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Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (D) unveiled the first major climate policy announcement of his campaign for the US presidency on Friday, building on emissions reduction strategies that he pushed to varying levels of success during his state’s 2019 legislative session.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing and clean energy at the US subnational level taken this week, including Maine’s governor unveiling a 100% clean energy bill, movement on New Hampshire’s legislative proposal to adopt the post-2020 RGGI Model Rule, the passage of new GHG reduction targets in Colorado, and the California state assembly signing off on an offset bill.

A running hare, fighting ponies and a cat that adopted orphan squirrels

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The climate change group deletes advice saying "most prison officers are black and wish you no harm".

‘We are in trouble if we don’t act,’ say experts, with up to 1m species at risk of annihilation

The world’s leading scientists will warn that the planet’s life support systems are approaching a danger zone for humanity when they release the results of the most comprehensive study of life on Earth ever undertaken.

Up to a million species are at risk of annihilation, many within decades, according to a leaked draft of the Global Assessment Report, which has been compiled over three years by the UN’s top research body on nature.

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

New Zealand carbon allowances fell to 7-week lows in Friday trade as emitters were seen selling off permits to raise cash to pay the NZ$25/tonne fixed price option.

Analysts have raised their near-term EU carbon price forecasts as a result of the Brexit delay and as new EUA supply will be more spread out than previously thought.

Report finds more than half of all sushi samples to be wrongly labelled as well as one-third of fresh fish and sashimi

Fraudulent mislabelling of seafood is rampant in South Korea, where one-third of samples in a comprehensive DNA study were found to be mis-sold.

More than half of all sushi samples (53.9%) proved to be wrongly labelled, as did over one-third of fresh fish (38.9%) and sashimi (33.6%) samples, according to a report published this week by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

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This is the same sperm whale pod Blue Planet filmed off Sri Lanka – but flocking tourists are making it less of a safe place for these stunning animals

These transcendent, haunting images taken by photographer Andrew Sutton in the waters of the western Indian Ocean come close to understanding something of the magnificent and enigmatic sperm whale, an animal which still remains fairly unknowable to us, for all that we have exploited it for 500 years.

Don’t tell the other cetaceans, but I think sperm whales are the most beautiful mammals on the planet.

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Ruling should clarify impact on environment of chemicals plants backed by Jim Ratcliffe

Britain’s richest man, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and his chemicals company Ineos are facing a backlash over plans to build two chemical plants in Antwerp after a Flanders transparency watchdog ruled that key documents may have to be disclosed.

The Brexit-backing billionaire announced in January that Ineos would invest €3bn (£2.6bn) in two plants at the port of Antwerp. Ratcliffe, the founder and chief executive of the petrochemicals company, said the investment was “the largest of its kind in Europe in more than a generation”.

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Many people would remember the amazing story of Australian citizen, PV scientist and industry heavyweight Dr. Zhengrong Shi, the founder of Suntech Power.

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Warnings about the future of the country's wildlife has led young locals to learn new skills to farm sustainably.

This quiet, teen revolution could pave the way to Madagascar's sustainable future.

Tasting like a smoky sundried tomato, the desert raisin has been a staple for Australian desert communities for thousands of years. Dr Angela Pattison, Research scientist at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Plans to develop biomass and utility-scale solar generation facilities in the WA coal town of Collie have been swept aside, in favour of other “future industries."

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Just months after selling the last of its thermal coal assets, Wesfarmers – one of Australia’s leading business conglomerates – has made a $776 million play to enter the lithium market and tap into the opportunities of the global switch to electric vehicles. The rest of the country should take note. Last December, Wesfarmers complete...

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The costs of Labor's emissions reduction targets are not big, and the cost of its renewables target will be about zero. The Coalition still doesn't get it.

The post We crunch the numbers, and find costs of Labor’s emissions target are not that big appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Global emissions from Australia’s exported carbon are now more than double our total domestic carbon emissions from all sectors.

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Switching to 100% renewables, and focusing on energy efficiency, will play key roles in meeting ambitious greenhouse gas targets.

The post Fixing the gap between Labor’s greenhouse gas goals and their policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.