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Llamas' specially evolved small antibodies are the basis for a coronavirus treatment breakthrough.

Wild chimpanzees are under threat from deforestation and the bushmeat trade.

Norske Skog’s Boyer paper mill in Australia has earned its first batch of carbon credits, four years after registering a heat recovery project with the Clean Energy Regulator and signing a contract to sell quarter of a million offsets to the government.

Tilt Renewables warns of hit to earnings after massive Dundonnell wind farm faces commissioning delays, company cites “insufficient clarity” from AEMO.

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Species classed as ‘conservation dependent’ under national laws so can be commercially traded despite suffering 90% drop in numbers

A shark routinely sold in Australian fish shops has been listed as critically endangered by an international conservation body, prompting environmentalists to call for stronger protection of the species.

It comes as the government is due to release an interim report into Australia’s national environmental laws, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Conservationists say at least three females have produced offspring in the Forest of Dean

The first pine martens to be reintroduced to England have had kits, marking a milestone in efforts to boost their recovery, conservationists said.

The native carnivores all but vanished from England in the face of extensive hunting and loss of their woodland homes over the past two centuries, and in Scotland they were pushed to a stronghold in the north-west Highlands.

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The commercialisation of an Australian-invented residential hydrogen storage system to be accelerated with help of engineering firm GHD.

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Solar Citizens report finds turbocharging Queensland large-scale renewable energy industry would create 9,300 construction jobs every year for 10 years and almost 6,000 ongoing jobs.

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South Australian consumers set to reap benefits of world-leading renewables grid, with falling wholesale electricity prices delivering cheaper power than Victoria or NSW.

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Flexible and printable solar panels developed by the University of Newcastle get first real-world test in new community shade structures in Sydney.

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This role will be expected to lead analysis and engagement related to emissions budgets and policies to reduce emissions within the industrial and energy sectors in Aotearoa.

What happens beyond the immediate crisis will depend on how governments, business and households react. Here are some possibilities.

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The Forward Markets Trader will be responsible for the development and execution of trading strategies with regard to electricity derivatives and carbon that ultimately help to drive Contact’s overall portfolio strategy and manage risk.

Researchers in Edinburgh produce a new mathematical model aimed at improving how earthquakes are predicted.

Global energy giant GE signs agreement to help fast-track proposed 500MW pumped hydro storage project at Dungowan Dam in New England region of NSW.

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The world's biggest solar EPC contracting company takes leading position in Australia solar market as local and international competitors fall by the wayside.

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Scientists and bureaucrats moved logistical mountains to rescue the eastern bristlebird from bushfires this year. As climate change worsens, wildlife evacuations will become more common. Rohan Clarke, Director, Monash Drone Discovery Platform, and Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Monash University Katherine Selwood, Threatened Species Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria and Honorary Research Fellow, Biosciences, University of Melbourne Rowan Mott, Biologist, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The story of the Kangaroo Island Micro-trapdoor spider offer insight into the challenges ahead for invertebrates – the tiny engines of Australia's biodiversity – after this year's cataclysmic fires. Jess Marsh, Research fellow at the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

I've worked in threatened fish conservation and management for more than 35 years, but this species is special to me. Mark Lintermans, Associate professor, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Kaputar rock skink is thought to have have one of the smallest ranges of any reptile in New South Wales – at the summit of a single extinct volcano, Mount Kaputar. Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.