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Oliver Woldring and Jose Zapata from ITP Renewables discuss OpenCem, which allows people to model their own energy transition. Plus: AEMC’s new rules.

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ACT climate change minister Shane Rattenbury outlines the territory’s zero emissions strategy for transport, starting with the government fleet.

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Penny Whetton made the lives of those around her richer, more interesting and more human. Her death leaves a massive void. John M Clarke, Team Leader, Regional Projections, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Global environment editor Jonathan Watts discusses the Guardian’s investigation into the fossil fuel industry, and the structures that need to change to halt the climate emergency. And: Gary Younge on Donald Trump’s mental health

The Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, tells Anushka Asthana about the polluters series, which identified 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be directly linked to more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the modern era.

The project shows many of the worst offenders are investor-owned companies that are household names around the world and spend billions of pounds on lobbying governments and portraying themselves as environmentally responsible. They discuss the systemic changes that would need to take place to change the way the world produces and uses fossil fuels.

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An erosion of Canadian voter support for the incumbent Liberals and poll-leading opposition Conservatives may open a range of minority government possibilities ahead of the national election on Monday, the outcome of which will have a significant impact on the country's federal and provincial climate policies and environmental markets.

Research shows greatest barrier to nuclear power in Australia remains cost, as parliamentary inquiry continues in Canberra.

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Combined output of wind and solar in Australia's main grid beats brown coal output for first time in September quarter, in significant landmark for clean energy transition.

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Scientists are developing the techniques to spot mass stranding events from orbit.

European carbon prices hit a fresh three-week high on Thursday on news that a Brexit deal had been clinched between the UK and EU.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) reversed their recent downward trend as option activity and spread trading spurred higher prices this week, while RGGI allowance (RGAs) declined on thin volume on the secondary market.

New York City is currently undertaking an interagency process of determining offset rules in accordance with the Big Apple’s recent climate bill and separate net zero emissions goal, though it remains to be seen how those credits might square with the state legislature’s carbon neutrality bill passed earlier this year.

An Australian horse app has been launched that allows vets and owners across the globe to log their horses' physical, mental and social development. Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Bethany Wilson, Honorary Affiliate, University of Sydney Dr Michelle Lenore Hyde, Senior Lecturer Animal Sciences, University of Sydney Kate Fenner, PhD Candidate (Equine Training and Welfare), University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

36 MPs respond to a Guardian article analysing the voting record of Tory MPs on bills to tackle the climate crisis

Your article (Tories five times more likely than other MPs to vote against bills to tackle climate crisis, 12 October) insinuates that Conservatives are less supportive of climate action than other political parties. While we welcome the statement that it is “not intended to be a definitive evaluation of an MP’s green credentials”, we feel this article was exceptionally misleading and did not reflect the Conservative record on climate action thus far.

It was a Conservative government that set a world-leading net-zero target, supported record levels of investment in renewables, decarbonised faster than any other major economy, announced the phase-out of coal power stations, doubled international climate funding to £11.6bn, and successfully bid to host the UN climate talks next year in Glasgow. These significant achievements were in large part the result of sustained campaigning by green Conservative MPs. But as none of them was subject to votes, they are not accounted for in your scoring system.

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Landowners found guilty of illegal clearing say Kevin Humphries assured them native vegetation laws were being scrapped

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A former minister in the Berejiklian government is alleged to have told farmers in his north-west rural New South Wales seat that they could clear native vegetation with impunity because the government was planning to change the law and they would not be prosecuted.

At least that is the message farmers say they took away from numerous meetings and conversations with the former member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries.

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The EU ETS is suffering from a lack of information that is making it difficult to assess participant behaviour, though the market’s fundamentals make it “ripe” for new investors, a veteran analyst has said.

Europe’s carbon market is designed to easily accommodate an increase in climate ambition should lawmakers agree to scale up the bloc’s emission goals, a European Commission official said on Thursday.

A yellow organism, which looks like fungus but acts like an animal, has gone on display at a Paris zoo.

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Extinction Rebellion says it will "take stock" of the reaction to the action for future protests.