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New study from Dutch electric vehicle expert Auke Hoekstra shows electric cars are better at reducing CO2 than thought because old studies used outdated data.

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Coloured perovskite light-emitting inks hold all sorts of promise for solar technology, but the real opportunity is to develop highly efficient cells beyond the efficiency of silicon.

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Groups hail result as vindication of removing chicks from nests to rear them in captivity

The much-persecuted hen harrier has enjoyed its best breeding year in England for nearly two decades, benefiting from good weather and high numbers of voles.

Grouse moor groups hailed the fledging of 60 chicks from 19 nests across the northern Pennines as a vindication of controversial “brood management”, whereby chicks are removed from some nests on grouse moors, reared in captivity and released elsewhere.

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British Columbia will push back the scheduled increase of its C$40/tonne carbon levy by another six months in order to assist COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, the provincial government announced Wednesday.

Several dozen financial entities, large corporate emitters, and offset standards and retailers on Wednesday unveiled a taskforce to build consensus on how to best grow the voluntary carbon market in the face of higher credit demand and to meet Paris Agreement climate goals.

Virginia utilities must submit documentation by next month to begin the process of registering in RGGI's CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS), but it is unclear when these compliance entities may formally join the cap-and-trade registry.

Mark Rylance and Zadie Smith join Writers Rebel event against Tufton Street lobbyists

A group of artists and writers including Zadie Smith and Sir Mark Rylance have spoken out against the thinktanks and lobbyists at the heart of Westminster, gathering with hundreds of protesters near their offices on Wednesday night.

Speakers from Writers Rebel, a group formed in support of the aims of Extinction Rebellion, blocked Tufton Street in London amid a noticeable police presence.

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With targeted conservation action, we might just save many of these species before it's too late. Hayley Geyle, Research Assistant, Charles Darwin University David Chapple, Associate Professor in Evolutionary and Conservation Ecology, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Some 43 out of 52 EU ETS-covered industries are likely to face the maximum possible tightening of their free allocation benchmarks over the next five years, according to a European Commission draft seen by Carbon Pulse that matches officials’ prior expectations.

Politicians and industry use error to dismiss research showing logging can make the state’s forests more flammable

Pro-forestry politicians and industry groups have seized upon the retraction of a scientific paper on logging in Tasmania to claim there’s no evidence industry practices raise the risk of dangerous fires.

The study, published in May in the journal Fire, claimed logging had made forests in Tasmania more flammable, but was withdrawn last week at the request of its authors after a major error was discovered.

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In-state hydroelectric power displaced California natural gas generation throughout 2019 and reduced imports, likely leading to significant cuts to the electricity sector’s cap-and-trade obligations, according to data released this week.

Gravitational waves arrive from a black hole collision that occurred half-way across the Universe.

EUAs were propelled back above €28 early on Wednesday as the market comfortably absorbed the biggest auction in over a month, spurring confidence among bulls.

Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Engineers are preparing to test a booster rocket that will help send astronauts back to the Moon.

Mining firm BHP Billiton has signed a five-year renewable energy purchase agreement with power firm CleanCo to supply its Queensland mines, aiming to cutting CO2 emissions from those sites in half.

Alinta looks to add wind energy and more batteries to Pilbara grid, as it also decides to spend $95 million to make its gas generators faster and more efficient.

The post Alinta to upgrade gas in Pilbara, and looks to wind and more batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tests show promising results against two cancer types but more research is needed, scientists say.

Margaret Atwood among those supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London

A number of famous novelists, poets and playwrights including Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith have lent their support to an Extinction Rebellion campaign against the political influence of rightwing thinktanks fighting against climate action.

On Wednesday evening the Writers Rebel group will demonstrate outside 55 Tufton Street in London, a venue known to host meetings of thinktanks and lobbying outfits linked to climate science denial and the oil industry.

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