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EUAs made robust gains on Thursday morning with traders highlighting apparently healthy demand in the run-up to compliance season, as buyers were seen looking to catch up on purchases delayed in 2022 amid high initial margin requirements and energy prices.

The new super space observatory probes a dynamic star factory 200,000 light years from Earth.

Baby to be named after a rock or pop star as primatologists say only about 18,000 left across Africa

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of the “world’s rarest chimpanzee” at a UK zoo.

Chester zoo has welcomed the arrival of the male critically endangered western or west African chimpanzee, which was delivered after an eight-month pregnancy.

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Indian carbon offset developer EKI Energy Services will collaborate with DNV to promote awareness and support governance to develop a climate transition ecosystem, which will involve its provision of advisory services to the classification society’s assurance customers to help them reach their carbon neutral goals, the two entities announced on Thursday.

Shenzhen, home to more than 12 million people, has released a set of accounting guidelines for ocean-based carbon sink projects, as a broader ambition for the Chinese megacity to explore the potential of blue carbon.

Four organisations in the UK and Peru have partnered with the aim to facilitate one or more pilot biodiversity stewardship credits (BCS) transactions in a bid to create a model for future growth of a biodiversity market.

The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has been chosen as president-designate of key climate meeting.

A man has directed traffic on a busy Queensland road to provide a path for the furry marsupial to cross into the safety of the forest on the other side. Will Thornton was having a coffee on his balcony at his Burleigh Heads home when he spotted the koala 'determined to cross the highway'

• Rare snowy owl’s ‘thrilling’ migration enchants California suburb

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Local government survey shows 26 council sites already spilling waste on to cliffs and into sea

Hundreds of ageing landfill dumps on the coast of England containing plastics, chemicals and other waste are a ticking timebomb threatening to leach pollution on to beaches and into the sea, new research shows.

The waste sites date back 100 years in some cases, and little is known about what has been dumped in them. Climate breakdown with associated rising sea levels and flooding are increasing the risk of a cocktail of pollutants entering the sea.

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As the Australian government seeks input on its draft legislation for its Nature Repair Market, policy watchers warn that its so-called Green Wall Street will crash if it doesn’t lead investment in the market.

The global market for key mass-manufactured clean energy technologies will reach around $650 billion per year by 2030, around three times the current level, if countries worldwide fully implement their announced climate policies and pledges, the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in a report released on Thursday.

Group says forcing polluters to store carbon dioxide underground is needed to help world reach net zero

Fossil fuel companies should be forced to “take back” the carbon dioxide emitted from their products, handing them direct responsibility for cleaning up the climate, a group of scientists has argued.

The principle that the producer of pollution should pay for its clean-up is established around the world, but has never been applied to the climate crisis.

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Federal energy minister hoses down concerns about Sun Cable's massive solar export plans, describing its move into administration as "a change of corporate structure."

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Ranging from 12 to 22 centimetres, these tiny octopus are extremely venomous and found all over Australia. Here’s what to do if you see someone get bitten. Zoe Doubleday, Marine Ecologist and ARC Future Fellow, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

French energy giant EDF puts down roots in the Australian renewable energy market, with the establishment of a local headquarters and team in Melbourne.

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Big names, big dollars and big green plans are coming to WA's Pilbara region, with seven projects allocated prize industrial land by the state government.

The post Iron ore, oil and steel giants line up to develop $70bn of green industrial projects in Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer launches $11m production and innovation facility in Adelaide, marking new milestone for domestic PV supply chain.

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South Australia’s capital named as host of 2024 International Renewable Energy Conference, one of the biggest events on the global clean energy calendar.

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