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Chile has pulled out of hosting this year's COP25 UN climate talks, as well as next month's APEC Summit, President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday, as a wave of violent riots continues to grip the country.

Firefighters in California have been battling wildfires across the state as winds are expected to pick up again. The Kincade fire in Sonoma county, in the north of the US state, had destroyed 124 homes and other structures by Tuesday morning and was threatening 90,000 structures. Crews were also working to control a fire near the Getty Museum in Los Angeles that had prompted evacuations on Monday

• California wildfires: fierce winds may spread blazes as millions lose power

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Democrats are favoured to win control of the Virginia state legislature amid increased party enthusiasm and support from moderates and independents ahead of next week’s general election that could enable the state to join the RGGI ETS, according to a new study published this week.

Crude oil oozes into the waters of Lake Maracaibo – a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea – yet fishermen still scratch a living on its blackened, sticky shores

All photographs by Rodrigo Abd/AP

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EUAs hit a one-week high above €26 early on Wednesday as supply prospects appeared tight on a rare auction-free day as the chances of a rapid resumption of UK selling faded. 

A new analysis of land heights suggests coastal regions are at greater risk of flooding.

She turned down the prize money and said "the climate movement does not need any more awards".

Awarding carbon credits to Safeguard Mechanism facilities that beat their baselines risks harming the integrity of Australia’s emission reductions and the nation’s carbon abatement industry, business group Carbon Market Institute said Wednesday.

Singapore-based venture AirCarbon has launched a blockchain-based exchange for trading of tokens to be backed by carbon credits eligible in the global aviation sector’s CORSIA offset scheme, the company said Wednesday.

The Federal Government announced today it will establish a $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund to improve the reliability and stability of the electricity network.

Organisations such as Australian Industry Group and National Farmers’ Federation letter says greater private-sector action needed

Industry, farming and investor groups say the federal government signed up to a goal of global net zero emissions under the Paris agreement and have warned unless new policies are introduced taxpayer spending on climate programs will need to be dramatically increased.

A joint letter by 10 business organisations, including the Australian Industry Group and the National Farmers’ Federation, says the government will either need to back new climate policies that drive private-sector action or boost taxpayer funding now and into the future.

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The Society of German Nature Photographers has chosen its winners and runners-up. Below, some of the photographers explain how they captured their shots

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Survey also finds two-thirds of people agree climate is biggest issue facing humankind

A majority of people in the UK say the climate crisis will influence how they vote in the looming general election, according to an opinion poll, with younger voters feeling particularly strongly about the issue.

Almost two-thirds of people agreed the climate emergency was the biggest issue facing humankind, with 7% disagreeing. The poll also asked if “fossil fuel companies, whose products contribute directly to climate change, should help pay for the tens of billions in damages from extreme weather events?” Two-thirds of people agreed, with 12% opposed.

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Twenty years ago, it was so obscure you couldn’t refer to the place without maps and graphics. These days, thanks to an historic campaign to save it from inappropriate development, many know Ningaloo as a coral reef in remote north-western Australia – an ecosystem distinguished by remoteness, astounding megafauna and healthy corals. In short, a world heritage-listed reef in the middle of dusty nowhere. Where folks go to swim with a whale shark or a humpback whale.

But, for those better acquainted, Ningaloo is more than just a coral reef – it’s a region. And a lifestyle. For most locals, it’s a life choice as well. There’s only one town in the whole shire and you’ll find it 1,300km north of Perth, perched near the end of a vast peninsula that seems inclined to peel free from the rest of the continent. Exmouth isn’t a place you stumble into on the way to somewhere else; you were either determined to get there, or once you arrive you realise you’ve taken one hell of a wrong turn.

This is a place that attracts the curious and retains the hardy. The people who call it home are a peculiar mix from all over the world – tradies, ecotour operators, rangers, new-fangled entrepreneurs – and to some degree they all become a little bent out of shape. By the heat, the isolation and the singular beauty of a desert-maritime landscape. With so few places like Ningaloo left anywhere on Earth, its people stick around for what nature can still provide the adventurous spirit – a wild life where the desert meets the sea.

• Tim Winton: I’m face to face with Ningaloo’s living miracles and it feels holy

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Carnegie says it's "back from the brink" and ready get to work delivering a commercially successful large-scale CETO wave power plant in 3-5 years.

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AGL says another two units out at Baywater coal generator, but Loy Yang A unit should be back on line in mid December, in time for summer heatwaves.

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The New Zealand government's decision to partner the farming sector to encourage voluntary reductions in farm emissions failed to acknowledge that agricultural emissions also affect water quality. Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AMP Capital buys half stake in Macarthur wind farm, delivering healthy gain for previous owner in one of Australia's biggest clean energy deals.

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A bolstered VRET of 50% by 2030 is now written into Victorian law, after winning a final vote in state parliament on Wednesday.

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Angus Taylor appoints two leaders of Australia's climate lobby to conduct a climate policy review behind closed doors.

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