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Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia unveil updated carbon pricing plans
World wakes up to scale of climate challenge, so what should a Labor government do?
Here are six steps that could be taken straight away by a new Labor government to address the challenge of climate change, without legislation.
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Two unborn babies' spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first
Curious Kids: Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
Taylor says no plans to ditch rooftop solar rebate
Anergy minister Angus Taylor says there are no plans to kill rooftop solar rebate, despite calls from the ACCC and some big retailers.
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Illegally smuggled chimp safely rehomed in Dorset
Majority of Oregon legislators backing carbon legislation, state representative says
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Perth’s Scotch College installs 512kW solar, cuts grid power usage by 25%
WA private school expects to save around $235,000 a year on energy costs after installing 512kW of rooftop solar.
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Fracking at Lancashire site paused after seismic event detected
Magnitude 0.4 tremor follows several others recorded since Cuadrilla restarted drilling
Fracking operations in Lancashire have been shut down after seismic activity was detected. The move came a little more than a week after the process was restarted in the UK for the first time since it was banned in 2011.
Cuadrilla Resources, which is carrying out the operations at its Preston New Road site, confirmed it paused work early on Tuesday as a precaution because of the microseismic event, which was measured at a magnitude of 0.4 and within the limit allowed by UK authorities.
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Revealed: Canadian companies arming Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
Since 2015, Canadian companies have provided $2.4 billion in combat vehicles, weapons, surveillance technology, pilot training relied on by the oil-rich Saudis
Each time she learns Saudi bombs are falling on Yemen, Shireen Al-Adeimi rushes to her cell-phone.
Living an ocean-away in the United States, the Yemeni-Canadian anxiously scrolls through her WhatsApp chats to make sure her friends and family back home are safe.
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Canadian government to impose ‘backstop’ carbon plan on five provinces
Mexico releases details of 3-year pilot cap-and-trade programme
UK’s climate minister signals preference for linkable ETS post-Brexit
Nasa 'fixes' Hubble malfunction
Plastic protesters to buffalo racing: Tuesday's photo highlights
Our picture editors round up their favourite photos from the past 24 hours
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