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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) futures contracts experienced a shot in the arm over the past week as several spread trades occurred, leaving market participants to ponder the reasons for the new activity.  

Tonnes of "hazardous materials" have spilled into the Atlantic after a container ship sank.

The full EU Parliament on Thursday urged EU leaders to frame a more ambitious 2050 bloc-wide climate strategy and for Brussels to propose legislation to raise the bloc's 2030 emission goal.

Nopsema head Stuart Smith is listed to speak at The Great Australian Bight: The Big Opportunity

Environmental groups have written to Australia’s offshore petroleum watchdog to urge him against speaking alongside the oil lobby at a pro-industry event titled The Great Australian Bight: The Big Opportunity.

The head of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Nopsema), Stuart Smith, is listed as one of three keynote speakers at the South Australian “parliamentary friends of the resource sector” forum dinner on Tuesday.

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Lack of action on 14 expired coal seam gas exploration licences now an election issue for uncertain communities

The New South Wales government has failed to close a loophole that effectively allows expired coal seam gas exploration licences to be extended indefinitely, despite calls from rural communities for certainty ahead of the state election.

More than a dozen licences, mostly in the state’s north-west, have remained active past their expiration dates while the government assesses renewal applications from gas companies. In some cases, those applications have been held up in the system for years.

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Researchers are blending mobile phones to find out what rare and precious metals are in them.

Europe's newest satellite at Mars has spied the landing site of the American-led InSight probe.

The First Climate team is made up of a group of dynamic, energetic and highly creative individuals who source and develop carbon offset, renewable energy and water projects for governments and corporate clients. To complement this vibrant team, we are looking for a “Business Development and Sourcing Manager” in South East Asia.

The European Bioinformatics Institute will use the money to enhance "storage and building capacity".

Wolves lead and dogs follow - but both can cooperate with us, say experts studying wolves tamed from birth.

Movement inspired by Greta Thunberg has snowballed, as Belgian workers join strike

Hundreds of thousands of children are expected to walk out of their classrooms on Friday for a global climate strike amid growing anger at the failure of politicians to tackle the escalating ecological crisis.

Children at tens of thousands of schools in more than 100 countries are due to take part in the walkouts which began last year when one teenager – Greta Thunberg – held a solo protest outside the Swedish parliament.

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The 16-year-old climate campaigner who has inspired school strikes is in the running to receive the Nobel.

For ICAP’s Secretariat based in Berlin, Germany, we are now seeking to recruit a climate policy and carbon markets analyst. In a small international and dynamic team, the selected candidate will work across the different ICAP work streams, under the guidance of the ICAP Co-Chairs and senior staff at the ICAP Secretariat.

Sir David Attenborough has written to the children saying he supports what they're doing.

Northern Territory Labor government opens $2m grant scheme to help make councils more energy efficient and reduce costs to consumers and taxpayers.

The post NT councils offered grants to install solar, batteries, EV chargers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

James Bond makes the move to all-electric mobility with a luxury, limited edition Aston Martin Rapide E.

The post 007 goes electric with Aston Martin Rapide E appeared first on RenewEconomy.

"Electric now has a Mercedes!" German car-maker gives Australian customers sneak peek – and test drive – of its first all-electric crossover, the "family size" EQC SUV.

The post Mercedes begins “massive EV onslaught” with all-electric SUV reveal in Melbourne appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German utility RWE advanced its hedging position steadily over the quarter to leave it slightly ahead of where it was a year ago, the company said in its full-year results on Thursday.

EU carbon allowances will rise to record highs during the second half of the year, analysts said, but not before prices muddle along within their current trading range through the rest of H1 2019.

Climate strike founder shortlisted ahead of global strikes planned in more than 105 countries

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Greta Thunberg, the founder of the Youth Strike for Climate movement, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize, just before the biggest day yet of global action.

Thunberg began a solo protest in Sweden in August but has since inspired students around the globe. Strikes are expected in 1,659 towns and cities in 105 countries on Friday, involving hundreds of thousands of young people.

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