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Rio Tinto to close NZ aluminium smelter in decision that will cost 1,000-plus jobs, take massive bite out of electricity demand, and sound the alarm for Australia.

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Gas industry faces multiple challenges to its viability, including falling prices, a greater understanding of its environmental impacts and community opposition, new report finds.

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Big news in the past solar week, with leading C&I contractor Todae Solar in voluntary administration and the regulator reviving talk of a network fee for solar exports.

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EU unveils plans for at least 6 gigawatts of renewable electrolyser capacity by 2024 and 40GW, producing 10 million tonnes, by 2030.

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The Clean Energy Regulator will look to prevent fraudulent claims of solar installs and carbon offset projects, under new enforcement priorities.

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Markets are telling us renewables are the best solution for a faster recovery.

The post Dubbo’s new renewables zone shows the path away from fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The chance of breaching one of the Paris accord goals in the next five years has doubled, a study says.

Experts say new climate data shows how close world already is to breaching 1.5C Paris agreement pledge

There is a one-in-five chance annual global temperatures will be at least 1.5C warmer than in pre-industrial times in the next five years, experts have said.

Annual global temperatures are likely to be at least 1C above the levels they were before the industrial era in each year between 2020 and 2024, a long-range forecast by experts led by the UK Met Office shows.

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New report finds that establishing a battery manufacturing base in Western Australia it is both commercially and technically feasible.

The post West Australia ready to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ battery storage opportunity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

India's confirmed cases are going up rapidly, but it's not all bad news.

A growing number of European lawmakers are considering measures to curb speculation or cap prices in the EU ETS, Carbon Pulse has learned, as allowances skyrocket towards all-time highs on what some participants say are attempts by hedge funds and other algo-wielding investors to “corner” the market.

Experts believe endangered shore plovers – known for their pluck and friendliness – might have flown away or been eaten by predators

A specialist search and recovery team has been deployed to recapture the last remaining survivors of a flock of endangered birds that absconded from a predator-free island in New Zealand during coronavirus lockdown.

There are only 250 shore plover or tūturuatu left in the wild and they are the world’s rarest plover. Conservationists have been painstakingly reintroducing them to the mainland after they were almost wiped out by cats and rats by 1880.

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Marc Cieslak looks at how Virgin Orbit plans to launch its rockets from a plane.

AEMC threads needle on timing of 5-minute settlements, one of the key market reforms that boost signals for battery storage and other smart technologies.

The post Battery storage: Five minute rule to be delayed, but only by three months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) should model its plan to decarbonise the global shipping sector on the CORSIA programme for aviation, but it should go further than its fellow UN body ICAO in setting a more ambitious carbon reduction target for sustainable fuels, according to a report published this week.

After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent. Benjamin Scheele, Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University David Newell, Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, Science & Engineering, Southern Cross University Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum Michael McFadden, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In April, BirdLife Australia survey numbers jumped to 2,242. That's a tenfold increase from 241 in April last year. Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Georgia Garrard, Senior Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group, RMIT University Michelle Ward, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Monica Awasthy, Visiting Research Scientist, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.