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The German government will discuss how, rather than if, the country can achieve a 2050 net zero emissions goal, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.

Soft-drink brand’s products make up nearly 12% of litter found, says Surfers Against Sewage

Coca-Cola bottles and cans are the most commonly found items of packaging pollution on British beaches, making up nearly 12% of all litter, research by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS)has found.

The results came from a series of 229 beach cleans organised by the anti-pollution campaigning group in April, which found close to 50,000 pieces of waste. About 20,000 of these carried identifiable brands, of which Coca-Cola was the leader, followed by Walkers crisps, Cadbury’s, McDonald’s and Nestlé.

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Rightwing populists to launch attack on climate science in vote drive before EU elections

Germany’s rightwing populists are embracing climate change denial as the latest topic with which to boost their electoral support, teaming up with scientists who claim hysteria is driving the global warming debate and ridiculing the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as “mentally challenged” and a fraud.

The Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD) is expected to launch its biggest attack yet on mainstream climate science at a symposium in parliament on Tuesday supported by a prominent climate change denial body linked by researchers to prominent conservative groups in the US.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator on Tuesday published CO2 caps for four installations operated by the nation’s biggest cement producer, rejecting the firm's application to withhold the information and revealing that the plants have been granted the right to emit far more than they currently do.

A steady flow of supply from emitters looking to raise cash to pay the NZ$25 fixed price option ahead of this month’s compliance deadline is keeping New Zealand carbon prices in check.

Jakobshavn Isbrae - the likely originator of the Titanic iceberg - goes into an unexpected quiet mode.

Guangdong carbon allowances inched up 1% in Tuesday trade to stay near 4-year highs, as emerging power sector demand adds to speculation-driven trade in China’s biggest emissions market.

Economist Ross Garnaut says Australia could be a world leader if it makes the transition away from fossil fuels.

An all-electric liftback from Volvo's Polestar will be released in Australia in late 2020. But it won't be cheap.

The federal election campaign, already less civil than usual, is getting uglier as the finish line nears.

Conservationists hope the results will help them understand how butterflies survive in a warming climate.

International Maritime Organization aims to halve global emissions by 2050

This week is the 74th meeting of the marine environmental protection committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and it represents one of the best hopes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from a large and growing sector.

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The 280MW Cultana solar farm has received planning approval, after objections were raised by its neighbour, Adani Renewables.

Transitioning to renewable energy will cost us something, but the benefits far outweigh the price. Glyn Wittwer, Professorial Fellow at the Centre of Policy Studies and IMPACT Project, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Western Australia gold mine one of first sites in world to test out new, modular lithium-ion battery storage solution by EU-based Aggreko and subsidiary Younicos.

More people in UK are eating lunch on the go, report finds, in turn generating more waste

Britain’s growing “lunch on the go” habit is generating nearly 11bn items of packaging waste a year, much of which is not recycled, a survey has found.

Workers are buying takeaway and fast food lunches more than they did five years ago, according to research from the environmental charity Hubbub, generating 10.7bn separate items of waste over a year, the charity estimates, from sandwich boxes to crisp packets and napkins.

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Calls for change to rules that state parked drivers have to be warned twice, with a minute’s grace in between

Drivers who repeatedly leave their engines running while parked could receive instant fines under proposals being considered by the government to give local authorities more power to reduce pollution.

Councils have been calling for tougher laws to help tackle idling, with officers unable to impose penalties unless drivers ignore an initial warning and remain stationary for at least another minute.

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AEMO reveals new timelines for 27 wind, solar and battery storage projects due to join the grid in next 18 months.

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New data confirms Victoria’s residential rooftop solar market “languishing” since pause in state rebate scheme early last month.

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Solar labourers forced to down tools, says CEC, as Queensland solar businesses scramble to accommodate "absurd" new rule and 50% renewables target at risk.

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