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Bottled water is atrocious for the environment. You’re better off buying a water filter for healthier, tastier water

For years, the debate has raged on: which is better, bottled water, or tap?

Despite its ever-growing popularity in the US, bottled water is atrocious for the environment. To quote Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability, “The entire life cycle of bottled water uses fossil fuels, contributes to global warming, and causes pollution.”

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Democrats’ climate record is mixed - and it’s largely pressure from Indigenous and environmental groups that’s pushed them to act

Joe Biden scrapping the Keystone XL permit is a huge win for the Indigenous-led climate movement. It not only overturns Trump’s reversal of Obama’s 2015 rejection of the pipeline but is also a major blow to the US fossil fuel industry and the world’s largest energy economy and per-capita carbon polluter.

There is every reason to celebrate the end of a decade-long fight against Keystone XL. Tribal nations and Indigenous movements hope it will be a watershed moment for bolder actions, demanding the same fates for contentious pipeline projects such as Line 3 and the Dakota Access pipeline.

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Border communities, Native Americans and experts want the president to reverse damage done by construction under Trump

Border communities and environmentalists are urging Joe Biden to take immediate steps to remediate the environmental and cultural destruction caused by construction of the border wall during the previous administration.

Donald Trump sequestered $15bn – most of it from military funds – to partially fulfill an anti-immigration campaign promise to build a “big beautiful wall” along the southern border with Mexico.

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Laos and Fiji have secured deals with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility that would see them receive payment for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation over the next five years.

The $22 billion Sun Cable project signs a key planning agreement and is granted major project status by the Northern Territory government.

The post World’s biggest solar and battery project lands planning deal with NT government appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The man escaped with minor injuries after feeling the ‘sudden impact’ of the crocodile bite to the top of his head during a swim in Lake Placid

A man has escaped with minor injuries after reportedly prising the jaws of a crocodile off his head during an attack in far north Queensland.

Paramedics say the 44-year-old man was bitten by a crocodile near Lake Placid Road, in the Cairns suburb of Caravonica, about 12.45pm on Thursday.

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Owner of Sun Metals, one of Queensland's leading 'clean minerals' producers, invests in major transmission project that will unlock new wind and solar farms.

The post Queensland zinc producer makes $17 million investment in CopperString 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Community-scale batteries to be installed across inner-city suburbs of Melbourne in joint venture between CitiPower and Yarra Energy Foundation.

The post Community battery “solar sponges” to be trialled across Melbourne network appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The uptake of rooftop solar has defied the expectations of energy utilities, but networks now see it and battery storage as the key to their future. Ausnet’s Alistair Parker explains why.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Why networks now love solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new independent panel of leading climate researchers finds Australia would still 'blow the emissions budget' aiming for net zero by 2050.

The post New climate panel says Australia needs to aim for net zero emissions by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Vietnam company that bought Holden's test site in Melbourne announces launch of three smart SUV electric vehicles with self-driving features and driving ranges up to 550km.

The post Buyer of Holden’s Australian test site launches three “smart” electric cars appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vivopower confirms major deal for Australian mining vehicle company GB Auto to convert Toyota Hilux and Land Cruisers to electric drivetrains.

The post Australia’s GB Auto secures huge deal to convert Hilux utes and Land Cruisers to electric appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new US climate envoy says time is running out for the world to address the climate crisis.

Macquarie and Siemens Gamesa back new big wind and battery storage project near Hornsdale facility in South Australia.

The post New wind farm and big battery project seeks planning approval in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Regulator contemplating new scheme to track voluntary carbon offsets bought by Australia's biggest emitters.

The post Regulator flags new reporting scheme to track carbon offsets from big emitters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rangers are investigating mystery deaths at Djoudj bird sanctuary, a migratory pitstop for hundreds of bird species

Seven hundred and fifty pelicans have been found dead in a Unesco world heritage site in northern Senegal that provides refuge for millions of migratory birds, the country’s parks director has said.

Rangers found the pelicans on Saturday in the Djoudj bird sanctuary, a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and a resting place for birds that cross the Sahara into west Africa each year.

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Reporting to the VP of LNG, Gas, Power, Renewable Energy and Emissions, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development of power and emissions trading, with the primary objective of growing the trading P/L and the power and emissions business on a sustainable basis.

Tesla nearly doubles deployment of battery storage in 2020, but supply constraints continue to bite.

The post Megapacks drive Tesla battery boom, but supply constraints still bite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In 2020 wind turbines provided almost a quarter of electricity, and in EU renewable energy outperformed fossil fuels

The UK’s renewable electricity outpaced its fossil fuel generation for the first time in 2020 and could remain the largest source of electricity in the future, according to an independent climate thinktank.

The thinktank behind the report, Ember, revealed that renewable energy generated by wind, sunlight, water and wood made up 42% of the UK’s electricity last year compared with 41% generated from gas and coal plants together.

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