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Australia will likely source 86% of its electricity from wind and solar by 2050, based on economics only, and regardless of climate policy. It could get there a lot quicker with emissions targets, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Networks say Regulator draft decision will result in largest single cut to the amount the sector can recover on its investments. Consumer group says it could have been bigger.

In Berlin, a flood of applications have exhausted an e-bike purchase incentive fund after just one day.

Planting more native forests could help mitigate the causes of climate change, but unless funding is closely tied to successful outcomes, such projects face the risk of failure. David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Germany 65% renewable energy target by 2030 will require a lot more wind and solar, but is feasible, says think tank.

Harting Down, West Sussex: Bees and black-veined marble white butterflies float from flower to flower, as skylarks trill above and a meadow pipit parachutes down into the grass

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If Turnbull was serious about energy prices, he would bring the government owned Snowy Hydro to heal on bidding practices, as he has praised Queensland government for doing in that state.

Last week, in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, the share of renewable energy was above 50% for most of the time.

Zoos Victoria made the decision after Nestlé lost its sustainable certification

Products from the food and drink giant Nestlé will no longer be stocked at the stores and food carts at Melbourne and Werribee zoos.

Zoos Victoria made the decision after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended Nestlé’s membership when the company failed to submit a 2016 progress report, and its 2017 report lacked a timetable for producing or buying certified sustainable palm oil.

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Discovery of "first giant" shows how and when dinosaurs grew to such massive proportions.

Campaigners find many legally sold antique ivory trinkets in Europe come from recently killed elephants.

Laura Foster explains how the Novichok nerve agent works and what to do if you think you've been exposed to it.

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Ontario carbon allowances held in WCI cap-and-trade accounts equal roughly 1% of the total number of permits held by California and Quebec entities, raising questions regarding the future of those units as well as the scheme’s overall emissions cap moving forward.

The overwhelming majority of krill companies are to stop fishing in vast areas of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The role of the Governance Programme Director is to design, organize and implement a renewed strategy for IDDRI’s « Governance » programme, relying on IDDRI’s added value and differentiation, its impact as well as anticipation capacity, and its complementarity with other players, identifying IDDRI’s priority activities in the institutionalised sustainable development agenda.

Verra seeks an Intern to support research and administration for the Landscape Standard. The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, qualitative research experience and interest in sustainability.

Creation of the world’s largest marine reserve comes a step closer as major companies add support

The creation of the world’s biggest ocean sanctuary, protecting a huge tract of remote seas around Antarctica, has come a step closer after major fishing companies came out in favour of the plan.

A global campaign – spearheaded by Greenpeace and backed by 1.7 million people – had put massive pressure on the krill fishing industry and retailers amid fears it was endangering one of the world’s last great wildernesses, undermining the global fight against climate change.

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Exclusive: Data obtained by the Guardian suggests land clearing may be accelerating under Biodiversity Conservation Act

Complaints about suspected illegal land clearing to a government hotline have increased sharply under the New South Wales government’s new Biodiversity Conservation Act, suggesting the rate of land clearing may be accelerating.

Data obtained by the Guardian under freedom of information laws after an eight month battle with the Department of Environment shows that reports of suspected illegal land clearing have increased by nearly 30% in the months since August last year when the new laws came into force.

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EU carbon prices climbed above €16 for the first time in a month on Monday as power prices continued their heatwave-induced climb.