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AEMO appears sidelined as Taylor underlines push for "24/7" base-load power and industry pushes for "capacity" payments.

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Renewable energy capacity has for the first time overtaken fossil fuel capacity in Great Britain, with 42 GW worth of capacity now feeding into the grid.

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Berejiklian government urged to acknowledge ‘the extensive, serious and potentially irreparable damage’ the horses are causing

Dozens of Australia’s top scientists are demanding the New South Wales government repeal legislation that abandoned the culling of feral horses in the Kosciuszko national park.

In Canberra on Thursday 145 scientists met to hear evidence of the damage feral horses are causing to the park, the worst of which includes the destruction of nesting habitat of critically endangered corroboree frogs.

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AGL has given 7 years' notice of its plans to shutter Liddell – but a new rule finalised by the AEMC means Australia's ageing coal plants must notify AEMO at least 3 years ahead of permanent closure.

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A lack of sustainability, profitability and transparency in the global fishing industry is exacerbating the problem of slave-like working conditions for crew. Here are the warning signs to look out for. Jessica Meeuwig, Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia Andrew Forrest, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia David Tickler, PhD Candidate in Marine Ecology, University of Western Australia Dirk Zeller, Professor & Director, Sea Around Us - Indian Ocean, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Over the next few decades the world’s energy systems will undergo a seismic revolution, with a transformation on a massive scale as renewable energy takes over from fossil fuels.

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Victoria Labor promise to boost its target for renewables generation to 50 per cent by 2030 if re-elected. It will probably get there anyway.

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As concern grows about climate change and resources, is it time to re-use more of our junk?

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Ausnet canvasses idea of charging connection fees of "several hundreds of dollars" to new solar households that refuse network limitations.

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California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) will retire future vintage allowances next year to meet the uncovered carbon obligations of the La Paloma generating station during the 2015-2017 period, pending approval of the regulator's proposed amendments, officials said.

Green group leaders are debating the efficacy of including Republicans in future climate policy efforts and resisting Trump administration environmental rollbacks after Democrats retook control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's US midterms.

EUAs stretched their relief rally to a fourth day on Wednesday as another strong auction helped push prices above €18 and key technical resistance to further bolster bulls’ confidence.

Scientists spent several days trekking through rural Borneo to find the 40,000-year-old artwork.

The earliest known painting of an animal has been identified in a cave on the island of Borneo.

Mushrooms for lunch inspire scientists to try to generate electricity from a fungus covered in bacteria.

Italian utility Enel advanced its hedging over the third quarter while it sold more power, it said in financial results on Wednesday, representing a slightly bearish signal for carbon.

India is aiming to launch a pilot carbon market mechanism for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the waste sector by March of next year, according to official documents.

The joint Europe-Russia mission to the Red Planet in 2020 needs a destination to go do its science.

South Korea's government on Wednesday for the first time ordered selected coal- and oil-fired thermal plants to cut output in a bid to reduce heavy air pollution, an ad-hoc day-by-day move set to become a more regular occurrence impacting CO2 levels next year when the government imposes mandatory rules.