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California gasoline usage dropped slightly month-on-month in June, while drivers' usage of the fuel remained within recent trends compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to state data released Monday.

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It would not be permissible for Moscow to only impose a carbon tax on exports as a means of shielding Russian firms from the impact of the EU’s border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), a senior EU official said on Monday.

An Adelaide firm’s plans for permanent facilities at Whaler’s Bay on the Eyre Peninsula could wipe out prime habitat, environment group warns

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Conservationists say a plan to build a permanent rocket launch facility at Whaler’s Bay in South Australia could push threatened bird species to extinction.

Southern Launch, an Adelaide-based startup, operates the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in a privately owned conservation area at the tip of the Eyre Peninsula.

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NSW strategy paper recommends increased desalination, stormwater recycling and efficiency measures – but not drinking purified wastewater

Greater Sydney faces a 13% shortfall in its water supply within 20 years if the city continues to grow at its current rate while climate change makes rainfall less predictable.

A draft strategy on the city’s future water supply, released by the New South Wales government on Tuesday, says Sydney will need between 40 to 70 gigalitres extra within 20 years.

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Climate Impact X (CIX), a global Environmental Commodities Exchange, is looking for a Pricing and Index Director to help build the future of carbon trading markets.

Sellers of plug-in vehicles say petrol shortages are driving people to adopt the new technology

As petrol stations in parts of the UK started running out of fuel on Friday, business at Martin Miller’s electric car dealership in Guildford, Surrey, started soaring.

After what ended up being his company EV Experts busiest day ever, interest does not appear to be dying down. This week the diary is booked up with test drives and the business is low on stock.

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consultant to develop and deliver an online climate change training module on Advanced TCFD – Applied Scenario Analysis for investment professionals in Asia.

AEMO wants to fast-trick rooftop solar switch off mechanisms in W.A. as part of a suite of measures to ensure stability in world's most isolated grid.

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European carbon prices extended Friday's record highs in early trade on Monday amid solid gains across the energy complex, as equities rallied and crude oil rose to a three-year high.

As the likelihood increases that Australia will commit to a 2050 net zero target ahead of the Glasgow COP talks, analysts said Monday such a pledge would be unlikely to have a near-term impact on domestic carbon credits.

Three million trees have so far been planted as part of the scheme launched in 2018.

Ross-on-Wye residents say council would break climate commitments by approving drive-through

They were promised a life of peace and quiet in a new-build “garden village” on the edge of a pretty Herefordshire town with cycle routes, allotments and wildlife-friendly ponds giving the settlement an eco-friendly vibe.

But residents of St Mary’s Garden Village in Ross-on-Wye are up in arms after McDonald’s put in a planning application for a 24-hour drive-through within metres of their homes that they say could lead to almost 2,500 cars a day passing close to their front doors.

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Group says it is ‘sick of over 8,000 people dying each year from the choice of heating or eating’

Insulate Britain protesters have caused disruption on the M25 for the sixth time in a fortnight.

Activists from the group formed a roadblock on the slip road at junction 14 near Heathrow on Monday morning.

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Ahead of Cop26, the UK could take the lead in diverting investments away from carbon emitters

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Someone said something so simple yet so shocking to me recently: that weather used to be the last thing on the news, now it’s the first. Fire, floods, drought; it’s impossible to ignore. Well, I can’t help but feel that we should treat our pensions the same. They used to be the last thing on our minds – the worst possible thing to bring up at a party – but in order to tackle the climate crisis, they must now be the first.

With delegates from across the globe descending upon Glasgow in November for Cop26 – the most important climate negotiations for a generation – a new movement now has the power to deliver on the world’s most urgent agenda.

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Australia’s agricultural sector should not be exempt from a nationally-set target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report released on Monday by an energy policy think tank.

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The coal-supporting nation has faced increasing pressure to commit to a net zero emissions target.

Rooftop solar PV has a few important new benchmarks in South Australia, contributing 84.4 per cent of total energy demand on Sunday afternoon.

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Australian-grown energy technology firm Wattwatchers secures $5.3 million in Series B funding ahead of expansion.

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