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A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) and CO2 tax bills in Vermont, a RGGI bill in New Hampshire, and a 100% carbon-free electric bill in Washington.

As climate change policy dominates debate, the world moves inexorably towards 100% renewable energy, and is engaged in a race to build and commercialize the hottest tech behind this global shift – batteries.

EU member states have distributed nearly 60% of the 758.5 million allowances earmarked for free allocation to industrial emitters this year, according to data released late Friday by the European Commission, with five governments having not yet started the annual process.

Oregon may not immediately link its proposed ETS to the WCI cap-and-trade scheme in 2021, but a connection to California and Quebec's markets remains a priority, the bill's author told Carbon Pulse.

European carbon prices rose for a sixth straight day on Friday, extending their recent rally to over 20% and completely recovering all of February’s losses to kick off March.

This week ground breaking research on how grain crops can combat climate change; click go the shears and Birdsville welcomes Queensland floodwaters.

Tracking dugongs in the Gulf of Carpentaria; reviving ancient Aboriginal bunya harvest tradition; end of an era for regional retailer; octogenarian triathlete touts benefits of exercise.

The two-term governor will focus his campaign on "defeating climate change" and creating energy jobs.

It turns out, some forests love fire.

The US is about to take a major step towards being able to fly its astronauts into space once again.

The Inlandsis Fund is seeking a vice president of biogas to help build out and qualify the growing pipeline of projects in key North American RFS, LCFS and related markets,

The Inlandsis Fund is seeking an analyst to help make substantial contributions to its investments, portfolio and strategy in carbon markets and renewable natural gas projects.

A layer cake of waterfowl, a cheeky monkey and a much-loved baby giraffe

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Aposthonia ceylonica is more often found in Thailand but the bugs have migrated to Brexit Britain

Name: Webspinners.

Napalm Death’s warm-up act, right? Try again.

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Exclusive: Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on 15 March, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations

• Read the climate strikers’ letter

The students striking from schools around the world to demand action on climate change have issued an uncompromising open letter stating: “We are going to change the fate of humanity, whether you like it or not.”

The letter, published by the Guardian, says: “United we will rise on 15 March and many times after until we see climate justice. We demand the world’s decision makers take responsibility and solve this crisis. You have failed us in the past. [But] the youth of this world has started to move and we will not rest again.”

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Activists behind recent youth-led climate protests say their views are being ignored in the debate about global warming

We, the young, are deeply concerned about our future. Humanity is currently causing the sixth mass extinction of species and the global climate system is at the brink of a catastrophic crisis. Its devastating impacts are already felt by millions of people around the globe. Yet we are far from reaching the goals of the Paris agreement.

Young people make up more than half of the global population. Our generation grew up with the climate crisis and we will have to deal with it for the rest of our lives. Despite that fact, most of us are not included in the local and global decision-making process. We are the voiceless future of humanity.

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Sales of at least 450 million EU Allowances to finance the bloc’s Innovation Fund will likely be spread almost evenly over the next 11 years, in an approach that has broad support from stakeholders and which according to analysts is unlikely to affect prices.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

‘It’s honest dollars,’ says one canner, but it’s not easy work – canners plan meticulous routes and often work long hours

“It’s good for the environment,” says Anthony Pemberton, arranging the recyclable empty bottles and cans in his shopping cart. “And I’m a conservationist. You do also get 5¢ per can, which is a motivator.”

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New offset issuances were again well below long-term averages this week as the looming May elections cast uncertainty over the future settings of Australia’s emissions market, despite a fresh pledge from the government to top up its credit-buying fund.