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Former Howard government nuclear review head Dr Ziggy Switkowski says "let the market decide", ahead of an inquiry into nuclear power.

Windlab’s world-leading solar, wind and battery project at the Kennedy Energy Park in north Queensland has finally been connected to the grid and energised after an eight month delay. The construction of the Kennedy hub – combining 43MW of wind, 15MW of solar and a 2MW/4MWh Tesla battery – was completed in December but has...

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Production may skew towards Alberta's more highly carbon-intensive facilities if the Conservative government replaces its large emitter trading programme's sector-level output-based standards with facility-level benchmarks, a new report said.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should consider revoking a certificate granting utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) the sole right to distribute natural gas and power in northern California due to the company's recent safety record, according to the agency's Public Advocates Office.

Australian farmers are being encouraged to register soil carbon farming projects under the Federal Government's Emissions Reduction Fund.

Thirty-one people refusing to leave extended evacuation zone despite warnings

An elderly married couple who are among the Whaley Bridge residents criticised by police for refusing to leave their homes at risk of catastrophic flooding have rejected claims they are needlessly putting emergency crews’ lives at risk.

Malcolm Venton and Lorraine Ellis say they could not leave their two border collies, Meg and Amy. The couple were asked to leave on Saturday when the evacuation zone was extended but decided to hunker down, despite the threat of a huge wave rushing out of the damaged Toddbrook reservoir.

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Italian utility Enel advanced its forward power hedging considerably over the previous quarter as its coal-based output fell, likely giving a slightly bearish signal for EUAs.

Effort to stop 1.2m tonnes of water flooding town began with one man desperately trying to lower the water level

Last Thursday, as water rushed over the dam wall holding back the Toddbrook reservoir, a lone Canal & River Trust employee fought against the deluge, desperately trying to lower the water level.

Heavy rain had led to an excess of water cascading over the spillway above the town of Whaley Bridge in the Peak District. This would not normally be an issue, but as the torrent continued the spillway started to erode and concrete ballasts began to rip away.

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Most of the animals at the Santa Cruz Foundation in San Antonio, Colombia, have been rescued from traffickers and circuses. The multimillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-largest in the country after drugs, guns and human trafficking

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Connecticut has published its revised RGGI regulation that clarifies language about the US power sector carbon market's supply-curbing Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) and price-limiting Cost Containment Reserve (CCR), coming ahead of a legislative committee meeting later this month.

The reported number of deaths of people campaigning to protect the environment has tripled over a 15 year period. Nathalie Butt, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland Mary Menton, Research Fellow in Environmental Justice, University of Sussex Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Death toll almost half that of US troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001, data shows

Killings of environmental defenders have doubled over the past 15 years to reach levels usually associated with war zones, according to a study that reveals how murders of activists are concentrated in countries with the worst corruption and weakest laws.

At least 1,558 people in 50 states were killed between 2002 and 2017 while trying to protect their land, water or local wildlife, says the analysis, which calculates the death toll is almost half that of US troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.

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July this year was the warmest month ever observed worldwide, satellite data has confirmed.

The fracking company will ask Lancashire council to change its licence, which ends in November

UK shale gas company Cuadrilla will ask for extra time to drill for shale gas at its Lancashire fracking site after its November deadline.

Within the next month the fracking pioneer will ask Lancashire county council for permission to continue its drilling campaign until at least the spring of 2021.

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Stunning new report from BNP Paris signals death toll for petrol: a mix of solar, wind and electric vehicles can deliver more than 7 times the return on investment than oil.

The post Why solar, wind and EVs will be the death of the petroleum industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU carbon prices sank early on Monday as key energy prices were dragged lower by a wider markets sell-off on fears that the US-China trade conflict was spiralling into a currency war.

Critically endangered Monaro and Werriwa grassy woodlands affected by new regulation

The New South Wales government has made it easier for landholders to clear critically endangered grassy woodlands for agriculture and forestry in the state’s south east.

The environment minister, Matt Kean, and the agriculture minister, Adam Marshall, have introduced a regulation that covers two grassy woodlands newly listed as critically endangered under NSW laws: the Monaro grassy woodlands and the Werriwa grassy woodlands.

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