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Labor climate change spokesman Mark Butler says he is stunned by the Coalition campaign against EVs, and spells out how Labor will reach its 50% EV target.

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Queensland confirms solar panel installation on projects over 100kW will be restricted to licensed electricians. Industry says new rules are "daft", and potentially devastating.

The post Queensland enacts new solar rules, as stunned industry warns of investment standstill appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Small insects known as sweat bees were found after woman complained of a swollen eye

When a young Taiwanese woman named He took herself to a hospital this week complaining of a swollen eye, she expected to be treated for a simple infection.

Instead, the 29-year-old and her doctor were horrified to discover four bees living under her eyelids, feasting on her tears.

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City of London has unveils Ultra Low Emission Zone, boasting world’s toughest vehicle emissions standards on vehicles entering the area.

The post London opens world’s first 24-hour “ultra low emissions zone” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China-based Hanergy unveils thin film solar tile offering with a firm eye to the Australian market – and a design hat-tip to a bizarre Queensland landmark.

The post Hanergy joins rooftop solar tile market, in partnership with Australia’s CSR Group appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Is a 50% electric vehicle target too ambitious? Elon Musk says it can be met well before the 2030 deadline.

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Extinction Rebellion's fight against climate change is making headlines.

Ontario will release 2017 emissions data for entities covered by the Canadian province’s now-defunct cap-and-trade programme in the coming weeks, an environmental ministry spokesperson confirmed to Carbon Pulse.

The Canadian government announced Tuesday the creation of an independent climate institute to deliver advice and analysis on clean growth and emissions reduction strategies, including carbon pricing.

The northeast US RGGI carbon market will auction off more than 13.2 million carbon allowances on June 5, the market’s regulator said Tuesday.

The report recommends increasing fish movements, removing less water from the river system during droughts, and better monitoring of the low oxygen levels, high water temperatures, and algal blooms that can kill fish.

Fish deaths at the lower Darling can happen again. Here's what we can do about it. Robert Vertessy, Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne Fran Sheldon, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith University Lee Baumgartner, Associate Research Professor (Fisheries and River Management), Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University Nick Bond, Professor of Freshwater Ecology and Director of the Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University Simon Mitrovic, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUAs settled at their highest for over a decade on Tuesday as stronger gas prices favoured bulls in a late surge that could see carbon clear 2018's peak tomorrow.

The European Commission proposed Tuesday that EU members drop their long-standing veto power over energy taxes to help ensure the legacy of its energy union and possibly one day enable an EU-wide carbon tax.

Another investment bank has cut its medium-term estimates for EU carbon prices, though it warned that a looming shortage in allowances will be worse than it anticipated.

Ecologists have data showing female has settled and males in area may lead to mating.

The misty páramos in the Andes that supply water to tens of millions of people are under threat. Now their mystery could be solved

In the land where the legend of El Dorado began, the race is on to solve the mystery of a vital 21st-century treasure – the water that tens of millions of people rely upon across northern South America. “It’s blue gold, and we are looking for it,” says Mauricio Diazgranados, a Colombian botanist.

The misty and marshy páramo landscapes that sit above the tree line and below the snow caps of the soaring Andes peaks are known as the living factories that ensure a steady flow of clean water to the region’s growing population.

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If emissions continue to rise at current rate, ice will have all but disappeared from Europe’s Alpine valleys by end of century

Two-thirds of the ice in the glaciers of the Alps is doomed to melt by the end of the century as climate change forces up temperatures, a study has found.

Half of the ice in the mountain chain’s 4,000 glaciers will be gone by 2050 due to global warming already baked in by past emissions, the research shows. After that, even if carbon emissions have plummeted to zero, two-thirds of the ice will still have melted by 2100.

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