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Conservationists warn the species, which was almost extinct 10 years ago, could be under threat if Japanese fishery is MSC certified

A decade ago, the highly prized “king of fish”, the bluefin tuna, was taken off menus in high-end restaurants and shunned by top chefs, amid warnings by environmentalists that it was being driven to extinction. Recent assessments of Atlantic bluefin tuna, which can grow to the size of a small car and live for up to 40 years, have shown much healthier populations.

But now conservationists and scientists are warning that the largest and most valuable tuna species could once again be under threat if a Japanese bluefin fishery in the Atlantic Ocean is awarded an internationally recognised “ecolabel” they claim is based on flawed science.

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Renewable energy accounts for 56 per cent of Germany's electricity supply in first five months of 2020.

The post Graph of the Day: Germany reaches 56% renewables for 2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A consortium of Japanese companies has transformed an abandoned golf course in Kyushu, Japan’s third-largest and south-western-most island, into a 100MW solar farm.

The post Solar hole-in-one: Abandoned Japanese golf course reborn as 100MW PV plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CSIRO battery optimisation spin-off Evergen completes successful $6m crowd investment round, to accelerate commercialisation of software platform.

The post CSIRO spin-off raises $6m to accelerate deployment of battery optimisation software appeared first on RenewEconomy.

JinkoSolar has been ranked as a Top Performer for the sixth consecutive year in the 2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

The post JinkoSolar recognized as top performer in PVEL/DNV GL 2020 PV module reliability scorecard for the sixth consecutive year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

10 reasons why renewable energy makes perfect sense for Australia.

The post Really Australia, it’s not that hard: 10 reasons why renewable energy is the future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

From choosing a compatible personality to sharing childcare equally, many Australian birds have mastered the art of successful relationships. Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Amazon looks to buy AV startup Zoox - backed by Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes - in move to cut delivery costs and put it in competition with Tesla.

The post Taking on Tesla? Amazon looks to buy Cannon-Brookes-backed AV start-up Zoox appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 200MW Sunraysia solar farm in NSW faces further delays as contractor reveals rare insight into nature of disputes that has afflicted the large scale solar industry.

The post Lawyers’ picnic, and $47m at play, as Sunraysia solar farm faces further delays appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The discovery of a new breeding pair raises hope for the future of a critically endangered gibbon.

Well-known firms such as Asda and Lloyds Bank are urging ministers to prioritise the environment.

We have transformed the night-time environment in a very short time, relative to evolutionary timescales. Most wildlife hasn't had time to adjust. Emily Fobert, Research Associate, Flinders University Katherine Dafforn, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Senior Research Associate in marine ecology, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If speed weren’t a factor, we could rely on the market to incentivise green technology at its own pace – but the clock is ticking

“It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice.”

The maxim attributed to Deng Xiaoping comes to mind in relation to the federal government’s technology investment roadmap discussion paper and its response to the King review.

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A guide to SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle, which carried astronauts to the space station.

US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are closing in for a Sunday rendezvous with the ISS.

China has given provincial and regional authorities an additional two months to submit lists of companies in their jurisdictions that will be included in the national emissions trading scheme and their 2019 CO2 emissions data, extending the deadline to July 31 as the COVID-19 outbreak has made it difficult to stick to the original timetable.

Photon Energy notches up financial close on two NSW solar farms, the Leeton and Fivebough projects, that will install a combined 14MW in the state’s Riverina region.

The post Photon secures finance for two “merchant” solar farms in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Irish chieftain was buried in the same Spanish chapel as Christopher Columbus.

Animal rights groups have been pushing a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood in drug safety testing

Horseshoe crabs’ icy-blue blood will remain the drug industry’s standard for safety tests after a powerful US group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups.

The crabs’ copper-rich blood clots in the presence of bacterial endotoxins and has long been used in tests to detect contamination in shots and infusions.

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Chief Environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt considers the prospects for a big economic makeover.