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Study suggests bacteria in cow’s stomach can break down plastic
Scientists find micro-organisms from the bovine stomach have ability to degrade polyesters in lab setting
Bacteria found in one of the compartments of a cow’s stomach can break down plastic, research suggests.
Since the 1950s, more than 8bn tonnes of plastic have been produced – equivalent in weight to 1 billion elephants – driven predominantly by packaging, single-use containers, wrapping and bottles. As a result, plastic pollution is all-pervasive, in the water and in the air, with people unwittingly consuming and breathing microplastic particles. In recent years, researchers have been working on harnessing the ability of tiny microscopic bugs to break down the stubborn material.
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AER settles legal action against Neoen and Pacific Hydro over SA blackout
Neoen and Pac Hydro settle legal action brought by the AER relating to South Australian blackout, agreeing to pay fines.
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Nature is a public good. A plan to save it using private markets doesn't pass muster
Rooftop solar systems are getting bigger, and now average 8.7kW
Australia rooftop solar systems are now bigger than ever, with the rush of business installations pushing average sizes to more than 8.7kW.
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Did AEMO just kill off the market for battery-based Virtual Power Plants?
AEMO has made it harder for battery-based VPPs and distributed energy resources to participate in the important frequency control markets.
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Transcript: Chris Bowen interview on the Energy Insiders podcast
Transcript of Labor climate and energy spokesman Chris Bowen's interview on the Energy Insiders podcast.
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Bowen: “We need to electrify everything we can,” but focus will be on policies, not targets
Bowen says Labor still not ready to talk climate and renewables targets, but the intent is clear: "We have to electrify everything we can".
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Chris Bowen on Labor’s policies, not targets climate pitch
Labor climate and energy spokesman Chris Bowen on his solar stunt, and why Labor will take a policies, not targets pitch to electorate.
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Great Barrier Reef: leading scientists praise Unesco’s ‘in danger’ warning
Group of reef and climate scientists say world heritage warning merited and Australia has not ‘pulled its weight on emissions’
Five of the world’s leading reef and climate scientists have thanked Unesco for recommending the Great Barrier Reef be listed as world heritage “in danger”, saying it was the right decision in part because Australia had not “pulled its weight” in reducing emissions.
The group of scientists, including the Australian professors Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Terry Hughes, wrote to the UN body on Thursday saying the recommendation to downgrade the 2,300-km reef system’s world heritage status was “the right decision”.
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Climate change: Will UK mining drive a green revolution?
NA Markets: CCA prices retrace following Scoping Plan presentation as RGGI rises on compliance demand
How long-duration energy storage will accelerate the renewable energy transition
A renewables grid needs long term storage, and compressed air might be a better solution than pumped hydro.
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IETA global policy specialist leaves for carbon market role at ICAP
Rio Tinto battery to be biggest of its type in world, and shine path to 100 pct renewables
New battery at Rio Tinto's Tom Price iron ore mine will be biggest of its type in the world, and help shine a light to a future of 100 per cent renewables.
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Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are 'missing' – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next
Blue Origin flight: Wally Funk, 82, to join Jeff Bezos space flight
A baboon: their eyes are smaller than their nostrils
‘Occasionally a big male would wake the echoes of the mountains with his tremendous voice’
It is difficult to take yourself seriously in the presence of a baboon, but I have tried. The university I attended is at the foot of Cape Town’s Table Mountain and every now and then a chacma baboon or several would clamber down to our world.
There they were: on the avenue that bisected the campus, where a highly evolved professor parked his vintage sports car. Where film students arranged themselves on windowsills. There were people trying to take themselves seriously all over the place. It was like every university. Only here, we had baboons.
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