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Artificially low fuel prices are the root of the problem

Last week, Trump’s EPA announced that it will repeal the vehicle fuel efficiency standards set under the Obama administration and replace them with weaker requirements. EPA also threatened to revoke California’s ability under the Clean Air Act to impose its own greenhouse gas standards. If they do so, California’s attorney general will sue the EPA.

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South Korean carbon allowances have edged down to their lowest levels since Jan. 29 this week as available supply is slowly emerging.

Sea reptiles the size of blue whales swam off the English coast 200 million years ago, fossils show.

WWF-Australia wants to buy 600m net, which would effectively end gillnetting in area

Conservationists plan to establish a commercial fishing net-free zone in the northern Great Barrier Reef by buying and retiring the area’s last remaining licence.

WWF-Australia will launch a crowdfunding campaign to buy the 600m net operating out of Princess Charlotte Bay in the far north, which would effectively end gillnetting in an area spanning 700km from Cooktown to the Torres Strait.

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BHP thermal coal spinoff South32 orders its first solar farm, to help power the world's largest silver and lead mine in Queensland.

An independent review was commissioned and undertaken by Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Office’s operations and business processes, which support the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder’s...

Supermarket’s customers will still be able to claim free drink if they bring a reusable cup

Waitrose plans to remove all disposable coffee cups from its shops by this autumn as part of efforts to reduce plastic and packaging waste and stop millions going into landfill.

Customers who belong to the myWaitrose loyalty scheme will still be able to get free tea or coffee from the stores’ self-service machines but will be instead be asked to use a refillable cup, the company said.

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Raja Ampat is the global epicentre of marine biodiversity – and the species count is still rising, thanks in large part to two scientists ...

I’m at five metres, clutching a rock outcrop on the seabed when the manta ray fixes me with its gaze. I’m free diving so there are no distracting bubbles - just the undulation of wings – four metres from tip to tip – as it passes close enough to touch, with a look that feels…nuanced. We stare at each other for a couple of moments before it wheels round, showing me a white belly scattered with dark spots and a couple of remora fish hitching a ride. Being that close to a manta is thrilling – but it’s the look that stays with me.

An archipelago of 1500 odd islands scattered over 40,000 square kilometres off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia, Raja Ampat is a great place to see manta rays – and indeed sea creatures in general. For one, these waters are home to more marine species than anywhere else on the planet: there are single reefs in Raja Ampat that contain more species than the entire Caribbean. And then there’s the fact that the entire region was declared a sanctuary for sharks and rays back in 2010 – a move that four years later led to the whole of Indonesia becoming a manta ray sanctuary – easily the world’s largest.

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Every year councils around Australia compete to prove they have the best-tasting tap water in the country. Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Recent surge in large scale wind and solar projects will quickly come to an end - regardless of policy - because Australia's emissions reduction targets are so weak, and because the Coalition is so determined to defend coal.

Kokam battery in Pilbara is biggest of its type in Australia and will reduce cost and emissions of Alinta's gas power supply to Gina Rinehart iron ore mine.

The winning innovation designs for the Great Southern’s energy future will be viewed by some of WA’s most influential business and energy leaders today at Perth Arena.

Smart Energy Council CEO says PM Turnbull will never support a policy that boosts renewables, tackles climate, or rolls back the predominance of coal. Here's why.

Frozen food specialist will reformulate own-label range to be free of controversial ingredient which drives deforestation by the end of 2018

Iceland is to become the first major UK supermarket to pledge to remove palm oil from all its own-brand foods, in a bid to halt the ongoing destruction of tropical rainforests in south-east Asia.

The frozen food specialist will reveal on Tuesday that the controversial ingredient has already been taken out half of its own-label range, with the rest being reformulated by the end of 2018.

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Cbus Super, the $43 billion industry super fund for the construction, building and allied industries today announced a significant investment into renewable energy that will deliver strong, long-term returns to members and sustainable power to Western Australia.

This achievement includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries. Nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100% clean energy, bringing the total number of supplier commitments to 23.

New polling shows campaign by coal industry and Coalition against renewables is showing signs of gaining traction.

Goldwind Australia and Australian Energy Operations have signed the connection agreement for construction of connection assets for the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm in Victoria.

New homeowners set to save up to $2,000 a year in electricity costs with Tesla Powerwall, as Western Australia electricity prices tipped to rise again.

Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count, while the rest are microscopic colonists.