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The Royal Statistical Society wants people to send in their favourite stat of 2018 for a competition.

Andy Vesey, the American at the centre of conservative anger over the decision to close Liddell, has stepped down as CEO of AGL.

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California carbon prices rose this week following Tuesday’s publication of the linked WCI market’s sold-out quarterly auction result, after some entities had looked to turn a profit immediately after the data was made public.

AEMO - on advice from the CSIRO - has dramatically reduced its forecast uptake of battery storage by Australian households.

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Russian arms maker says cutting edge elements will ensure it can take on Elon Musk’s brand

The Russian arms maker Kalashnikov has unveiled its new electric car, inspired by a rare 1970s model, saying the technology will rival Elon Musk’s Tesla.

The brand, best known for the AK-47 machine gun, on Thursday presented the retro-looking pale blue prototype, the CV-1, at a defence expo outside Moscow.

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EU carbon allowances could rise to €25 before the end of the year, according to growing number of analysts, extending a year-long rally that has already seen prices quadruple to their highest level in a decade.

Researchers from the Humane Society found 52 US locations in which giraffe products continue to be sold

The giraffe population has fallen by around 40% since 1990. There are now fewer than 100,000 giraffes alive in the world, and there are now fewer giraffes than elephants in Africa.

Yet in America, trade in giraffe parts is booming. A report by the Humane Society of the United States, released on Thursday, found that nearly 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported to the US over the past decade, the equivalent, they estimate, of nearly 4,000 individual giraffes.

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AEMO says ageing coal and gas generators are becoming less reliable and increasing the risk of power outages and load shedding, particularly in Victoria this coming summer. But new wind and solar and storage should reduce risk in future years.

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Almost three-quarters of motorists also think toxic air in their area is damaging their health

More than half of UK motorists think diesel cars should be banned from urban areas due to air pollution concerns, according to a new opinion poll.

The proportion backing a ban rose to 80% when drivers were asked if diesel cars should be excluded areas around schools and hospitals. Nearly a third said diesels should be banned from all roads.

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The UK will publish a technical notice focused on the EU ETS by the end of next month, a source told Carbon Pulse, which will set out a plan and provide advice in the case that Britain leaves the bloc with no deal in 2019.

Men like Raul Gomez have been catching tuna for 40 years, but as fisheries in the region edge closer to collapse, he spends longer at sea to catch ever smaller tuna

Raul Gomez is an old man who fishes with five crew on a clipper in the coral triangle, and he has spent two months now without taking enough to feed his family.

Riding out storms and searing heat in western Pacific waters, the burly, sun-inked Filipino uses a pole and line to reel in yellowfin tuna the size of an adult human.

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New Zealand carbon allowances reached NZ$24.65 ($16.45) on Thursday, just 35 cents below the government’s fixed price option, with some market participants expecting to see trades above that level soon.

Mexico’s environmental marvels are on borrowed time, but poet Homero Aridjis is fighting to change that

As Mexico emerges from the most violent election campaign within living memory and embarks on the presidency of Andres López Obrador, one prominent citizen watches at a diagonal: a veteran of Mexico’s other war – not that over narco-traffic and its clients in politics, but that against nature.

In a recent interview with the daily El Universal, Homero Aridjis – award-winning poet and former ambassador – described all the candidates at last June’s election as “environmental illiterates” – referring to the battle he has fought for decades now, and which he sees reaching its final stages – for Mexico’s natural and cultural heritage.

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EU carbon prices broke above €20 in a surging 4% move early Thursday, as a strong auction result triggered further buying.

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Nearly two years after the signing of a historic peace agreement, violence in the country continues

Enrique Fernández cannot remember the last night he slept peacefully.

He is tall and heavyset, and does not look like someone who scares easily, but as he sits in his humble rented home in western Colombia, his eyes dart nervously from left to right, scanning for any threat.

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Meteorologists are hopeful Aeolus will have a big impact on the quality of medium-range weather forecasts.

After nearly 60 years of lighting homes halogens will be replaced with more energy efficient LEDs

After nearly 60 years of brightening our homes and streets, halogen lightbulbs will finally be banned across Europe on 1 September.

The lights will dim gradually for halogen. Remaining stocks may still be sold, and capsules, linear and low voltage incandescents used in oven lights will be exempted. But a continent-wide switchover to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is underway that will slash emissions and energy bills, according to industry, campaigners and experts.

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Queensland government to provide up to $3.1m for feasibility study into proposed $2bn lithium-ion battery "giga-factory" in Townsville.

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Safety systems are being set up ahead of a scheme to help Queensland families install home batteries to store their solar energy and take control of their power bills.

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