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Politicians and industry use error to dismiss research showing logging can make the state’s forests more flammable

Pro-forestry politicians and industry groups have seized upon the retraction of a scientific paper on logging in Tasmania to claim there’s no evidence industry practices raise the risk of dangerous fires.

The study, published in May in the journal Fire, claimed logging had made forests in Tasmania more flammable, but was withdrawn last week at the request of its authors after a major error was discovered.

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In-state hydroelectric power displaced California natural gas generation throughout 2019 and reduced imports, likely leading to significant cuts to the electricity sector’s cap-and-trade obligations, according to data released this week.

Gravitational waves arrive from a black hole collision that occurred half-way across the Universe.

EUAs were propelled back above €28 early on Wednesday as the market comfortably absorbed the biggest auction in over a month, spurring confidence among bulls.

Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Engineers are preparing to test a booster rocket that will help send astronauts back to the Moon.

Mining firm BHP Billiton has signed a five-year renewable energy purchase agreement with power firm CleanCo to supply its Queensland mines, aiming to cutting CO2 emissions from those sites in half.

Alinta looks to add wind energy and more batteries to Pilbara grid, as it also decides to spend $95 million to make its gas generators faster and more efficient.

The post Alinta to upgrade gas in Pilbara, and looks to wind and more batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tests show promising results against two cancer types but more research is needed, scientists say.

Margaret Atwood among those supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London

A number of famous novelists, poets and playwrights including Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith have lent their support to an Extinction Rebellion campaign against the political influence of rightwing thinktanks fighting against climate action.

On Wednesday evening the Writers Rebel group will demonstrate outside 55 Tufton Street in London, a venue known to host meetings of thinktanks and lobbying outfits linked to climate science denial and the oil industry.

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Shipment from Amsterdam has been approved despite health concerns, FoI request reveals

Sewage sludge containing human waste from the Netherlands has been passed for import to the UK, to be used on farmland as fertiliser, despite concerns over the safety of its use.

Spreading the sludge on farmland is banned in the Netherlands, where incineration is preferred, but allowed in the UK. Dutch water authorities are eyeing the UK as a possible destination for their sewage, after problems at an Amsterdam incineration company left them lacking disposal options.

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Winners will be announced on 13 October at a virtual awards ceremony. The exhibition at the Natural History Museum will open on 16 October

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Five curlew fledglings are released near Lough Neagh after they were saved as eggs in late spring.

NERA offers seed funding for 'hydrogen technology clusters' to accelerate commercialisation and skills building within Australia's hydrogen industry.

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Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility backs 10MW solar and battery power station south of Darwin, and a neighbouring gas plant.

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Australia may be sailing perilously close to being cast by Biden’s team with other climate resisters Brazil and Saudi Arabia

This month the US Democrats wrapped up polling in Pennsylvania, a north-east industrial state that four years ago went to Donald Trump by 44,000 votes. Among other things the polling found that voters didn’t like Trump’s deregulation of methane. Voters supported a phasing out of fossil fuels.

This is happy news for Democrats given that Biden has already committed to impose “aggressive new methane limits” on gas and oil operations by presidential executive action on day one of his presidency. This was set out in his clean energy and environmental justice plan. It embraces decarbonisation as part of an economic rebuild.

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Victoria kicks off new VRET auction process that will take its own operations to 100% renewable and will seek 600MW of new solar and wind farms.

The post Victoria seeks 600MW wind and solar to power hospitals, schools and trains appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ACT government will build the first all-electric hospital, allowing it to run entirely on renewable energy.

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Labor to oppose efforts by Coalition to push CEFC into fossil fuel projects, as energy minister Angus Taylor gets wires crossed on the corporation's gas investments.

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Four more electric vehicles are now available to Australian drivers, including the longer range Nissan Leaf, the Kia e-Soul, the Fiat 500e and Peugeot E208.

The post Four new electric cars are now available for Australia – as grey imports appeared first on RenewEconomy.