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The New Shepard rocket carried technology designed to return humans to the Moon in four years.

Australia is barely mentioned in IEA's 2020 World Energy Outlook, and only to note the exposure of its coal and gas industry to the state of climate action around the world.

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And why long-term investment will remain uncertain until a more robust and integrated climate and energy policy framework is developed.

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Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia missing out on chance to embrace Green New Deal in Covid response, calls Morrison government policies 'criminal'.

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French oil and gas supermajor teams with Google Cloud to develop ‘Solar Mapper’, a digital tool that uses satellite imagery and AI to mine the solar potential of houses.

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Ausgrid reveals plan to turn streetside power kiosks into EV chargers, making electric vehicle charging more accessible in Sydney with start-up Jolt.

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Trina Solar's Vertex 600W and 550W series of glass-backsheet and dual-glass modules passes the TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Module IEC standard serial test.

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Canadian carbon credit demand could skew lower following Ottawa’s approval of the Ontario Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) to replace the federal ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS), while the decision may also erode support for the national offset programme under development, market stakeholders told Carbon Pulse.

Sergey Gorshkov left a hidden camera in a Russian forest for 11 months to capture the big cat

An image of a clearly ecstatic tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir tree in a remote Siberian forest has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.

It took Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov 11 months to capture the moment using hidden cameras. His patience led to him being named 2020 wildlife photographer of the year by the Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum.

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A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

California’s amended post-2020 allowance reserve tiers are not currently incorporated in the WCI cap-and-trade programme’s Compliance Instrument Tracking Service System (CITSS), meaning some carbon permits currently sitting in jurisdictional accounts will be moved in subsequent quarters, state regulator ARB confirmed.

It was a treat to see this busy bird in Somerset, but then they do venture far from their Siberian breeding grounds

Of the thousand-plus waders at the high tide roost, all but a handful were either asleep or standing still, patiently waiting for the waters to recede. But one bird was feeding as if its life depended on it: methodically making its way across the muddy banks of the River Brue, picking up morsels of food with its long, decurved bill.

The bird’s frantic activity and elegant appearance identified it as a scarce visitor to the Somerset coast: a juvenile curlew sandpiper – named because its bill resembles that of its much larger relative.

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It's one of the largest funding cuts to any university course, and will leave Australia ill-equipped to deal with the environmental challenges of the future. Dianne Gleeson, Professor, Science, University of Canberra Ian Clark, Associate professor, University of South Australia Stuart Parsons, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Dairy has the biggest environmental footprint, but some plant-based alternatives come with a number of environmental issues, too. Dora Marinova, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Diana Bogueva, Postdoctoral Researcher, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU carbon allowance prices are forecast to rise significantly over the next few years, according to a trio of investment bank research reports released this week, adding to the growing chorus of bullish outlooks for the commodity.

The European Commission prefers a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) over giving EU allowances freely to energy-intensive industries, the EU climate chief’s head of cabinet said on Tuesday, adding that the bloc would likely maintain a lower number of free permits. 

The UK backs the accords that will guide the American-led return to the Moon this decade.

La Niña’s possible influence on feeding considered as Western Australian surfer’s death takes 2020 toll to highest in 86 years

More Australians have been killed in unprovoked shark attacks this year than in any year since 1934.

But the total number of shark bites is in line with the annual average over the past decade. It is prompting experts to consider whether the La Niña weather event, associated with cooler sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific, may be affecting where sharks search for prey.

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Peers will reconsider legislation after amendments were rejected in House of Commons

Farmers and green campaigners are pinning their hopes on the House of Lords to make last-minute changes to the government’s agriculture bill to strengthen safeguards on food safety and animal welfare.

Amendments to the bill that would have secured clear legal status for the UK’s existing food and farming standards, which campaigners fear will be at risk in post-Brexit trade deals, were rejected in the House of Commons on Monday night, despite a rebellion from backbench Tory MPs.

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