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Wider access to wi-fi on trains and the use of mobile phones has extended the working day, a study says.

New Zealand must cut methane emissions from livestock - one of its biggest sources of GHG emissions - by as much as 22% below 2016 levels to avoid having further impact on global climate change, the parliamentary commissioner on the environment said Thursday.

New Zealand carbon permits on Thursday traded above the NZ$25 fixed price option as emitters sought to pick up as many as possible for future use amid expectations that the price ceiling will increase and prices continue to rise.

Negotiations on the future carbon market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are making good progress, with expectations that next week’s climate conference in Bangkok will see final text start to take shape, according to stakeholders.

Award-winning geographer Dr James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti take us to the forefront of the animal tracking revolution, mapping the movements of animals on land, sky and sea – from Peru’s elusive jaguars to ant activity in a colony

The elephants who crossed the railroad

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Japanese government expected to propose reforms to the International Whaling Commission allowing them to circumvent the current ban

Attempts by Japan to resume commercial whaling are likely to raise controversy at the International Whaling Commission meeting, as opponents decry the country’s suggested reforms as a covert way to revive the banned practice.

The Japanese government is tabling proposals that would allow members of the IWC to circumvent some of its key decisions, such as ending the killing of whales for consumption of their meat.

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Queensland unveils new "CleanCo" power company, and says on target for 50% renewables by 2030. Wind and solar, it says, are key for lower prices.

The post Queensland says wind, solar key to lower power bills, creates new renewables generation company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The onus still falls on national governments to cut emissions to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, Yale researchers say

Individual cities, regions and businesses across the globe are banding together determinedly to confront climate change - but their emissions reductions are relatively small and don’t fully compensate for a recalcitrant US under the Trump administration, a new study has found.

A cavalcade of city mayors, regional government representatives and business executives from around the world will convene in San Francisco next month for a major summit touting the role of action beyond national governments to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

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Taylor says his focus is only prices, not emissions, and while refusing to credit renewables for recent price falls, says there is a future for "commercially viable" hydro and solar. But makes no mention of wind energy.

The post Taylor confirms no interest in emissions, but says he’s no climate skeptic appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If Scott Morrison is serious about bringing down power prices he should be walking around Parliament with a solar panel not a lump of coal.

The post Why Morrison should swap his lump of coal for a solar panel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a dry, warm spring – and not the sustained rain we need. Jonathan Pollock, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Catherine Ganter, Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology David Jones, Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Reaching agreement on replenishment in the GCF family is easier said than done. Among several hotly debated issues at its last Board meeting was an hours-long discussion of how to launch replenishment -- with no resolution. If we want the GCF to succeed, the Board needs to get past the logjam. Here’s WRI's take on how they could.

Some 7,200MW of wind and solar committed since 2016 is bringing down prices, proving that Malcolm Turnbull was deposed an on election pitch based around the hope that people can be fooled.

The post Turnbull was knifed by a lie: Renewables are already bringing prices down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California one step away from becoming the second state in the US - after Hawaii - to mandate a 100 per cent renewable energy target.

The post California moves one step closer to 100 per cent renewables by 2045 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has its first commercial installation of printed solar made using specialised semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer.

The post New solar cells offer you chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Enacting a federal carbon pricing scheme in the US will need to the overcome the contradictory public relations and lobbying arms of oil companies in Washington DC in order to move forward, while Republicans need to run on climate issues to court a growing and concerned youth vote, experts and lawmakers said in a webinar on Wednesday.

Saskatchewan on Wednesday updated its climate plan but said it will not be submitted for approval by the Canadian government ahead of this week’s deadline, marking the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over carbon pricing between the province and Ottawa.

The first commercial-scale installation of rooftop solar cells, printed with specialised inks, is a step towards an energy future in which solar power can be stuck to any roof or structure. Paul Dastoor, Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The coal seam gas industry and its regulators still have work to do in persuading local communities that old wells can be decommissioned without future problems, according to new CSIRO research. Tom Measham, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Cameron Huddlestone-Holmes, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.