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The Coalition's own energy policy modelling shows the notional savings of going nuclear are dwarfed by the gutting of Australian industrial capacity.

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Nine days from the election, Peter Dutton still hasn't decided what sort of campaign he is running: The result: constant backflips on energy and climate.

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The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that ultimately aims to overturn an EPA waiver to California that allows the state to create its own vehicle emissions standards, but first the court must decide if the plaintiffs – liquid fuels producers – have standing in the case.

A Berlin-based carbon credit marketplace has has announced its acquisition of a specialist investor in early-stage climate project financing.

Colombia’s tax authority expects 2025 carbon revenues to surpass last year’s after a substantial bump in Q1, according to updated figures revealed at the Colombia Carbon Forum on Wednesday.

The EU will submit its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) “in good time”, anchored by a new target for emissions reductions, a European Commission official promised lawmakers in Brussels on Wednesday, amid calls from some for a more relaxed approach.

The second administration of US President Donald Trump is showing a stronger shift away from international climate action in its diplomatic efforts, a former Biden-era official said at a Wednesday press briefing.

Experts say the discovery provides the first physical evidence of gladiatorial combat with animals.

Fossil teeth show species of protemnodon that roamed Australia between 5m and 40,000 years ago lived and died near Queensland caves

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Despite their immense size, species of prehistoric giant kangaroos from a site in Queensland were probably homebodies with a surprisingly small range compared to other kangaroos, according to new Australian research.

Protemnodon, which roamed the Australian continent between 5m and 40,000 years ago and is now extinct, was significantly larger than its modern relatives. Some species weighed up to 170kg, making them more than twice as heavy as the largest red kangaroo.

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Remarks by António Guterres follow virtual meeting with world leaders including China’s Xi Jinping

China will continue to push forward on climate, its leader, Xi Jinping, has said while appearing to criticise the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

Xi was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, along with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen; and about a dozen other heads of state and government, to discuss the climate crisis.

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Verra has reported rapid progress in the processing of carbon projects since rolling out its new risk-based approach last November, the standard and registry said Wednesday.

An international carbon project developer has formed a strategic partnership with an Indonesian company to develop a sustainable electric motorcycle crediting activity.

A trio of groups on Wednesday launched a pilot biodiversity credit framework in Cote d’Ivoire with a second scheme to be announced in France later in the week, in a push to drive the development of nature markets.

A global consultancy has published a report that outlines how the UK can transform its carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector into a self-sustaining commercial industry also generating revenue via carbon markets.

Less than half of the companies invested in by the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund manager view nature as financially significant, according to a survey released this week.

Europe’s strict rules in classifying 'green' hydrogen could mean as little as 17% of the current pipeline will come to the market by 2030, according to analysts, at a time when fast moving developments in natural hydrogen or processing oil could be a game changer for the industry.

The Wildlife Trusts are in shock after acquiring 4,000 sheep in Rothbury estate deal as part of land restoration project

Woolly maggots, nature-destroyers – sheep are criticised by many conservationists for denuding Britain’s uplands of rare plants and trees.

So The Wildlife Trusts were shocked when they were compelled to buy 4,000 sheep as part of the biggest land restoration project in England.

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These noisy, filthy, feral creatures make my life a misery. Is there really no way to get rid of them?

Pigeons. Appalling things. I looked them up on the bird charity RSPB’s website and snorted when I came across the Where to See section. The answer is, just so you know, everywhere. Perhaps not so much outside towns and cities but in urban areas you’re never far from the sight and sound of the bloody things. If, unaccountably, you’re not familiar with this species, do feel free to get in touch and come round to my place and observe them at your leisure.

Truly they are the soundtrack of my life. For years they’ve been getting into a drainage channel on the roof. Morning, noon and night they scratch and coo and jump about. The racket is infernal. I lie in bed reflecting on the filth in that gully just above my head. I know it’s filthy, because when there’s heavy rain their revolting detritus washes down and blocks the downpipe. I have to pull their unspeakable waste out of the pipe before something bursts and floods. There are no words to describe the tangle of excrement, nesting materials, eggs, feathers and bones. Oh Lord, the bones. I’d be less repulsed rummaging through the bin outside a chicken shop on a Sunday morning.

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The UN and Brazil plan to push countries to submit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement by the end of the summer, officials told the media on Tuesday.

A new study released Wednesday questions the use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) in driving US energy policy choices.