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Thousands of school and university students in the UK have walked out of lessons as part of a global movement calling for action on climate change

• Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action
  
• 'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes
  

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Thousands of people gather in London, as students around the UK miss school to call for action.

A British-led mission demonstrates a projectile that could one day be used to clear up space junk.

New footage from a space mission shows the latest idea to collect space junk.

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

People tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and Florida’s coastal real estate may be on the cusp of delivering that harsh wake-up call

I stood behind a worn shopping center outside of Crystal Springs, Florida, looking for the refuge where a hundred manatees were gathered for winter. I found them clustered in the emerald-colored spring, trying to enjoy a wedge of sunlight and avoid the hordes of people like me, boxing them in on kayaks and tour boats, leering over wooden decks. The nearby canals were lined with expensive homes and docks with jetskis. One manatee breached the water for a breath, and I could see the propeller scar on its back.

Related: Why people in the US south stay put in the face of climate change

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Thousands of schoolchildren and young people are to join nationwide call for action

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Thousands of schoolchildren and young people are expected to join climate strikes across the UK in a demonstration of growing concern about the escalating environmental crisis.

Organisers said strikes were planned in at least 60 towns and cities from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands in an attempt to force politicians to take urgent action.

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Across the UK, students are set to take part in a climate strike, but will it make a difference?

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator issued fewer than 10,000 new carbon credits this week, as most projects seeking to earn credits in time for the Safeguard mechanism compliance deadline have done so over the past two months.

A bald eagle had to be rescued after a 20cm ice ball grew on its tail.

Voting is open throughout February for the ninth European Tree of the Year contest, organised by the Environmental Partnership Association and featuring entrants from 15 countries

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The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians to act

Greta Thunberg is hopeful the student climate strike on Friday can bring about positive change, as young people in more and more countries join the protest movement she started last summer as a lone campaigner outside the Swedish parliament.

Related: Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos

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New data on Australia’s exports of waste is now available

New data on Australia’s exports of waste is now available

Wander in the dark forest and you might spot the radioactive glow of the ghost fungus. Alison Pouliot, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In strong sign that the country's energy market rule-makers and regulators are finally trying to keep pace with technology, AEMC flags a rule change in virtual light-speed.

The post AEMC snaps to attention on interconnector, fast-tracks rule change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the shift to renewables, time is pressing on Australia's incumbent gentailers like AGL. Big decisions will have to be made, and made fairly promptly.

The post Why 50% renewables by 2030 is such an easy target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Tesla big battery bags another bid dividend from energy market services, but storage projects still struggling to make money on time shifting and arbitrage.

The post Tesla big battery earns another $4m from FCAS in fourth quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW hinterland luxury rental home with 10kW solar, two Tesla Powerwall batteries, and a Model X EV, seeks to demonstrate Tesla’s vision of the new energy and transport future. So how does it shape up?

The post Battery powered homes and battery powered cars: The fossil fuel era is fading appeared first on RenewEconomy.