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Victoria’s energy minister says state will “go it alone” on energy reliability, after becoming frustrated by the federal energy minister Angus Taylor's failure to drive reform.

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Angus Taylor says Australia has over invested in renewable and ignores emerging role of battery storage in maintaining reliable supply.

The post ‘We have crossed the threshold’ – Taylor repeats claim of too much wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Failure to agree on rules for Article 6 at this year’s UN climate talks in Chile could see countries like Australia and New Zealand forging their own bilateral links to get access to the international credits they need to fulfil their Paris Agreement pledges, market experts warned Wednesday.

Culls drive badgers to roam further afield, allowing them to disperse TB over a larger area, research suggests.

A test-drive of Fonzarelli new NKD model prototype, best described as a hybrid between a scooter and a motorcycle.

The post Small is beautiful for Australia’s new electric two wheelers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ESB chair says propping up old coal generators is a bad idea, saying other technologies are better placed to secure reliable power and hailing performance of Tesla big battery.

The post Schott labels Liddell and Bayswater “dinosaurs” in slapdown of Coalition’s coal plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cam I upgrade the battery in an EV? It’s a question that goes to the heart of the difference between “old auto” and “new auto”.

The post Can I upgrade the battery of an electric vehicle to lift range, charging limits? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

KPMG report casts doubt over federal government-backed plans to power Queensland World Heritage-listed Daintree region with solar to hydrogen gas-based microgrids.

The post Daintree power supply saga drags on as new report casts doubt over micro-grid plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After being fined for blocking oil refinery traffic, Daniel Hooper, once the public face of green activism, applauds new generation

More than two decades after Britain saw its first widespread environmental protests, Extinction Rebellion is the latest in the vanguard.

But while campaign groups have come and gone, it’s business as usual for Daniel Hooper, the veteran eco-warrior known as Swampy who says the latest protests give him “hope”.

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Nearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.

Where businesses cut down on plastic, fishermen collect litter and students march about the climate.

Modern democratic politics have taken what could be called an 'optimistic turn': a kind of hyperbolic cheeriness in the face of a purported threat; an assurance that the future will be bright, and that only the man at the helm can deliver it. So there’s no need to be anxious. Political philosopher Romand Coles joins Waleed and Scott to discuss why this optimism is the antithesis of genuine democratic hope.

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Civil liberties groups say bail conditions imposed on Sydney climate change activists are usually reserved for bikie gang members

Climate change protestors arrested for obstructing traffic have been given “absurd” bail conditions that ban them from “going near” or contacting members of Extinction Rebellion, in what civil liberties groups say infringes on freedom of political communication.

On Monday, 30 people – including former federal Greens senator Scott Ludlam – were arrested in Sydney while calling for government action on the climate emergency.

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The conservationists who campaigned to prevent mining and oil drilling on Australia's coral reef.

NAIF to consider funding for ground-breaking project that could see Australia start exporting "renewable metals", using cheap wind and solar to refine and process ores.

The post NAIF may fund renewables-powered manganese metals project in W.A. appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing.

Growing up being constantly reminded that water is finite and rain is unreliable is in the back of my mind wherever I go

An urban legend went around town during the peak of a drought when I was a child.

The story was someone had pulled up their floor during a home renovation and discovered an old newspaper clipping predicting the drought and the date it would finally break. Depending on who was telling the story, it was someone’s neighbour, their cousin or their grandmother who had found the century-old article.

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Ireland’s centre-right government on Tuesday released its 2020 budget, which includes an annual increase in the country’s carbon tax to help fund decarbonisation efforts.

The Antarctic icon could lose more than half its population by 2100, say scientists.