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Hedgehog numbers are declining in part because so many are killed while crossing our roads.

CSIRO spin-off Windlab looks to Africa for renewables growth, after a horror year in Australia characterised by project delays and write-downs.

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Vestas has received the first order for its new V155-3.3MW wind turbine designed for low and ultra-low wind conditions.

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A Scottish researcher is mapping the glaciers which have shrunk by 30% in the last two decades.

Queensland government’s moratorium comes after dozens of bores supplying drinking water to Tamborine Mountain ran dry

The Queensland government has placed a year-long moratorium on new water mines in parts of the Gold Coast hinterland, where drought-hit residents have been campaigning against the impact of the bottled water industry.

Late last year, dozens of bores that supply drinking water to Tamborine Mountain schools, businesses and residents ran dry, with many residents having to wait six weeks for deliveries by truck. The area has three commercial water mines with deep bores that send about 100m litres a year for bottling.

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The Senior Manager will play a lead role on a growing team, helping to shape EDF’s vision for federal climate policy to advocate and build support for in the lead-up to a new Administration and Congress in 2021.

University of New South Wales to divest from fossil fuels by 2025, in line with Paris climate agreement and to carry on "fine legacy" of its world-leading solar pioneers.

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Oregon’s Democrat leaders closed the legislative term on Thursday after the Republican minority fled the capitol to protest a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill, but Governor Kate Brown (D) is now finalising executive action to enact climate policy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices regressed this week after the Q1 WCI auction bucked previous trends to settle above the secondary market level, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) dropped ahead of the Northeast US carbon market's first sale of 2020.

EU nations unanimously adopted the bloc’s long-term strategy on Thursday, with even often-reluctant Poland on board with the pathway for an EU-wide 2050 climate neutrality goal.

A new 10-year strategy to halt extinction must protect the gene pools of all life on earth, say experts.

Fish, frogs, turtles and platypus at major risk of extinction following the bushfires. So why aren't they getting much attention? Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Schoolchildren choose a name for the robot Nasa plans to send to the Red Planet to search for life.

Manitoba will impose a fixed-price CO2 levy and output-based pricing system (OBPS) for large stationary sources starting on July 1, changing direction after the Canadian province previously ditched that plan and in turn rejecting the federal government’s rising carbon price mandate.

A Polish pitch to eliminate free carbon allowance allocations for aircraft operators failed to muster majority support at a meeting of EU environment ministers Thursday, but backers are optimistic the idea found enough backers to help it make its way into formal ETS reform proposals next year.

Germany will fall short of reaching its 2030 emissions reduction target via the wide-reaching climate package unveiled last year, according to a government-commissioned analysis released Thursday.

The continent's winter months have seen average temperatures reach 3.4C above the long-term norm.

Trials of a vaccine for cattle will take place, while more badgers will also be vaccinated.

Vaccination and movement controls will be used instead to tackle bovine TB in England

The controversial cull of badgers across England will begin to be phased out in the next few years, the government has announced, with vaccination of the animals being ramped up instead.

The cull is intended to cut tuberculosis in cattle and has killed at least 100,000 badgers since 2013. TB in cattle is a severe problem for farmers and taxpayers, leading to the compulsory slaughter of 30,000 cattle and a cost of £150m every year.

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