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ACF outlines a green economic stimulus plan, warning Australia must avoid a surge in pollution in a post-Covid-19 economic recovery.

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A 60MW floating solar plant that will take Singapore’s national water utility to 100% renewables will go ahead off the back of a 25-year power purchase agreement signed this week.

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There is not much water out there in many parts of the country – unless you know how and when to find it

Australia is often acknowledged to be the driest inhabited continent on Earth. It has been the traditional lands of Australia’s first peoples for thousands of generations. I am Kamilaroi and my cultural water (gali) place is Boobera Lagoon.

Our ancestors told stories, danced, drew in sand and dirt, painted on walls and laid down lore that was passed down for generations to tell, sing, paint and abide by. Our ancestors saw sea levels fall and rise, lived through mega-droughts and witnessed the great floods that move slowly across this flat country.

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Morrison government appears determined to hold onto its energy policy and the Coalition’s obsession with maintaining Australia’s links with fossil fuels.

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The recent decline in electricity prices is astonishing. And with more than 6GW of large scale wind and solar about to enter the grid, the next big casualty will be a coal generator.

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A federal court will likely hear arguments in late June about whether California’s ETS linkage to Quebec violates the US Constitution’s Foreign Affairs Doctrine by conflicting with the Trump administration’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement, according to documents filed late Wednesday.

Angus Taylor’s decision to halt government support for solar and wind research is so surprising because it put's Australia's leadership under threat.

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US Energy Information Administration says energy-related CO2 emissions will decline by 11% in 2020 – its largest decline since 1949.

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Hawaiian Electric selects 459MW of solar generation and nearly 3GWh of power storage projects as part of plans to meet the island state's 100% renewable energy target.

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Young Queenslanders launch first-of-its-kind legal challenge to stop billionaire coal miner Clive Palmer's plans to build massive new coal mine in Galilee Basin.

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‘They are the living dead,’ researcher says of last trees in the wild to have escaped fungal disease myrtle rust

An invasive plant disease may be ready to claim its first victim in the wild with Australia’s native guava now almost extinct, a study has found.

Monitoring of 66 populations of native guava in Queensland and New South Wales has found 23% “could not be located” with another 61% reduced only to root suckers below a dead canopy.

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The pandemic could have an impact on conservation efforts for years to come, say conservation experts.

Why the people on the only continent without a recorded case of coronavirus are in lockdown.

A Canadian mineral exploration company has agreed to develop an Ontario-based forestry project with a North American offset developer and a First Nations group, with most of the credit revenue earmarked for the indigenous community.

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is working through disagreements on its final Memorandum of Understand (MOU) that could extend the current timeline for publication, but others believe the framework to regulate fuel sector emissions across two US regions is nearing completion.

California regulator ARB minted 11.2 million new credits this week in its highest single issuance since fall 2018, as Quebec's environment ministry handed out its first compliance offsets in 10 months, according to data posted Wednesday afternoon.

Carbon prices must exceed €200/tCO2e if the EU is to meet its net zero 2050 emission goal, oil major Shell said Wednesday.

Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of the animals are native to Australia. Jaana Dielenberg, Science Communication Manager, The University of Queensland Brett Murphy, Associate Professor / ARC Future Fellow, Charles Darwin University Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University Leigh-Ann Woolley, Adjunct Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Mike Calver, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, Murdoch University Sarah Legge, Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Wildlife groups welcome ruling as high court dismisses judicial review by NFU on all grounds

Farmers have lost a challenge to the government’s cancellation of the badger cull in Derbyshire in a high court ruling that has been welcomed by wildlife groups.

A judicial review of the environment secretary’s decision to halt a planned expansion of the cull to Derbyshire last September brought by the National Farmers’ Union was dismissed on all grounds.

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