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A French journalist and his film crew have been banned from approaching sites operated by mining giant Adani after they were arrested filming an anti-coal protest in north Queensland.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices declined Monday from recent highs hit this year, as state regulator ARB will soon reveal more details about a potential hard cap for credit prices.

Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in. Neville Nicholls, Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hugo Clément surprised at his treatment but thinks his arrest will draw Europe’s attention to the Queensland coalmine

A prominent French journalist arrested and charged while covering a protest against Adani’s Carmichael coalmine says he’s surprised and disappointed at his treatment, while Australia’s media union has called for the charges to be dropped.

On Monday reporter Hugo Clément and three of his crew members were filming a protest by an activist group near the Abbot Point terminal just north of Bowen when they were were arrested by Queensland police.

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Fears grow that figure could compound into hundreds of thousands of tonnes if the company collapses

More than 20,000 tonnes of glass, paper and plastic was dumped in Victorian landfill while beleaguered waste company SKM Recycling was banned from accepting kerbside rubbish due to health and safety concerns.

Councils and environmentalists fear that figure could compound into hundreds of thousands of tonnes if the company is declared insolvent when taken to court this week or just stops operating, as its founder has threatened. SKM processes half of the recyclable rubbish collected from kerbside bins across the state.

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Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change.

Footage shot in the Amazon rainforest shows an uncontacted tribesman, the man is bare-chested and carrying a spear. He is believed to belong to the Awá people. The Awá tribe have been described as the world's most threatened tribe by the NGO Survival International, which has tracked killings by loggers, who surround and encroach upon the group's territory. Their existence has been called into question by commercial interests that want to move into the land, but the new footage has been cited as proof that they remain in the territory

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Clip shows a bare-chested man with a spear, who is believed to belong to the Awá people, the world’s most threatened tribe

Remarkable close-up footage that appears to show an uncontacted tribesman in the Amazon rainforest has been released by an indigenous media group that wants to raise awareness of the threat posed by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffickers.

Related: The Amazon tribe protecting the forest with bows, arrows, GPS and camera traps

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European carbon prices hit a four-day high above €29 on Monday before the latest rally ran out of steam on a bearish auction result and sliding energy prices.

The $145m Chandrayaan-2 is aiming to become the first space mission to land on the Moon's south pole.

Plaque marking Okjökull, the first glacier lost to climate crisis, to be unveiled in August

The first of Iceland’s 400 glaciers to be lost to the climate crisis will be remembered with a memorial plaque – and a sombre warning for the future – to be unveiled by scientists and local people next month.

The former Okjökull glacier, which a century ago covered 15 sq km (5.8 sq miles) of mountainside in western Iceland and measured 50 metres thick, has shrunk to barely 1 sq km of ice less than 15 metres deep and lost its status as a glacier.

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From Victorian days out to 21st-century staycations, our coastal resorts are an enduring attraction. These images are from the exhibition Seaside: Photographed, which is at Turner Contemporary, Margate, until 8 September and tours to three other venues in 2020: John Hansard gallery, Southampton, Grundy art gallery, Blackpool, and Newlyn art gallery and the Exchange. Supported by Arts Council England’s strategic touring fund

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Journalists charged with trespassing after filming Frontline Action on Coal activists include Hugo Clément

Four journalists working for the public television network France 2 have been charged with trespassing for filming a protest near the Abbot Point coal terminal, in north Queensland, targeting the operations of the Adani group.

The group of journalists includes Hugo Clément, a reporter well known in France for his documentaries about climate change and environmental issues.

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Should Middle Powers such as Canada, Australia and South Korea join together to sustain the liberal international order and should we also be nurturing and defending liberal democracy against populism? Not everyone in China is happy with Xi but are they about to turn against him? Hold your nose and watch out for that brown sludge..it's time for a surf!

Greens re-introduce legislation to ban government funds for coal while government considers channelling funds to upgrade coal generators under Taylor's UNGI scheme.

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Two of Australia’s largest Renewable Energy Certificate Agents - Green Energy Trading and National Carbon Bank of Australia - have now joined forces to further strengthen their position as Australia’s leading environmental trader.

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AEMO and ENA proposed "hybrid" system to monitor and manage distributed energy - rooftop solar, batteries and EVs - and look to the positives of the energy transition.

The post Who is going to manage and control rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Goldwind and UNSW Sydney celebrated the award of Goldwind’s research funding for the UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, and the opening of the Goldwind – UNSW Joint Laboratory at University’s Sydney campus.

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Spot electricity prices fell to zero in all state grids on Sunday afternoon, just as the share of renewables overtook black coal.

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Germany generated significantly less electricity from coal-fired power stations in the first half of 2019, with output down by more than a fifth compared to a year earlier.

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