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Experts had expressed grave concerns for the 15m-long animal after it came dangerously close to shore.

The world's petrol states and the fossil fuel lobby are steering the world towards climate catastrophe. And Australia's Coalition is cheering on from the sidelines.

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Koalas will need our help more than ever this summer as hot, dry conditions force them to seek water. Here’s how to help keep them safe and what to do if you encounter a koala in distress. Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Several stakeholders joined the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) community meeting on the draft Clean Heat Standard (CHS) to condemn compliance obligations for propane suppliers.

Pursuant to a draft request for amended legislation to facilitate linkage with California and Quebec’s carbon market, Washington’s Department of Ecology (ECY) proposed on Monday a slew of further updates to its cap-and-invest rulemaking amendments.

EY says solar PV remains cheapest source of new-build electricity, with a global weighted average levelised cost of electricity 29% lower than the cheapest fossil fuel alternative.

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Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems will be able to deliver around 100 terawatt hours of flexible electricity in Germany.

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UN organizers allow groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action to attend, watchdog finds

Influential industry trade groups, thinktanks and public relations agencies with a track record in climate denialism and misleading the public have been given access to the UN climate talks in Dubai, the Guardian can reveal.

Corporate Accountability, a transparency watchdog, has found that UN organizers greenlighted access to groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action, giving them the same or greater access to the international negotiations as Indigenous communities, human rights groups and climate justice organizations.

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Three mothers from different continents say their love for their children has motivated them to take climate action.

Many see hydrogen as the green fuel of the future so underground deposits of the gas could be valuable.

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A group of scientists has called for a retraction of research published earlier this year that called into question the climate impact of some  REDD forest protection projects, saying it contained “major flaws.”

New England solar farm reaches full output and now plays host to 2,000 sheep, a number that will treble in coming months, making it the biggest mob of sheep doing solar grazing in Australia.

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A US direct air capture (DAC) technology firm announced Monday that it had used Department of Energy funding to design a system with the potential to capture 1 million tonnes of carbon per year.

The US Department of the Interior has announced new initiatives to employ nature-based solutions through strategies designed to preserve biodiversity, enhance resilience against natural disasters, and support climate adaptation.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values soared to new year-to-date (YtD) highs with a step up in secondary market volumes traded through a mid-week Q4 auction that triggered additional sale volume.

The Turkish ETS will not initially be open to non-compliance players and will feature a rising emissions cap rather than a decreasing one, the head of the government’s carbon pricing department told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai.

A US project developer and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA) have penned partnerships with two African countries that call for millions of hectares of land to be restored, with as much as 3 billion tonnes of CO2 to be sequestered over the next half century.

Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says umbrella group of countries is united in saying draft agreement is too weak

A group of countries including Australia, the US, the UK, Canada and Japan have said they will “not be a co-signatory” to “death certificates” for small island states, and have demanded a stronger agreement at the Cop28 summit to deal with fossil fuels and address the climate crisis.

A statement delivered by the Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, on behalf of what’s known as the umbrella group of countries, came as tensions flared at the United Arab Emirates over the text of a draft deal proposed by the summit presidency.

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