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Living on Mars time, landing nightmares and sometimes spreadsheets... a day in the life of a Nasa engineer.

European carbon prices climbed back above €18 on Friday amid rising energy prices, lodging a 1.4% weekly gain and consolidating near the ten-year peak reached earlier in the week.

‘Capricious’ EPA forbidden from delaying the enforcement of chemical safety rule drawn up by Obama administration

A federal court has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to delay safety regulations for chemical plants – the latest in a string of recent legal setbacks for the administration in its attempts to reverse environmental standards.

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The New York grid operator’s (NYISO) plan to exempt wholesale market suppliers holding active Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) contracts under its CO2 pricing proposal drew criticism from a clean energy group this week for undermining market design and the state’s business environment.

An anaesthetised polar bear, a surprising pine marten and a potty-mouthed parrot are among this week’s images

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Report predicting spiralling global temperatures has been downloaded 270,000 times in just a few days

The scorching temperatures and forest fires of this summer’s heatwave have finally stirred the world to face the onrushing threat of global warming, claims the climate scientist behind the recent “hothouse Earth” report.

Following an unprecedented 270,000 downloads of his study, Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, said he had not seen such a surge of interest since 2007, the year the Nobel prize was awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Just 30 of the prehistoric fish known to exist, raising fears oil wells will push it to extinction

Bright blue, older than dinosaurs and weighing as much as an average-sized man, coelacanths are the most endangered fish in South Africa and among the rarest in the world.

Barely 30 of these critically-endangered fish are known to exist off the east coast of South Africa, raising concern that a new oil exploration venture in the area could jeopardise their future.

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New Zealand carbon allowances rose to record highs again on Friday as emitters continued to hedge against the risk that the government might increase the NZ$25 price ceiling during the current compliance year.

Investor Ant Financial and automaker BAIC Group have bought shares in the Beijing Environmental Exchange, increasing the bourse’s registered capital by 67% to 500 million yuan ($72.7 mln).

North American methane-cutting projects are becoming more lucrative as regulators and standards update their offset crediting calculations, but developers are still seeking alignment with other policies and considering whether more profitable incentives lie elsewhere.

Court rules in favour of mining company and orders Indigenous group to pay costs

The federal court has ruled in favour of Indian mining company Adani over a native title group seeking to block its Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Members of the Wangan and Jagalingou people have been fighting against the mining company, claiming they did not give permission for the $16.5bn mine to go ahead.

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As internal opposition to the National Energy Guarantee builds, is the PM's leadership sliding into a fresh crisis?

Premier Palaszczuk officially opens Sun Metals solar farm, the first large-scale solar farm built directly by major energy user.

The post “No need for new coal:” Sun Metals formally opens solar farm in “George” town appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Northern Territory’s largest solar program is heading towards completion, with work in 16 communities already finished.

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Infiniti, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan, reveals teaser sketch of latest concept car - an eye-catching, sleek electric single-seat speedster

The post Infiniti to unveil electric speedster concept at Pebble Beach appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Minister says nets will stay between Newcastle and Wollongong but be removed further north after trial

There are calls for shark nets to be pulled from all New South Wales beaches after the state government announced it was removing the controversial mesh on the north coast following public opposition.

On Friday the state primary industries minister, Niall Blair, said locals were unhappy about recent trials of the nets, which had proved to be less effective at catching target sharks and harmed more marine life than Smart drumlines.

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Australia has huge potential for renewable hydrogen exports, possibly requiring enough new solar and wind capacity equivalent to the existing grid by 2040.

The post ARENA, Finkel lead push for massive renewable hydrogen exports appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CWP Renewables wins planning approval to add 200MW solar plus battery storage to existing 270MW wind farm at Sapphire in northern NSW.

The post Sapphire renewable energy hub wins approval – solar and storage to come appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The same day all of New South Wales was declared in drought, the state's Rural Fire Service issued its earliest ever total fire bans. Owen Price, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.