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Labour will end exemptions for bee-killing pesticides that have already been outlawed in the EU but which the UK government has approved for four years in a row, the shadow environment minister has said.

This week, the government authorised the use of thiamethoxam, also known as Cruiser SB, on sugar beet crops – against the advice of its scientists, who said it would pose a threat to bees.

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European carbon soared as much as 7.7% on Tuesday morning as a squeeze triggered by a rally in natural gas prices extended for a second day, forcing short-positioned traders to buy back in the futures market, while the approaching expiry of the March options contract also encouraged covering.

Creating integrated value chains across offshore wind, green hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in industrial heartlands is key to achieving higher returns and counteracting the impact of an inflationary environment, said an oil major executive speaking at a conference today.

A German renewable hydrogen maker has secured over €500 million to advance its green hydrogen development, from major backers including the European Investment Bank and Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, it announced on Tuesday.

A climate fund has rebutted recent research on the cost of scaling direct air capture, arguing that the cost of the nascent carbon removal technology might actually be lower in the near term than people assume.

China has set a tighter target for energy intensity this year after falling short of its previous goal, as the country seeks to get its climate commitments back on track.

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

Women in rural areas suffer substantially greater economic losses from the impacts of climate breakdown than men in developing countries, research has shown, and the gap is likely to widen further.

Households headed by women in rural areas lost about 8% more of their income to heat stress than male-headed households, and their reduction in income when floods struck was about 3% greater than the loss to men, according to data released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.

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State-of-the-art printed and flexible solar cells developed by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO launched into space to help power Australia's largest private satellite.

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European Energy, which this year signed a contract to build what will be the biggest solar project on Australia's main grid, says it has reached financial close for its first solar project in the country.

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The Australian government will establish an A$2 billion ($1.3 bln) financing facility to drive clean energy and infrastructure investments in Southeast Asia, it announced Tuesday. 

A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.

A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.

Malaysia will from April make it possible for airlines to impose a carbon levy on passengers, with revenue raised set to offset aviation emissions through the purchase of carbon credits or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Britain spent about £26bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace finds

The UK spends less on low-carbon energy policy than any other major European economy, analysis has shown, despite evidence that such spending could lower household bills and increase economic growth more than the tax cuts the government has planned.

Spending on low-carbon measures for the three years from April 2020 to the end of April 2023 was about $33.3bn (£26.2bn) in total for the UK, the lowest out of the top five European economies, according to an analysis by Greenpeace of data from the International Energy Agency.

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Glenrowan solar farm knocks out another milestone, reaching full power and completing final grid connection testing just months after achieving first generation.

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The final month of summer was a bumper month for solar, with new monthly records for utility PV generation across the country.

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Alan Kohler says nuclear ban should be lifted, because the "market" will decide. He's wrong. The market has not decided on nuclear for decades. The Coalition should know this.

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Deal signed for development of a 400 MWh big battery that will be built next to what will be the biggest solar farm in the country.

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A disfiguring disease of cattle and buffalo has arrived on our doorstep. We need to keep lumpy skin disease out of Australia, while preparing for the almost inevitable outbreak. Kei Owada, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Ben Hayes, Director, Centre of Animal Science, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Professor, The University of Queensland Timothy J. Mahony, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An international carbon project developer has teamed up with a domestic partner to expand its project portfolio and support Paris-aligned policies in Malaysia.