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Labor to support gas and CCS alongside zero carbon target in new policy platform
Labor balances commitment to zero emissions with support for gas and CCS in a proposed policy platform, ahead of a looming federal election.
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Director Climate Change Finance Division, Government of Kiribati – Tarawa, Kiribati
LONGi launches new 66C type Hi-MO 4m module for global distributed generation (DG) market
LONGi has officially launched its new 66C type Hi-MO 4 monofacial PV module (Hi-MO 4m) for the global distributed generation (DG) market.
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“Not even close”: UN slams Australia and other rich countries for weak climate efforts
UN review of emissions targets finds countries "nowhere near" on track to keep global warming to safe levels, and countries like Australia must do much more.
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China eyes late June start for trading in ETS
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The end of the NEM as we know it
As coal generators exit the grid, Australia is going to have to focus on flexibility in the market, and harnessing distributed resources.
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Environmental collapse: It’s time economists put the planet on their balance sheets
Planet's natural systems are on the verge of breakdown, after being ignored by economic theory and policies. That must change.
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Pompeii: Archaeologists unveil ceremonial chariot discovery
Oregon wolf makes history on lengthy journey to California
Male called OR-93 makes longest tracked journey of any wolf in a century but elsewhere in US killing of wolves resumes
A grey wolf has made the longest tracked journey of any wolf over the last century, venturing hundreds of miles from its home range in Oregon to California’s Sierra Nevada.
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Aberdeen physicist behind first full-body MRI scanner dies
US House passes historic public lands bill pledging to protect nearly 3m acres
Large land protection package combines various bills that languished under Trump – but now must pass a divided Senate
The US House of Representatives has passed a historic public lands preservation bill that pledges to protect nearly 3m acres of federal lands in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona.
The act combines various bills that languished without Senate approval during the Trump administration. Key provisions include permanently banning new uranium mining on land surrounding the Grand Canyon, giving wilderness designation to 1.5m acres of federal land, and preserving 1,000 river miles by adding them to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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Australia pumped out an extra six months' worth of emissions than previously recorded
The revised emissions data reflects better understanding of the role highly potent methane gas plays in global warming
The Australian government has acknowledged it previously underestimated the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and has increased the official estimate for every year on record.
Revised data in the latest quarterly emissions update shows Australia pumped out the equivalent of 272.5m more tonnes of heat-trapping gas between 2000 and 2020 than suggested in the last report three months ago.
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