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Whether it’s by car or plane, we need to do less. Yet the government thinks of mobility as a freedom for it to champion

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Basslink owners go into administration after Tasmania government chases damages for lengthy 2015 outage.

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Australia has the most emissions per capita from coal power in the world, new analysis reveals.

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There appears to be only one pumped hydro project left in the race to deliver long term storage to South Australia as it charges to 100 per cent wind and solar.

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Simon Corbell says Australia’s green energy transition will be harder, slower and more expensive due to federal government’s lack of leadership.

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Australia's biggest battery discharges at full capacity for first time, suggesting it will be ready in time for the peak summer period.

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Two of Australia’s major carbon offset developers on Friday announced a partnership that will allow them to take advantage of a project method expected next year that will allow several crediting activities take place on the same land.

Simple modifications to the SRES program could deliver 10,000MW of batteries by 2030, and provide a buffer to help manage coal closures.

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Taylor's $500 million 'low emissions tech' fund that will support carbon capture and storage technologies is heading for defeat in the Senate.

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What are the practical things countries need to do in order to tackle climate change?

Some promising proposals have been put forward, but most suffer either from a lack of ambition or a lack of participation from key countries. Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Analysis released at Cop26 climate summit shows Australia’s per capita emissions from coal power nearly double those of China

Australia has the highest greenhouse gas emissions from coal power in the world on a per capita basis, nearly doubling those in China, according to a new analysis released at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

As the talks headed towards a fraught final day, there was disagreement over whether a closing declaration would commit countries to return with stronger short-term emissions reduction targets next year, and explicitly support an accelerated phaseout of coal.

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The future climate could be determined by the level of emissions in the coming years.

New York-based carbon brokerage Evolution Markets on Thursday announced the launch of a new consulting arm to help companies establish and meet emissions reduction objectives and procure environmental credits.

Advanced solar monitoring technology, designed to help solar farms maximise benefits of bifacial panels, has been rolled out for first time.

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Uncertainty about carbon market rules will be problematic for New Zealand, given its reliance on overseas carbon trading to meet its new climate pledge. Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Kemi Hughes, Doctoral Researcher in Climate Change Governance, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUAs climbed to a new five-week high on Thursday on what traders called "unconvincing" low-volume technical buying, which was helped by other energy markets rising on a Belarusian threat to Europe's gas supplies.

North American carbon prices continued to torch their recent all-time highs this week, with California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) failing to slow down before next week’s quarterly auction and RGGI Allowances (CCA) surpassing this year’s Cost Containment Reserve trigger level.

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