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The near-3km-long Antarctic ice core should reveal the cause of a key shift in Earth's climate past.

When people build fences across semi-arid landscapes we cut off vital paths to seasonal food and water. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hawaii utility to call another tender seeking cheap solar and battery storage to replace coal and gas plants about to close down.

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Coalition, for first time in memory, says it "accepts the science" - but only a little bit, so it can advance the biggest ever coal mine in the country.

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The correlation of the feminine to nature, repressive for so long, can be a source of power

In the past few months I have started putting down roots. It’s a cliche but it’s literally what I’m doing. I spend my weekends transforming the tired old lawn into garden beds, layering woodchips, straw and horse shit I’ve shovelled from the paddocks next door into rich soil to grow my lettuces and kale. I have always loved gardening but now, more than ever, working with the earth has taken on an element of the spiritual.

As a teenager, like many suburban white girls, I got way into Wicca, that gentle, nature-centred neo-pagan religion beloved by would-be witches everywhere. Much later, in my early 20s, I revisited witchcraft, finding an unstructured feminine spirituality that helped me make sense of the world.

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Federal Coalition announces funding for a battery electric vehicle to transport people in underground coal mines, to reduce fumes and pollution.

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Snowy 2.0 construction costs now put at least $5.1 billion, and its timeline stretches out to 2027.

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Frasers Property has another carbon neutral certified building.

Medibank Private is certified carbon neutral for its business operations.

Randwick City Council is carbon neutral.

Intrepid Group is certified for its business operations and tours.

Keith Tulloch Wine is certified for its wine and winery operations.

Snowy 2.0 is shaping up to be a more than $5 billion-plus project. Almost as much as the price, it’s the eight years to completion that caught this analyst by surprise.

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Electric vehicles have been subject to some wild claims in the Australian election campaign, even before it is called. Here’s the reality

A more pertinent question might be: why weren’t we talking about them earlier? The treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, tried to start a discussion in January 2018, when he was responsible for environment and energy, comparing the expected trajectory of EVs to that of the iPhone. He said changes in battery technology and recharging infrastructure were gaining momentum in Europe, Asia and North America that would inevitably be replicated in Australia, and predicted people that who mocked EVs would one day be driving them.

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Ed Catmull has aphantasia, as do some of the world's best animators at Pixar.

The proposed "mega-merger" of AP Eagers and Automotive Holdings Group to create by far the biggest car dealership in Australia is big news. But so far, EVs don't rate a mention.

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Eucalypts have been in Australia for 45 million years. But hundreds of species appeared more recently than previously thought. Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We've been here before. In fact we've been going round in circles on climate policy for decades, while the temperature (of the debate, as well as the planet) climbs ever higher. Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU carbon settled slightly lower on Monday after bouncing around in a wide €1 range, as sellers maintained pressure on prices while buyers stepped in at every dip.

Oil major Shell will spend $300 million over the next three years to help meet its self-imposed short-term emission target by offering drivers the chance to offset their carbon footprint.