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Seventeen northern California municipalities sued utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) this week for intentionally miscalculating city and county electricity taxes by accounting for freely allocated carbon allowances under the state’s ETS, according to court documents.

Leading Australians - former politicians, public servants, artists and academics - issue an urgent plea for action on climate change, saying Covid-19 is a 'dress-rehearsal'.

The post More than 200 prominent Australians issue urgent call to act on climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla smashes industry expectations with its first annual profit, and sales growth in a period where every other car maker in the world declined.

The post Tesla crushes rivals with first full year profit, redefines future of car industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU carbon prices jumped on Thursday amid bullish technical signals and a second straight strong auction result.

The crash in shark numbers, caused largely by over-fishing, could have dire consequences for corals.

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has ordered the closure of 7.3 GW worth of outdated coal-fired power generation capacity before the end of the year, slashing the amount of CO2 expected to be covered in its national emissions trading scheme.

ARENA overhaul sees a former adviser to Angus Taylor appointed to the board, along with one of the most prominent critics of the renewable energy target.

The post Taylor appoints his former advisor and a prominent RET critic to ARENA board appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced the stunning winning images in its annual photography competition.

The 2020 winners show the important work of zoos and aquariums at an immensely challenging time. After months of closures, these conservation organisations are reeling from the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

The competition, only open to zoo or aquarium staff and volunteers, received hundreds of entries capturing amazing moments from pensive monkeys to a diver swimming with sharks. It was judged by TV naturalist Nick Baker, among others.

Judge and BIAZA spokesperson Andrew Hall said: “Every day our zoos and aquariums are sharing the extraordinary beauty and fragility of the natural world and this is evident in the incredible winning photos.”

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The Asian country's first surface mission to the Red Planet heads out on a Long March 5 rocket.

Consumer technology giant announces plan to bring its entire carbon footprint for supply chain and products to net-zero emissions by 2030.

The post Apple commits to 2030 net-zero emissions target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It is said that it is not so much what you know but who you know. Turns out that new ARENA chair Justin Punch is strong on both counts.

The post Perisher thought – new ARENA chair said to be skiing buddy of Angus Taylor appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The gas industry marketing people chose an unfortunate example to promote its wares – cooking food.

The post Gas industry cooking the carbon books with its clean and green kitchen claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla's car business is now valued by the market at around $US300 billion. But Elon Musk says its energy and solar division could be worth just as much.

The post Musk says Tesla battery and solar business could be worth more than EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of the world’s largest producers of polysilicon has reportedly been forced to shut a major production facility in China after series of five explosions.

The post Explosions at China GCL facility threaten 10% of global solar production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Council calls on parties to back renewables and end coal funding, ahead of a looming Queensland state election.

The post CEC says thousands of renewable jobs at stake in Queensland election appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Households shouldn't have to do all the heavy lifting in the renewables transition. A new solar farm shows organisations and businesses how it's done. Jake Whitehead, Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow & Tritum E-Mobility Fellow, The University of Queensland Andrew Wilson, Project Director - Warwick Solar Farm, The University of Queensland Peta Ashworth, Professor and Chair in Sustrainable Energy Futures, The University of Queensland Saphira Rekker, Lecturer Finance, The University of Queensland Tapan K Saha, Professor, Leader-UQ Solar, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The CBW Division is looking for an experienced policy analyst to represent, develop analysis, and provide day-to-day management of the activities of the CCXG, and to work closely with colleagues in the IEA as well as those within the OECD Environment and other OECD Directorates, under the supervision of an A4 Senior Analyst/Team Leader.

Summer 2020 is a popular time for missions to Mars because of the way the planets align - but how long does it take to get there?

The South African government will on Thursday launch its carbon offset administration platform, which will help developers to submit project applications and emitters to surrender credits against their national CO2 tax obligations.