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Angus Taylor tells meeting of global energy ministers that Australia will buy more oil to help arrest price falls, but there is no mention of clean energy alternatives.

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Coronavirus forecast to deliver world's biggest annual emissions reduction ever – but zero breathing room on Paris targets; Japan warns Covid-19 could kill Paris accord.

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The Covid-19 pandemic is a harbinger of climate disasters to come and the resilience we need to build into our systems

Recovery from coronavirus must reckon with climate change. The current and urgent focus properly needs to be flattening the curve and saving lives.

Yet even as this overriding priority absorbs us, governments now need to be thinking how to support the strongest possible recovery as we emerge from this crisis.

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Largest solar farm in Europe commissioned, as Covid-19 takes big bite out of planned projects for 2020.

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Covid-19 could trigger largest ever annual fall in CO2 emissions in 2020 – but even this would not come close to bringing the 1.5°C global temperature limit within reach.

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With only two northern white rhinos left in the world - both female - extinction seems a certainty.

Australia consumers face solid rise in prices for Tesla electric cars thanks to falling dollar, as Musk battens down the hatches in face of Covid-19 pandemic.

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New "super-peak" contract hailed as a landmark deal that will open up market for renewable supporting technologies such as batteries and hydro.

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Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster

Wildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a disposal site for radioactive waste, according to activists, as more than 300 firefighters work to contain the blaze.

A video posted by a Chernobyl tour operator showed flames and a cloud of smoke rising within sight of the protective shelter over the carcass of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 nuclear reactor, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

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Knee-jerk responses to water insecurity won't fix the basin. The harder and longer path is delivering real water reform, including transparent water planning enshrined in law. Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A deadly pathogen affecting Europe's olive trees could cost over 20 billion euros.

The blazes, burning for several days, also threaten the storage depot for the most dangerous waste.

Speculators cut California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings for a fourth straight week amid further volatile trading, with compliance entities growing their position, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed Friday.

A three-ply chord fragment made from bark was spotted on a stone tool recovered at a cave in France.

In a milestone for drought-stricken communities in New South Wales, the waters of the Murray River and the Darling River in NSW have joined for the first time in two years, prompting celebrations among residents of affected towns. The Murray and Darling rivers’ true meeting place is in the town of Wentworth. Its deputy mayor, Tim Elstone, said the water still had about 70km to run until it met the Murray. “It’s not reached all the way through yet – we’ll expect it Thursday or Friday – but we’re all happy, no worries about that.”  

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All-electric Porsche Taycan is on track for Australia for Q4 2020, despite temporary closures of German factories due to Covid-19 pandemic.

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Australia reaches more than 50% renewables on a low-demand Easter Saturday. Within a decade, this will be the country's average share of renewables.

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More than $80bn of investment decisions are delayed due to a collapsed oil price and a geopolitical price war

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The extraordinary growth in Australia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, the main cause of recent rises in national greenhouse gas emissions, has stalled indefinitely, with decisions on more than $80bn of investments delayed due to a collapsed oil price sunk by coronavirus and a geopolitical price war.

The price of Brent crude oil is less than half what it was in early January, having fallen again on Friday despite the Opec oil cartel and its allies reaching a supply deal to stop Saudi Arabia and Russia flooding the world with more oil than it can use. The Asian spot price for LNG, which is linked to the oil benchmark, is down about two-thirds in six months.

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Enhanced images reveal life aboard Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 spacecraft in unprecedented detail.

The overwhelming majority of us say we care about animal welfare. But when it comes to shopping, our actions often take a different turn. Amelia Cornish, PhD student, University of Sydney Bidda Jones, Honorary Associate in Animal Welfare, University of Sydney Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Tasmania Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.