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The Guangdong provincial government on Wednesday announced it had reopened the local carbon offset market following its suspension of the programme last August amid concerns over some of the project methodologies.

India on Wednesday launched a regional air pollution emissions trading market, marking a shift to a more market-based approach to dealing with environmental issues as a voluntary carbon trading programme is also on the steps.

Kiamal solar gets finance from three banks and an equity boost from CEFC after starting construction, looks to nearly double size and add a huge battery.

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Up to 70 First Nations representatives from around the state have made their way to the event in Brisbane.

Investors’ network warns of serious risk to aquaculture from global heating as well as over-reliance on medicines

The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.

Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the main provider of seafood on our plates, but combined risks from global heating, excessive use of antibiotics, a dependence on wild stocks for feed, and poor governance threatens the lucrative and fast-growing sector, warned Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (Fairr), a $12trn-backed network.

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A record May of 47MW in rooftop solar installs in NSW takes state to 2GW mark. Records in Queensland, too, delivered 177MW in total for Australia for the month.

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Some of Sydney's iconic beach side locations are now host to on-street charging stations as part of an initative of three eastern-suburbs coucils.

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Future Recycling is certified carbon neutral for its business operations

Perth is just one of three zoos in Australasia breeding the critically endangered species in a bid to prevent extinction

A newborn white-cheeked gibbon, one of the world’s rarest apes, has made its public debut at Perth zoo before keepers have had the chance to determine its gender.

The infant was born 21 days ago to mother Jermei, whose calm nature has allowed zoo visitors to get a glimpse of the new addition.

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A group of 215 of the world's biggest companies have valued climate risk at just under $US1 trillion – and expect to be exposed to this risk within next five years.

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Renewable hydrogen costs fall, becoming competitive with fossil fuels and putting Australia in prime position to lead global supply of zero emissions hydrogen fuel.

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More than half a million plastic items reach oceans from waterway network each year

Abandoned plastics now account for 59% of the litter found in canals in England and Wales, according to new research which also reveals that more than half a million plastic items reach the oceans every year from the waterway network.

The new findings are from the Canal & River Trust – the charity that looks after 2,000 miles of canals and river navigations – and which says that with the support of local communities both figures could be cut drastically.

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5 June 1956: Investment in coal mining should be carried out on a massive scale argues the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

The OEEC has delighted Mr Aubrey Jones, the Minister of Fuel and Power, with its report on the future of fuel supplies in Europe (summarised on page 4). The main conclusion of the report is that nuclear energy is only going to make a small contribution to the increased supply of energy that will be needed in the next twenty years.

Related: The demise of UK deep coal mining: decades of decline

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Evidence shows restorative justice can help fix environmental crime – so why isn't Australia using it more? Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University Mark Hamilton, PhD Candiate (Law); Sessional tutor in criminology (School of Social Sciences), UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

UK bills are inflated partly because households are subsidising nuclear submarines, MPs are told.

How an RAF squadron on a Scottish island helped to get weather data that saved the D-Day landings.

China, Indonesia and Vietnam are among the worst polluters for plastic waste being dumped in the ocean. Meet the women in those countries trying to change that.

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"I very much want to promote local recycling, land care, farmers and the environment, and the practical things individuals can do, rather than looking at governments and saying, governments must be taking action — what can I do?"

Market participants anticipate the June RGGI auction to settle underneath the secondary market, breaking a year-long trend of above-market settlements in the northeast US cap-and-trade programme.