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The harpoon and axes were made from red deer antler by hunter-gatherers in Highlands in the Mesolithic period.

Finnish utility Fortum emitted 1.8 million tonnes of CO2 from its EU ETS-regulated facilities over the first nine months of 2018, up 6% year-on-year, it said in financial results on Wednesday.

Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change

On climate change, countries that may not be thought of as climate leaders are emerging at the front-lines on responding to climate change.

One great example is Iran.  I have the fortune of performing water-use research with a number of scientists in Iran.  And I can assure you they are thinking about, planning, and taking action to reduce the impacts of climate change and ecological destruction.

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New Zealand carbon allowances closed unchanged for the third consecutive on Wednesday and have been rangebound for almost three months as the market continues to await news on what the government will do with the price ceiling.

The idea of packaging and selling fresh air began as an internet joke, but has now taken off.

Planners are allowing edge-of-town housing estates where car travel is only option, researchers say.

Cap-and-trade programme data does not support an adjustment of future caps, and the proposed post-2020 price collars are aligned with legislative mandates, a senior Air Resources Board (ARB) official said at the Argus Carbon & Biofuels Summit.

Pressure is mounting on Matthew Guy to show he takes climate change seriously – or else risk seeing the Wentworth effect play out in Victoria.

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Federal opposition calls it ‘an extraordinary waste of taxpayers’ money’ and issues warning to energy sector

The shadow climate change minister, Mark Butler, has issued a clear warning to Australia’s energy sector that Labor does not support the government indemnifying new coal plants against the future risk of a carbon price – noting the cost to taxpayers could run into billions.

While the ALP federally has a policy of not repudiating contracts, Butler told Guardian Australia on Wednesday: “Investors need to understand very clearly that we do not support that. That would be an extraordinary waste of taxpayers’ money.”

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In a staggering mix of ideology and incompetence, Morrison and Taylor are back "at work" on energy. Just don't expect a good outcome for consumers. Or emissions.

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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and Nova Scotia revealed Tuesday their updated plans to comply with the federal government’s carbon pricing mandate, with the NL proposal taking an exemption-filled hybrid pricing system and Nova Scotia shifting the design of its ETS by allowing auctions.

Here are six steps that could be taken straight away by a new Labor government to address the challenge of climate change, without legislation.

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A team of 30 surgeons in London operated on the babies weeks before they were born.

Like reptiles, birds do not have two separate exits from the body. They have one, called the cloaca. It is quite similar to the human anus but the cloaca expels both indigestible bits and toxins. Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Anergy minister Angus Taylor says there are no plans to kill rooftop solar rebate, despite calls from the ACCC and some big retailers.

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Naree was illegally smuggled to Thailand and forced to perform in a circus.

Oregon Democrats are promising to support a cap-and-trade proposal slated for discussion during the 2019 legislative session, but the future of that programme could depend on next month's gubernatorial election, a conference heard on Tuesday.

Reducing our use of sand and cement cuts down on CO2 emissions and lessens the impact on the environment.

WA private school expects to save around $235,000 a year on energy costs after installing 512kW of rooftop solar.

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