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The newest branch of the US military, established by President Trump, goes into orbit for the first time.

If coronavirus can be transferred on to surfaces, safe food shopping presents challenges.

The green sea turtle is vulnerable to extinction as the climate warms, Australian scientists say.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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UN aviation body ICAO will look to endorse a second round of programme applications for its global offset system CORSIA by the end of the year, with that decision potentially occurring after countries attempt to forge the rulebook of international emissions trading under the Paris Agreement at COP26, according to an updated timeline.

E3G is looking for an enthusiastic practitioner to lead E3G’s work on Europe-China climate diplomacy and cooperation in its London office.

Iberdrola is seeking a motivated person to join the Brussels-based team as EU Affairs Adviser.

AEMO report indicates delays to roll out of renewables could set back the grid's low-carbon transition and force it to lean more heavily on costly and polluting gas.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices cratered beneath the 2014 WCI floor price during the week before renewed speculative interest boosted values on the secondary market, while RGGI allowances (RGA) saw more modest week-on-week changes.

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EU leaders should tie their virus-busting stimulus packages to climate action by using carbon market revenues and green taxation, two former EU top climate officials said on Thursday.

Neanderthals were eating fish, mussels and seals at a site in present-day Portugal, according to a new study.

The EU carbon market’s shock-absorbing MSR can only partly avert an allowance price collapse should the coronavirus spur a recession on the scale of the 2009 financial crisis, analysts said on Thursday.

The coronavirus is devastating, but failing to tackle climate change because of the pandemic only compounds the tragedy. Natasha Chassagne, University Associate, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6% in 2019, according to provisional government data released Thursday, with another large drop by the power sector helping extend the country’s streak of annual declines.

The annual EU ETS deadline for surrendering carbon units against 2019 emissions will not be delayed in light of the still unfolding coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission announced late Thursday.

California offsets will likely weather a short-term collapse in WCI allowance prices triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak, although the pandemic could pose new obstacles for the industry going forward, several developers told Carbon Pulse.

Price reporting agency Argus Media has postponed its US and Canadian carbon and biofuel market conferences this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, Carbon Pulse has learned.

EUAs bounced back from an earlier fall on Thursday as markets jumped on record US jobless numbers that were below some expectations.