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The atmosphere of Mars is more than 96% carbon dioxide, but the planet is cold because its atmosphere is extremely thin, very dry and further away from the Sun. Paulo de Souza, Professor, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Their rich and often comical personalities are just one reason to adore sulphur-crested cockies

• Vote for your favourite bird in the poll

There are many reasons why we love cockies. In my experience, a key behaviour that sets this bird apart from the majority is that they sit back and look you in the eye. They appear to consider who you are, what you are doing and whether they want to be “friends”.

I am specifically talking about the sulphur-crested cockatoo. I wouldn’t want you to vote for the wrong cockie.

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US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges - while Russia has not even made one

The world is on a path to climate disaster, with three-quarters of the commitments made by countries under the Paris agreement “totally inadequate”, according to a comprehensive expert analysis.

Four nations produce half of all carbon emissions but the US has gone into reverse in tackling the climate emergency under Donald Trump while Russia has failed to make any commitment at all.

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Biofuel credit prices under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) fell in recent days to near the 10-cent mark, as bearish sentiment continued to grip the market.

Antique dealers fail in high court bid to overturn world-leading blanket ban on trading

Antique dealers have failed in an attempt to overturn a total ban on ivory trading being introduced by the government after the high court ruled that the legislation did not breach European law.

Conservation groups, who argued that any dilution of the ban would revitalise illegal elephant poaching, welcomed the decision, which they said would preserve the UK’s position as a world leader in the fight against the ivory trade.

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Around 11,000 scientists have endorsed research that says the world is facing a climate emergency.

Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency

The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.

“We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency,” it states. “To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This] entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and interacts with natural ecosystems.”

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More than 11,000 of the world's scientists have signed a joint declaration of a climate emergency, saying world is facing “untold human suffering” .

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Aim is to save £1bn a year on industrial energy bills and cut emissions equivalent to taking 200,000 cars off the road

The British government has launched a £315m hunt to find new technologies that can shrink the carbon footprint of the most polluting factories to help meet the UK’s climate targets.

The scheme will offer funds over the next five years to energy-intensive firms, such as manufacturers, to invest in new technology which can reduce their energy use.

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The World Bank’s Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) will hold a fourth auction next year to buy methane emission reduction credits from projects in the developing world, the bank said Tuesday.

The Climate Finance and Carbon Markets (CFCM) Associate will support the Head in the climate finance business development and the delivery of climate finance projects for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its London office.

The UK-led challenge to the land speed record ups its pace in trials in the Kalahari Desert.

Study claims police tactics have left women feeling ‘violated and frightened’

Police have been accused of groping and manhandling female anti-fracking protesters, including pulling their clothes to reveal their breasts.

A team of academics, who have been studying anti-fracking demonstrations for three years, alleged that police had treated female protesters more physically than male protesters.

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What started as innocuous good fun has evolved into a national obsession, complete with voter fraud, skulduggery and high passions

The data team picked up on them first – 310 “dubious” votes from an IP address in Australia, sending one trend line suddenly, suspiciously skyward above the others. Something funny was going on with the shag.

Of course, by then – the 13th year of the competition – organisers knew to expect dodgy dealings in New Zealand’s bird of the year poll.

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Parks one of many government resources Trump has sought to privatize, including the US postal service, airports and freeways

A team of Trump administration advisers – consisting mostly of appointees from private industry – are urging “modernization” of national park campgrounds, with a vision of food trucks, wifi and even Amazon deliveries.

“Our recommendations would allow people to opt for additional costs if they want, for example, Amazon deliveries at a particular campsite,” Derrick Crandall, vice chairman of the “Made in America” Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee, told the Los Angeles Times. “We want to let Americans make their own decisions in the marketplace.”

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Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to overhaul private health insurance to arrest the "death spiral" experts say the system is locked in.

Activists take government back to court, saying plans violate people’s environmental rights

Climate campaigners are taking Norway’s government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling despite a public commitment to tackle the environmental crisis.

Greenpeace Nordic and Norway’s Nature and Youth organisation will appeal on Tuesday against the government’s decision to allow oil exploration in parts of the Arctic Ocean on the grounds that it violates people’s rights to a safe and healthy environment.

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EU’s agriculture policy needs urgent reform, organisations tell incoming commission president

The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) should be overhauled urgently to stop the intensification of farming practices that is leading to a steep decline in wildlife, scientists from across the bloc have urged.

Five organisations representing more than 2,500 experts have written to Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president of the European commission, and the European parliament, to demand major changes to the way the CAP operates.

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Renewables developer Enernet Global to use the Alion Energy solar tracking technology for 62MW Vales Point coal ash dam solar farm in NSW.

The post Alion Energy solar tracker scores first deal for “difficult” solar farm locations appeared first on RenewEconomy.