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Political interference in scientific research has been weaponised during the past decade, and we are all suffering the consequences

Policies matter. Good policies lead to good outcomes, while bad policies can lead to disaster. But what about where there is no policy, or a policy that is incohesive and incomplete? We only need to look at the state of science research policy in Australia to find out.

Scientific research in Australia has always suffered from political influence, because research in Australia is heavily dependent on federal government funding. But political interference in scientific research has been weaponised during the past decade of Coalition governments.

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APA Group is pleased to announce Hannah McCaughey has been appointed APA’s Group Executive Transformation and Technology.

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Network operator Spark says the energy transition is happening even without clear federal goals.

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Perhaps 2℃ doesn't sound like much, but if you look through history, 2℃ temperature changes have had huge effects on the planet and people. Alan N Williams, Associate Director/National Technical Leader-Aboriginal Heritage, EMM Consulting Pty Ltd, UNSW Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Haidee Cadd, Research associate, UNSW James Shulmeister, Professor, The University of Queensland Michael Bird, JCU Distinguished Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University Zoë Thomas, ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Premier says overhaul will ‘take responsibility for our waste’ and help fix longstanding problems

The Victorian government will double its $28m in grants for businesses to sort and process recycling as part of a $96.5m package to fix the state’s waste industry.

Another $30m will be opened up for grants for technology to create new products from recyclable materials such as glass, plastic, organics, electronic waste, concrete, brick and rubber.

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Queensland government barely scrapes a pass on renewables report card that says it is "not on track" to achieve their 50% by 2030 commitment.

The post Queensland not on target on renewable target, says advocacy group appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor needs to move the debate beyond slogans and shouting by arguing that despite its environmental downsides, coal has a place

Having reached the self-evident conclusion that one can’t win government without the support of at least a handful of regional communities, Labor is now coming to terms with its use of the C-word.

With their opponents to their left and their right taking up the crude chant of “coal, coal, coal” – as shorthand for economic betrayal on the one side and environmental betrayal on the other – watching Labor field questions on climate is like watching a tightrope walker attempt to cross Niagara Falls.

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OSMI Australia cuts turbine numbers a second time for its proposed Delburn wind farm – a massive project that would overlook Victoria's now-defunct Hazelwood coal plant.

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The head of the Environment Agency says new buildings should be made more resilient to flooding.

Oz Minerals reveals why it chose wind, solar and batteries over gas for its new $1 billion mining project.

The post Why an Australian mining giant chose wind and solar over gas for $1 billion project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Norwegian resources giant quits plans to drill for oil offshore from South Australia, after "holistic review" found the project “not commercially competitive” for the company.

The post Equinor ditches plan to drill for oil in Great Australian Bight appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Taylor claims Paris Agreement doesnt require Australia to decarbonise, as Morrison governments increasingly isolated in opposing net zero goals.

The post Australia already has a net zero emissions target, only the Morrison government denies it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spark Infrastructure says 100MW Bomen solar farm to begin exports soon, but cautious about new investments due to curtailment and grid congestion issues.

The post Bomen solar farm ready to go, but Spark cautious about new deals due to curtailment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Alberta Court of Appeal sided with the province’s challenge of the federal carbon pricing policy on Monday, arguing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government does not have the constitutional authority to implement its ‘backstop’ CO2 levy or large emitter programme on subnational jurisdictions.

Norwegian oil company announces it has scrapped its $200m plan to deepwater drill in Great Australian Bight Marine Park

Norwegian oil giant Equinor has abandoned plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, declaring the controversial project did not make commercial sense.

The company said on Tuesday it had told federal, South Australian and local authorities it had decided to scrap the $200m project to deepwater drill in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.

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From animals to humans, how did the deadly coronavirus make the leap? We look at the scientific evidence.

3D printing is meeting some of the ambitions touted when the technology emerged 20 years ago.

Rapid climate change forced urgent upgrade of ‘failsafe’ doomsday storage facility

The Arctic global seed vault has reached the milestone of having 1m varieties stored in its deep freeze. The new deposits are being made after unexpected flooding of its entrance tunnel in 2017 prompted an upgrade.

Seeds from 60,000 crop varieties from across the world are being placed in the vault to back up those held in other seed banks.

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