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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) allocated an additional batch of carbon permits for the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) market earlier this month, adding length to the newly created programme.

Why is Russia in a state of emergency over polar bears?

Kwongkan means sand in WA's Nyoongar language. It's a place where we hide our heads. It's also the title of a new project combining film, theatre and Indigenous and Indian dance ceremonies.

A unique coalition of utility companies and environmental groups are contending that a proposed hydroelectric transmission line in New England could increase emissions in the the northeast US region, potentially having a spill-over effect in the RGGI cap-and-trade market.

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team analyzing issues around energy and transport sector transitions in the context of climate change and broader sustainable development challenges.

Carbon Forward is launching a series of regional European carbon market conferences to help delve deeper into the issues affecting companies with exposure to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

As a group leader the professor will have the exciting opportunity to develop an innovative line of research related to the transformation to a low carbon and climate robust society.

EUAs ended little changed on Monday, rebounding after prices bounced off major technical support levels despite a weaker energy complex and lacklustre auction.

Australia's subtropical regions are drying, but if we can slow the global temperature rise then rainfall should increase again. Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Jon Woodhead, Research Scientist Josephine Brown, Senior research scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Africa’s long-awaited carbon tax may be delayed just a bit longer, a consulting firm has said.

Switzerland’s carbon credit procurement agency is inviting entities to apply to partner with it, the first step for forging post-2020 international emission trade agreements under the Paris Agreement.

High hopes for Hornsea One as developer says its output could fill the gap left by nuclear

An offshore windfarm on the Yorkshire coast that will dwarf the world’s largest when completed is to supply its first power to the UK electricity grid this week.

The Danish developer Ørsted, which has installed the first of 174 turbines at Hornsea One, said it was ready to step up its plans and fill the gap left by failed nuclear power schemes.

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Arctic bears are being driven off their normal migration routes and into human habitation. We should feel pity – and fear

Russian islands declare emergency after mass invasion of polar bears

Polar bears prowling around a children’s playground. Polar bears lumbering along the corridors of apartment blocks and offices. Polar bears descending on a sleepy Russian town in their dozens.

To state the obvious: polar bears should not be wandering into human habitation, and certainly not in these numbers. That they are doing so in Belushya Guba shows how they are being driven off their normal migration routes and hunting trails by a changing climate. This has long been predicted – with the Arctic heating twice as fast as the rest of the planet, winter temperatures are rising and the sea ice – which is the primary habitat of polar bears – is shrinking.

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Houseflies and cockroaches will thrive as bees, butterflies and beetles decline, says a new analysis.

Australia is not able to boast much about its take-up of electric vehicles, but it does have some innovative companies achieving significant break-throughs in the sector.

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The Office of Global Change (EGC), within the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), oversees the design and implementation of the U.S. Government’s Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI). OES/EGC requires a GCCI Project Manager for Outcomes, Evaluation and Communications capable of leading outcome, evaluation and communication activities for the GCCI portfolio.

Eight women from rural Malawi travelled to India to train as solar engineers. Now they are lighting the way for their communities, in a country where just 10% of households are powered by electricity

Photographs by Peter Caton/VSO

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A NSW court's decision to rule out a coalmine on the basis of climate change could signal a turning of the tide in an arena where environmental litigants have previously struggled to gain traction. Justine Bell-James, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Going to the toilet is something most of us easily take for granted. In poverty-stricken areas of the world, a lack of toilets and the exposure to toilet waste can lead to serious health and security issues. Oliver Balch says that there are some possible creative solutions to this– including one that involves poo-eating worms.

Sweeping in scope, an agenda to transform the US into a green leader has been launched in Washington DC, here are the key points.

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