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The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the assessment of four frog species. The public consultation period closes on 24 July 2020.

IEA says global gas market is in meltdown due to Covid-19 and collapsing demand and prices, putting idea of "gas-led" recovery in doubt.

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Researchers have pioneered a new way of calculating the large green sea turtle population on Raine Island in the Great Barrier Reef. Using drones and a stripe of white paint on the back of adult turtles, the researchers from the Raine Island Recovery Project estimated there were 64,000 endangered green turtles at the Raine Island rookery. The new count shows there may be 1.73 times the number of turtles previously believed and they have now been able to adjust historical data to paint a more accurate picture of the area’s endangered green turtle population

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UK investment fund takes write down on value of Oakey 2 solar farm after it was hit by another storm, adding to problems at its Australian solar portfolio.

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High shares of wind, solar, hydro and biomass across the European Union combine to deliver average daily shares of more than 50% renewables.

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Proposed Windradyne solar farm would produce enough power for almost 100,000 homes and create around 230 jobs during construction, Neoen says.

The post Neoen flags plans for 200MW solar farm in NSW Bathurst region appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand infrastructure investor Infratil is tapping markets for $280 million to invest in growing pipeline of renewable and storage projects.

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It was June last year when the first bushfires started in what became known as the Black Summer that claimed lives and destroyed homes. Kevin Tolhurst, Hon. Assoc. Prof., Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Neoen aims to repeat success of Tesla big battery at Hornsdale with its first big battery in Finland, boosting grid services and integration of renewables.

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The Red Lion is thought to be the first purpose-built theatre created in the Elizabethan era.

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The performance rankings for Australia's wind and solar farms in the the month of May threw up a few surprises, as Broken Hill finally threw off its constraints.

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Morrison's 'renovation rescue' stimulus ignores the opportunity to vastly improve living conditions for some of Australia’s most vulnerable communities.

The post Morrison’s $25,000 renovation grant could deliver full energy retrofit for social housing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Since 2014, entomologists have sampled millions of insects around the city, identifying 800 species, including 47 new to science. The most striking of Los Angeles’ miniature inhabitants are showcased in an online exhibition of photographs taken using a special digital microscope

• All photographs by Lisa Gonzalez

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Alberta offset values under the province's large emitter programme will keep steady despite the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, with bullish expectations of a rising CO2 price likely to counteract minor contractions in demand in the short-term, project developers and market participants said.  

Falcon, built for agility and rapid response, can pursue insects in flight

Sometimes, a bird doesn’t just appear in your field of view, but forces itself instantly into your consciousness. So, as soon as I noticed a movement in the skies outside my office window, I instantly knew that it was something special. And it was: a hobby, scything through the warm spring air like a swift on steroids.

The hobby is to a kestrel what a Ferrari is to a Ford: the same basic blueprint, but honed into a high-speed version, built for agility and rapid response. Hobbies don’t pursue earthbound mice and voles, but aerial insects such as dragonflies, which are pretty fast flyers themselves. Indeed, the name of this slender falcon comes from a medieval French verb meaning “to dart about”.

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You can reduce your fuel consumption by 15-20% with improved driving habits alone – reducing emissions and saving money at the same time. Ralph Sims, Professor, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Kylie Tennant's hut is fondly remembered by locals, tourists and aspiring writers who have visited since the 1980s. Brigid Magner, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California’s ETS linkage with Quebec represents a direct conflict with the US Constitution’s Foreign Affairs Doctrine and subverts the Trump administration’s ability to negotiate an equitable international climate agreement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in a new brief.

There is a risk that tonnes of diesel oil could drift from the lake to the Arctic Ocean.