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Construction of all 31 turbines has been completed at the 110MW Biala wind farm in NSW.

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The debate about the future of Australia's coal production seems to ignore structural changes already happening.

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How much can electric cars actually reduce emissions? It depends on when and where you charge.

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New Zealand will opt for a technical reserve price at its NZU auctions after all, Climate Change Minister James Shaw has said, a move intended to ensure prices don’t drop far below secondary market levels at the government sales.

Genex board confident of landing final investment approvals for pumped hydro project after securing more time from key project partners.

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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed the environment ministry to draw up a carbon pricing proposal as an option for the country’s climate policy strategy.

The lemmings didn’t jump – they were pushed

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A Norwegian lemming looks like a larger, slightly cleverer and much more irate hamster. Their underside fur is biscuit-coloured. On top they wear a mottled calico.

The BBC, in a 2015 documentary episode in which a lemming repeatedly charges a full sized house cat – and then attacks the rock on to which the house cat has leapt in fear – called them “bloodthirsty, hairy berserkers.”

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A top Chinese scientist addresses claims the coronavirus leaked from her lab in the city of Wuhan.

The IEA is seeking a motivated individual who is passionate about the potential for clean energy technology innovation globally and has a track record of working on related analytical projects that support policy-making and investment decisions.

The World Resources Institute is seeking a senior association to lead the Sustainable Finance team's work on Development Finance Institutions, including the MDBs, NDBs, and the IMF. You will be responsible for proposing, designing, and directing policy-oriented research to promote climate ambition of the DFIs

Given long-term forecasts for growing urban populations and an increasingly variable climate, local authorities will have to think about how best to encourage people to conserve water. Julia Talbot-Jones, Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Sophie O'Brien, Research Analyst, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Suzie Greenhalgh, Portfolio Leader (Society, Culture & Policy), Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ross Garnaut's Sunshot Energy plans renewable energy industrial park in Queensland in what could be a template to revive fortunes of rural Australia.

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An offset project subject to invalidation earlier this year would be unable to receive additional credits unless the developer could show the agency that the regulatory non-compliance issues had been resolved, according to emails obtained by Carbon Pulse.

Part of a giant rocket that will send humans back to the Moon has undergone a critical test.

A new carbon budget report shows Australia's government is pouring money into all the wrong places.

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More than ten electric car models will enter the Australian auto market in 2021, giving drivers who are looking to switch to clean transport a little more choice.

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The EU's Phase 4 (2021-30) carbon allowance auctions will start in late Jan. 2021, the European Commission announced late Monday, with the delay in new supply somewhat shorter than anticipated.

Four members of the US Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) on Monday endorsed a final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement a fuel sector cap-and-programme in 2023, with eight other members agreeing to continue to collaborate on the regional effort. 

World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes

The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals set to lose some of their habitat by 2050, new research has found.

A study published in the journal Nature Sustainability shows that unless the food industry is rapidly transformed, changing what people eat and how it is produced, the world faces widespread biodiversity loss in the coming decades.

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