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All the winning images, all the backstories and all the judges’ comments can be found in the The Underwater Photographer of the Year Yearbook

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Report also calls for ban on black plastic and an end to bottom trawling at sea

Litter louts should be fined a minimum of £500 as part of measures to protect wildlife, according to a thinktank.

Bright Blue recommends 50 new policies in its report, including banning black plastic and non-flushable wipes, ending UK taxpayer subsidies for wood burning in power stations and outlawing the destructive practice of bottom trawling at sea.

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For the second time, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras largest events will be 100% carbon-offset in 2020 thanks to their partnership with Australia’s greenest energy retailer, Powershop. 

The post Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020 – 100% carbon-offset in partnership with Powershop. appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brisbane-based zinc-bromine flow battery maker says overseas markets providing growing pipeline of “significant opportunities” while Australia continues to weigh the benefits of energy storage.

The post Redflow hits straps overseas, says Australia still proving case for battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia needs a new market design to cater for shift to high share of renewables. Energy Transition’s Eric Gimon has some suggestions.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How to design a market for high renewables grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rising sun: The contrast between solar output and wind output, plotted over a 12 months period.

The post Graph of the Day: Contrasting outputs from a wind farm and a solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Failure to fully implement 14 of 16 recommendations to regulate CSG extraction could lead to more support for moratorium across NSW

Santos’s coal seam gas project near Narrabri could face further obstacles after a parliamentary inquiry delivered a scathing assessment of the state government’s progress in implementing recommendations to regulate coal seam gas extraction.

A New South Wales legislative council inquiry found that 14 of 16 recommendations from the 2014 report by the chief scientist have not been implemented in full. Half were found to have not been implemented at all.

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All five wind turbines installed at Angew gold mine in Western Australia – Australia’s first mining sector project to use wind power as part of a large hybrid renewable microgid.

The post Wind turbines completed at ground-breaking W.A. gold mine microgrid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar industry wants of an investment drought as AEMC sides with incumbents and rejects changes to the way transmission losses are calculated.

The post AEMC sides with incumbents against wind and solar on transmission losses appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal centre around Gladstone chosen for massive renewable hydrogen project in Queensland that could reach capacity of up to three gigawatts.

The post Queensland unveils “gigawatt” scale green hydrogen plans for Gladstone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The surprise decision is an important win for many Australians, but reform of Australia's offshore petroleum laws is urgently required to protect marine environments. Madeline Taylor, Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Petroleum and Resources Law Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A gallery of landscapes of UK chemical and biological weapon sites by photographer Dara McGrath.

Thousands of Indonesian coral farms had to close after an export ban, but a policy U-turn offers hope.

A ruling will decide whether Heathrow's expansion plan should have taken the climate more into account.

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Analysts have nudged down their EUA price forecasts for this year by 2.7% compared to projections from January, as the expected emergence of speculative investors has failed to materialise.

The easiest way to reduce your electricity bill is to reduce your consumption. But what if this is not a simple choice? What if switching off could be a lethal decision?

The post Energy efficiency vs under-consuming – the difference can be deadly appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The discovery comes from new research that could boost conservation plans.

California regulator ARB granted 276,600 new offsets this week in the lowest issuance so far this year, while it cut the invalidation period on more than a million additional credits, according to data published Wednesday.

A shepherding spacecraft grabs an ageing telecoms satellite to help extend its mission life.