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Study shows coal plant closures dramatically cut asthma cases, as Trump loosens pollution controls
A US-based study finds asthma cases and hospitalisation dropped markedly in surrounding communities following the closure of coal-fired power stations.
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Tesla applies for UK electricity licence in potential big battery power play
Tesla said to be applying for "utility" license in the UK, in potential fore-runner of a switch in its big battery strategy from supplier to owner and operator.
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It’s time Coalition listened to experts on climate and energy, and plotted a Green New Deal
True story: Morrison sets up new platform for investment in renewable energy power plants, with particularly focus on large scale wind, solar PV and storage.
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Five reasons why Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans is bad mistake
Michael Moore is one of my heroes, but this time he has made a bad mistake. His new film on renewable energy is out-of-date, superficial, simplistic and misleading.
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Total Eren, Beon “step in” to complete commissioning of Victoria’s biggest solar farm
Owners of 256MW Kiamal solar farm - the biggest solar project in Victoria to date - say they have stepped in to complete the commissioning of long-delayed project.
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Westpac to shed thermal coal investments by 2030, switch to renewables and EVs
Westpac to phase out investment in thermal coal 2030, to turn focus to wind, solar and storage, and electric vehicles.
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The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability
Queensland spot prices run below zero for four days running, solar farms switch off
Storms hit mean link between Queensland and NSW, forcing prices to run negative for four consecutive days and large scale solar farms to switch off en masse.
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Australia’s black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people
New research shows coal mining and coal-fired power stations in New South Wales and Queensland use about 383 billion litres of fresh water every year.
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Social distancing and coronavirus: The science behind the two-metre rule
Aren't we in a drought? The Australian black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people
NSW and Queensland coal industry uses as much water as all Sydney households, report finds
Coal mining and coal-fired power use about 383bn litres a year, roughly equivalent to needs of 5.2 million people
The coal industry in New South Wales and Queensland is using as much water as all of Sydney’s households, according to new research.
A new report by University of Adelaide water resources academic Ian Overton, commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, used public data to examine the impact of coal mining and coal-fired power on water resources.
Continue reading...CEFC to kick-start Australia’s hydrogen industry with new $300m investment fund
The CEFC will run a new $300m investment fund to support Australia's emerging renewable hydrogen sector.
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The coronavirus has exposed the imbalances in modern Britain
What’s needed after Covid-19 is a bigger, smarter state, with more devolved decisions, a greener economy and a stronger safety net
The words are straining to come out. Boris Johnson hero worships Winston Churchill so it is obvious how the prime minister will pitch this week’s announcement of the plan to get Britain out of lockdown.
In late 1942, victory in the North African desert had suggested that the tide of the war might have turned but Churchill was cautious. “Now this is not the end”, he said in a speech at London’s mansion house. “It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Continue reading...'We are very afraid': stranded cruise ship's crew in limbo amid pandemic
Tensions aboard the Greg Mortimer have reached breaking point over allegations ship’s operators and captain pressured doctor to downplay outbreak
After an ill-fated Antarctic expedition in which 60% of passengers and crew contracted coronavirus and spent a month stranded off the coast of South America, the successful repatriation of 132 tourists from a Australian cruise ship seemed like a rare happy ending.
But what should have been a peaceful epilogue in which the crew of the Greg Mortimer sailed safely home has become a gruesome sequel of sickness and panic – with the added possibility of a legal battle in Miami courts.
Continue reading...Britain has faced its toughest test for decades, but we will build a better tomorrow'
Vital lessons about our mutual dependence will help us emerge stronger from the pandemic
If ever a crisis proved that our fates are bound together, it has been the last six weeks. The state has asked many businesses to stand idle to save lives, firms have turned to the state as their guarantor of survival and workers have risked their lives for us all. When we have faced our toughest test for decades as a nation, it has been essential to pull together.
Yet we are only at the beginning of the need to recognise the mutual dependence between public and private sectors and our collective solidarity.
Continue reading...Coronavirus lockdown: Can nature help improve our mood?
'Murder hornets' in Washington state threaten bees and whip up media swarm
Asian giant hornet, which became more active in the state in April, is the world’s largest and can kill humans with multiple stings
Researchers and citizens in Washington state are on a careful hunt for invasive “murder hornets”, after the insect made its first appearance in the US.
The Asian giant hornet is the world’s largest hornet and can kill humans with multiple stings. But it is most dangerous for the European honeybee, which is defenseless in the face of the hornet’s spiky mandibles, long stinger and potent venom.
Continue reading...Birdsong has risen like a tide of hope from our silenced cities. Is it here to stay?
Lockdown has allowed us a glimpse of how different our cities could be in a carbon-neutral world
“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.”
Never can John Wyndham’s opening lines from The Day of the Triffids have been quite so apt. My friends in London tell me that the heart of the city, like other great conurbations all around the world, is eerily quiet. It is almost as if a neutron bomb has struck, removing in an instant all signs of human life, while leaving buildings, roads and other man-made artefacts perfectly intact.
Continue reading...Coronavirus: US authorises use of anti-viral drug Remdesivir
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