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Coalition vows to override objections of states, asset owners and local communities to their nuclear plans.

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Almost all nuclear power plants in Europe and North America were constructed in the 1970s and 1980s

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The Peter Dutton-led Coalition has announced that, if elected, the government will build seven nuclear power stations located across every mainland state.

One can understand the appeal of nuclear power to those who are unfamiliar with the history of the technology. Nuclear power has been with us for many decades, supplying large amounts of emission-free power across a wide number of democratic, developed countries in Europe and North America. Why wouldn’t we make use of a power source that can be turned up and down independent of the weather and which other developed nations have used for decades?

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An up to 2GW offshore wind project proposed for the New South Wales Hunter region, has been awarded a feasibility licence by the federal government.

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Environmentalists hail decision to end practice in five years but aquaculture industry warns of 6,000 jobs at risk

Canada will ban open-net pen salmon farming in British Columbia coastal waters in five years, the government has announced, a decision that has been welcomed by environmental groups but opposed by the aquaculture industry.

The Liberal government made the decision in 2019 to transition to closed containment technologies to protect declining wild Pacific salmon populations.

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Tasmania fires up its biggest gas generator for first time in five years. It says this is because of low water levels, not low wind.

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Verra has signed an agreement with the Malaysian Forest Fund (MFF) to support the alignment of the Southeast Asia nation’s forestry carbon initiatives with the Verified Carbon Standard.

A US biorefinery firm on Tuesday announced it has finalised agreements and equipment orders to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) with a 1.2 million tonne capacity at its Nebraska plants.

After years of delays and cost over-runs, the US has finally opened its newest large scale nuclear unit, using the design favoured by Peter Dutton. Here's why it could be the last the US ever builds.

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Only two out of 28 rich countries have allocated what is estimated as their fair share of the resources for biodiversity required under the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), while over 80% of them provided less than half of it, according to a report released Thursday.

A drive to scale carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects, including 'blue' hydrogen and gas with abatement, could lead to increased demand for LNG imports, which in turn would cause the UK to exceed its carbon budget, research by a financial climate think tank has found.

A veteran North American carbon and energy sales trader has joined one of Europe's largest utilities.

GenCost's findings on nuclear are worth revisiting this week, but so are its findings on solar thermal, as offering the lowest LCOE of any "flexible load, low emission" generation technology.

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Wet woodlands not only store substantial amounts of carbon in both tree biomass and underground peat, but also offer natural flood protection and bolster biodiversity, according to a new study.

Germany’s “Climate and Transformation Fund” (KTF) is nearing breaking point, putting the federal government in front of hard decisions, according to a study by the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) published on Wednesday.

Opponents of the US Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure rules have asked a federal appeals court to revoke the regulation altogether, just months after the agency issued a stay to resolve mounting legal challenges.

Hybrid vehicles are having a real moment in Australia and overseas. The problem is, they’re not as clean as we think. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The largest solar project on Australia's main grid, to provide power to smelters and refineries, seeks federal green tick.

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Commission recommends 33-point plan to ensure oil giant complies with state climate commitments

The French government should intervene in TotalEnergies and spur faster climate action, a senate inquiry commission has concluded.

The commission, set up to explore ways the state could guarantee that the oil conglomerate complies with French climate commitments, recommended 33 steps the government should take to “encourage a rapid, orderly and effective transition”.

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The change in credits eligible for the current phase of CORSIA, the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme, compared to its pilot, has triggered a $155.4 mln lawsuit against CME Group after it altered eligibility for its GEO futures contract.

A US-headquartered foundation has announced the allocation of $33.5 million in grants to finance the conservation and restoration of longleaf pine forests in eight southern states.