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Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season has taken 33 lives, destroyed thousands of homes, shrouded cities in smoke and devastated the country’s unique wildlife. Guardian Australia surveys the damage

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With the last of 35 foundations poured at the end of January at ACCIONA’s Mortlake South Wind Farm, the project reach another milestone on Friday with the unveiling of the main power transformer.

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Labor leader dismisses chances of crossbench climate bill, while also slamming Morrison government push for new coal plant.

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Wind and solar sources generated more electricity than coal across Europe in 2019, with coal-fired generation plunging 24%.

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Booming large-scale renewables market and lots of sunshine combine to deliver highest big solar output on record, Australian Energy Market Operator data shows.

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A record final quarter for wind and solar energy generation boosted the annual contribution of renewables to the grid to 5.9 terrawatt-hours for 2019, says AEMO.

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Nuclear power went backwards last year. There were more shutdowns than new starts and the outlook is bleak.

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New survey of Victorian motorists finds growing enthusiasm for electric vehicles, while going cold on self-driving vehicles.

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Uncrewed Surface vessels are the future on water, just as are driverless cars are on land.

German prosecutors on Monday reissued an arrest warrant for a British businessman suspected of masterminding a €125 million tax fraud using the EU ETS.

Existing RGGI states will likely support Pennsylvania’s plan to include an allowance adjustment mechanism at the end of ETS compliance periods because it mirrors carbon market language adopted by New Jersey, regulatory sources said.

Morrison promises to fast-track assessment of three NSW projects, including Trevor St Baker's coal plant upgrade, as part of deal with NSW.

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Oregon Democrats intend to send a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill out of committee later this week amid a slew of Republican amendments and growing fears of a second consecutive GOP walkout.

A three-way tie in this weekend’s Irish general election could have a major impact on the country’s carbon pricing programme, with the party leading in the yet-to-be-finalised vote count having campaigned against the existing government’s planned CO2 tax increases.

Introduced species are often targeted for culling in conservation, but killing charismatic animals like foxes can be controversial. Lily van Eeden, PhD Candidate in Human-Wildlife Conflict, University of Sydney Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University Mathew Crowther, Associate professor, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Switzerland will buy 5 million UN carbon credits as part of a plan to cover recently-discovered chemical plant emissions that have potentially been discharged for decades.

Two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines have reported a dip in in-flight emissions to start the year.

Victorian forest and wildlife officers, with the help of the Australian defence force, are using drone and infrared technology in a search and rescue operation for koalas affected by recent bushfires

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