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The case, led by Greenpeace, claims Norwegian government has violated constitutional right to a healthy environment and contravenes Paris agreement

The Norwegian government is being sued by climate activists over a decision to open up areas of the Arctic Ocean for oil exploration, a move they say endangers the lives of existing and future generations.

The plaintiffs, led by environmental organisations Greenpeace and Youth and Nature, will on Tuesday claim that the Norwegian government has violated a constitutional environmental law which guarantees citizens’ rights to a healthy environment.

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A new assessment of cycling in UK cities shows people are far more supportive of bold plans than political decision makers often think

It may not be clear from the persistent bikelash in many sections of the media, but in fact there is huge public support for increased government investment in cycling and especially for building segregated bike routes.

Of 7,700 people surveyed in seven major UK cities for a new study published on Tuesday, 78% of people support the creation of more protected bike routes on roads, even when this could mean less space for other road traffic, with the majority of people saying this would encourage them to cycle more.

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The Paradise Papers have exposed the hypocrisy of universities that teach sustainability while financing climate destruction offshore. We’re calling on them to come clean

Students at Oxford and Cambridge are taught about the dangers of economic inequality, climate change, and the limits of burnable carbon. But the Paradise Papers have revealed that behind the scenes, the universities are investing tens of millions in projects that systematically exacerbate inequality and climate disaster.

The scandal is not simply tax avoidance. It is the hypocrisy of universities that espouse their commitment to sustainability while financing environmental destruction offshore.

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Most hunts happen in the early morning or just before dusk – except in winter during the short days

Skylarks are chasing each other over the fields, their sharp calls piercing the air. Two of the birds climb overhead. The second, having seen off the first, circles back, and begins to hover, singing snatches of its bright, vigorous territorial song. The brown, falling leaves are a reminder that it’s November.

Shadows drift across the hillside. The evening sun, reaching between the breaks in the moving cloud, lights up patches of undulating ground so they glow golden brown and yellow-green before falling into darkness again. A group of white gulls is heading back from the coast to the open fields to find somewhere to roost for the night. The sun catches each one as they pass, and they shine brightly like silvered pearls.

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A new book about what we consume and what it is doing to us raises lots of good points, but lacks a little on the ‘what is to be done’ question. Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Synergy's new "green fund" will cement its near monopoly powers, and put up to $1bn of wind and solar developments at risk, industry warns.

Confusion over RET regulation changes has revealed large cracks in the faith of the renewable energy industry, which – still recovering from the Abbott years – is spooked by the National Energy Guarantee, and possible future policy changes, just as the market is hitting its stride.

Elon Musk tweets that the Tesla Semi Truck unveiling will “blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.” Let's see.

Carnegie boosts nominal capacity of CETO unit from 1GW to 1.5MW, in bid to make wave power cost competitive with mainstream renewables.

RCR is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the Preferred EPC Contractor for two major contracts, totalling approximately $260 million.

The rate of change of progress is rapid and to stay current with the latest in technology developments and deployment, each year, Australia's leading solar researchers get together in an annual conference, with international and regional colleagues.

US officials were arguing for the continued use of coal at a UN meeting in Bonn, Germany.

Cooling off this summer will be more expensive than ever, putting at risk the very young, the elderly and people with health conditions. Larissa Nicholls, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Halley McCann, Researcher at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Karyn Bosomworth, Vice-Chancellor's Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Yolande Strengers, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

This social media community has come together for the first time in North Carolina to discuss their shared belief.

Lincoln Gap wind farm may treble amount of battery storage, as it seeks new formula to escape dominance of big energy retailers.

Even the conservative IEA is calling the end of the coal era, and hailing new age of renewables as the world addresses climate, energy poverty and health.

Sungrow presents its residential energy storage system (ESS) - the PowCube4.8.

Trump's promotion of coal fired generation at Paris climate agreement compared to "promoting tobacco at a cancer summit."

There is strong potential for domestic offsets to be the marginal source of emissions reductions in the Australian market.

The market for smart energy management in Australia is taking off, as energy users act to take control of their energy costs.