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Genex secures site for 50MW/75MWh big battery in Queensland after securing a land access deal with network company Powerlink.

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Plans to develop of massive offshore wind energy islands in northern European receive boost as climate targets tightened.

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Hawaiian Islands utility will end the use of coal power generation and replace it with another 300MW of solar PV and almost 2GWh of energy storage. 

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Australia’s commitment to limit global heating to between 1.5C and 2C requires a mid-century net zero target, according to latest science

The Morrison government’s rejection of a net zero emissions target for 2050 is at odds with the Paris agreement and more than 100 countries that have already backed the goal, according to some of Australia’s most experienced climate experts.

Scott Morrison told the ABC on Sunday that the government’s position was to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions “in the second half of the century, and we’ll certainly achieve that”.

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The federal government energy and climate policy has turned into complete farce.

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One in five species of maple are threatened in their natural habitats, an extinction study says.

A "green" fund to protect wildlife on England’s farms may be under threat, BBC News has learned.

UK farmers are complaining of a lack of clarity over how they will be rewarded for tending the land.

Pennsylvania may explore a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) to reduce emissions from gasoline and diesel in the state, while the proposed 2022 start date of the Transportation & Climate Initiative’s (TCI) cap-and-invest programme is still feasible, a panel heard Monday.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last week announced it selected environmental firm Bluesource to develop the country’s first offset project on state-owned forest land, with the aim of supplying credits to the voluntary offset market.

California regulator ARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) branch chief stepped down from his role last week, marking the second departure from the agency’s top spot for the clean fuels programme in less than 18 months, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

Net zero emissions pledges are ramping up but in subnational jurisdictions and among companies, but the ultimate scope of these efforts could determine their long-term effectiveness in reducing GHG, according to new analysis published Monday. 

To hit climate goals we need to accelerate deployment of mature technologies beyond the 'natural' rate of build. The technology roadmap doesn't do that.

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Funnel webs are considered one of Australia's most fearsome spiders, but their ability to kill humans is by accident rather than design. Bryan Fry, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland Volker Herzig, Associate Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

France's parliament will have the last word over a citizen-led climate proposal to increase an aviation levy, following an inter-ministerial dispute and warnings that the hike may hit the country's economy, the head of a French consultative assembly said on Monday.

Post-Brexit Britain needs to expand its carbon pricing to more sectors at a rate rising to at least £75/tonne ($95, €80) by 2030 to put it on a path to reach its 2050 net zero emissions target, according to a report published by an expert group Monday.

The aerospace giant said its hydrogen-fuelled passenger planes could be in service by 2035.

Only in 2012 have satellites seen the summer floes in the polar north more withdrawn than in 2020.

The Canadian government approved Ontario and New Brunswick’s output-based pricing systems (OBPS) under the federal carbon pricing framework on Monday, despite Ottawa’s own admission that both programmes in the conservative-led jurisdictions will achieve fewer GHG reductions than the ‘backstop’ mechanism.