WCI market appeared to peter out.

The recent spike in EU carbon prices has been tied to a massive loss booked by a major Nordic power market trader that has likely bankrupted him and cost energy exchange Nasdaq over €100 million.

Mercedes Benz unveils "vision urbanetic" electric chassis with inter-changeable bodies.

The post Mercedes unveils an autonomous electric vehicle with “swappable” bodies appeared first on RenewEconomy.