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Calls by joint inquiry to bring forward UK car sales ban have been resisted by government

The government has been accused of dragging its feet on air quality improvements by a cross-party group of MPs.

A partnership of four committees said serious concerns remained about the UK’s commitment to cutting pollution and its impact on public health.

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Here are five ways the the NEG will penalise consumers, particularly those with rooftop solar. If it all sounds like it can’t possibly be true, it is. But it can be fixed.

Blockchain platform developed by Perth-based Power Ledger used in California to manage credits generated by renewable EV charging.

Coalition seeks to make it harder for any future government to change low-ball emissions targets, and removes option for changes with 5-years notice.

Inquiry will look at what the Great Barrier Reef Foundation is capable of delivering

A parliamentary inquiry will examine how a $444m grant for work on the Great Barrier Reef was awarded to a small not-for-profit charity, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with no competitive tender process.

Labor, Greens and crossbench senators have backed the inquiry, which was moved by a Greens senator, Peter Whish-Wilson.

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The Department commissioned Mr Drew Clarke AO PSM FTSE in August 2017, to undertake a review of the governance arrangements supporting the Australian Antarctic Science Program and to provide advice on a new governance model by early 2018. The...

The Department commissioned Mr Drew Clarke AO PSM FTSE in August 2017, to undertake a review of the governance arrangements supporting the Australian Antarctic Science Program and to provide advice on a new governance model by early 2018. The...

An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says.

Waste byproducts from rice and glass combined with fungus can create a construction material with the potential to save lives and the planet. Tien Huynh, Senior Lecturer in the School of Sciences, RMIT University Mitchell Jones, PhD Student, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Puppies and kittens are born without teeth, but by around two months of age they have a full set of baby teeth. Anne Fawcett, Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The major supermarkets' bans on single-use plastic bags are looming, but will they actually help the environment? And what are our alternative options?

Genex offered $516 million loan from Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility for world-leading solar and pumped hydro storage project.

One mayor says children under 10 years old should not walk alone, in case of an attack.

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Ontario carbon allowances held in Quebec and California will remain valid for compliance following Ontario’s departure from the WCI programme, though it remains unclear how the three jurisdictions will manage the fallout from Premier-designate Doug Ford’s decision to kill the province's carbon market.

EU lawmakers agreed on a 32.5% bloc-wide energy efficiency target late on Tuesday, which along with a scaled-up renewables goal would mean the bloc exceeding its 2030 emission goal and curbing demand in the EU ETS.

California regulator Air Resources Board (ARB) released a preliminary discussion draft on Tuesday that would give utilities more options for spending consigned allowance revenue in the state’s cap-and-trade programme, while also updating industry assistance factors and offset protocol procedures.

Meet the new residents of a cave in Santa Monica.

A sharp rise in EUA spot trading in early 2009 was initially thought to be more likely due to a natural maturing of the carbon market rather than tax fraud, according to a former trader at UK bank RBS on Tuesday during a trial over a £160 million ($212 mln) lawsuit.

Shale gas not covered in by existing water regulations in ‘glaring omission’, Labor’s environment spokesman says

Regulations on unconventional gas development across Australia would be tightened up if Labor wins the next election.

Labor’s minister for the environment Tony Burke says the party, if elected, will keep the commitment it took to the 2016 election to broaden the “water trigger” to include other forms of unconventional gas extraction. The current water trigger, introduced by the Gillard government in 2013, assesses water resources as a matter of national significance only in relation to coal seam gas and coal mining.

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