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As temperatures rise we predict increasing morbidity and mortality, particularly in the climate-vulnerable parts of northern Australia

Last summer was bad for our health. We breathed hazardous air, watched our rivers dry up, lived in towns without water, suffered through scorching heat with record-breaking temperatures, and many people survived intense experience of fire.

Yet our death records for 2020 won’t record this. Death certificates will reflect the heart attacks or lung failure, the injuries and the organ failure that occur at the end of life. They do not record the environmental factors that contribute to these fatal events.

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Snowy 2.0 has been a lightning rod for controversy. From cost-blowouts to climate impacts and threats to native fish, experts say there are many reasons why it should be put on hold. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Mark Lintermans, Associate professor, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Coalition dialled up the idiotometer to capacity when it talked electric vehicles last year, but now its technology roadmap admits EVs will cut emissions and lower costs.

The post Is Scott Morrison about to come full circle on electric vehicles? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

onnen started its humble beginnings with the sonnenBatterie, an innovation that only appealed to a few customers.The company is now one of the world's largest manufacturers of energy storage systems and has strategically transitioned to become a new kind of energy supplier that gives households the freedom to make a complete switch to a clean energy world.

The post sonnen celebrates its tenth anniversary and progresses to support the clean energy grid of the future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. But keeping cats inside (or contained outside) 24/7 can actually be in their best interest. Andrea Harvey, Veterinary Specialist, PhD scholar (wild horse ecology & welfare), University of Technology Sydney Richard Malik, Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Controversial Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project receives planning approval from NSW government, but questions remain about its environmental and economic impacts.

The post Snowy 2.0 gets planning tick of approval from NSW government appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gas industry people have been saying gas is the transition fuel for at least 30 years. It's never been true in all that time, and it's not true now.

The post Australia’s transcontinental gas pipe dream: It simply doesn’t add up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Potential for electric vehicles in clean energy transition is more than just zero emissions transport, and Tesla is now building vehicle-to-grid tech into its EVs.

The post Tesla’s switch on V2G technology is big news for the clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany boasts the highest energy security level in the world, due in large part to the wide spread use of renewable energy sources in the country.

The post Germany leads globally in energy security levels, thanks to renewables – study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Jemena will tap InMoment’s technology and intuitive professional services to accelerate its Voice of the Customer program.

The post InMoment partners with Jemena to boost its customer experience improvement program appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Only weeks after reopening, Australia's fire-ravaged Mogo Zoo had to close again because of Covid-19.

Taylor's discussion paper on technology roadmap puts focus on gas and CCS, and appears a desperate attempt to find technology winners that are not wind, solar and storage.

The post Taylor puts gas and CCS at centre of technology roadmap, coal and nuclear not excluded appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Compliance-oriented entities increased their RGGI allowance (RGA) holdings after the Northeast US ETS' first quarterly sale of 2020 and as the coronavirus pandemic caused prices to briefly crash on the secondary market, according to a report published Wednesday.

Nasa's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are a week away from their flight to the space station.

How fast can an animal run? How intense was the fire? Picking which species to help after a bushfire tragedy is no easy task. John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University Dale Nimmo, Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Rachael Gallagher, Senior Lecturer/ARC DECRA Fellow, Macquarie University Sarah Legge, Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) will stay tethered to the WCI floor price through the end of the year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic curtailing economic activity and emission output in the linked ETS, analysts said Wednesday.

UK businessman Sir Richard Branson is looking to Saturday to debut one of his new space systems.

Survey by Shenhua environmental consultant shows decline of 87% in koala numbers since 2012-13, as campaigners plead for impact of bushfires to weigh on mine conditions

Koalas on the site of the planned Shenhua Watermark coalmine in New South Wales are heading towards localised extinction “even before the mine commences”, according to company documents.

Meeting minutes for the mine’s koala technical working group say there has been a steep drop in koala populations at the mine site in the Liverpool Plains.

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Exclusive: The report does not consider alternatives to gas, or mention climate change and the financial risk of investing in fossil fuel as emissions are cut

Australian taxpayers should underwrite a massive expansion of the domestic gas industry – including helping open new fields and build hundreds of kilometres of pipelines – according to a group advising on Covid-19 recovery.

A leaked draft report by a manufacturing taskforce advising the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) recommends the Morrison government make sweeping changes to “create the market” for gas and build fossil fuel infrastructure that would operate for decades.

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