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Analysis finds regulator has approved a 32% increase in how much large industrial facilities are allowed to emit each year

Heavy industry companies in Australia have been given the green light to increase their greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a third without penalty under the Coalition’s climate change policy.

An analysis of a scheme known as the “safeguard mechanism”, part of the Coalition’s Direct Action policy, found the government regulator has approved a 32% increase in how much large industrial facilities are allowed to emit each year since the policy was introduced.

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The bites are a "hidden" health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health Organization

Bafta called for more environment plot lines on TV, here's a look at how television can raise awareness.

Canadian federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has suggested his party's long-awaited climate plan will aim to hit the country's Paris Agreement targets by relying more on the purchase of international offsets compared to domestic abatement spurred by carbon pricing.

Australian researchers say governments must step up and protect critical habitats to give wildlife a chance

More than 20 native animals would disappear from the Great Dividing Range before the end of the century if global emissions continue at business as usual rates, according to new analysis by Australian researchers.

The University of Queensland and Australian Conservation Foundation study, published this week in Global Ecology and Conservation, examines native fauna in a part of the country that is home to three-quarters of the population and much of Australia’s biodiversity.

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Oregon Democrats are planning to approve a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill out of committee on Friday with additional technical amendments to the proposal, the bill’s author told Carbon Pulse.

New analysis shows solar and storage projects are beating out gas projects with prices in the low $US30s/MWh, and are easily beating fossil fuels in Hawaii.

The post PV peakers: How solar and batteries are killing new gas projects in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmental justice groups urged 10 US jurisdictions to explore options outside of a cap-and-trade programme to regulate emissions from the transportation sector, claiming that model would not guarantee reductions in disadvantage communities.

"I trust that Australian voters will choose the right path... It will certainly have a tremendous global impact whatever the choice Australians make."

Everything you need to know – where it is, the environmental impact, Indigenous land rights issues and actual profitability – of the Adani Carmichael coal mine in one simple interactive. Michael Hopkin, Acting Editor, FactCheck, The Conversation Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Germany should push for reforms to loosen EU state aid rules and enable the government to provide more support to EU ETS-covered heavy industries, a prominent environmental think-tank has proposed.

Last week the Mauna Loa Observatory observed the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ever documented

Donald Trump’s interior secretary hasn’t “lost sleep over”, the record-breaking levels of pollution heating the planet, he told US lawmakers in an oversight hearing.

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii observed carbon dioxide levels of 415 parts per million in the atmosphere on Friday – the highest ever documented.

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EUAs briefly climbed back above €26 on Wednesday, recovering in another afternoon surge after wider financial markets celebrated US President Donald Trump appearing to soften his line on EU trade tariffs.

US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue could back a carbon market for the sector to stimulate more revenue for farmers, and an upcoming appropriations bill may urge his agency to research the development of that option, a federal congressperson told a news outlet.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

Three-quarters of areas tested show contamination, European Environment Agency says

Heavy metals and a cocktail of dangerous chemicals continue to poison Europe’s seas, with more than three-quarters of areas assessed showing contamination, according to a report.

The sea worst affected was the Baltic, where 96% of the assessed areas showed problematic levels of some harmful substances, according to the European Environment Agency. Similar problems were found in 91% of the Black Sea and 87% of the Mediterranean. In the north-east Atlantic, unsafe levels of chemicals or metals were found in 75% of assessed areas.

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Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots and fungi, connecting trees and plants to one another.

A new coalition of multinational fossil fuel and industrial CEOs, environmental groups, and think tanks issued a call Wednesday for the US Congress and President Donald Trump to enact a market-based climate policy, coming alongside several other principles for driving emission reductions and promoting equity and durability.