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Germany has sourced 47% of its electricity generation from renewables so far in 2019, and for the last 7 months renewables have outstripped fossil fuels.

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Lion breweries signs major group PPA deal with Simply Energy to supply more than 300 pubs and hotels with cheaper solar power.

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Citizen scientists have helped shed light on a type of fungi that can spread underground for miles.

Whale calf caught near Bilgola beach was nearing point of exhaustion after spending days caught in netting

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale calf off Sydney’s northern beaches that had been tangled in netting for days.

In a frantic, last-minute rescue effort, crews from National Parks and Wildlife freed the whale on Friday morning after hours of work near Bilgola beach.

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The ACT may become the first battle ground over gas, as the fossil fuel may prove harder to substitute compared to shift to renewable electricity.

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Government caught out lying on emissions, solar installs at record high, and first impressions of Model 3 and Fonzarelli’s new electric motorbike.

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To prevent another summer of mass fish deaths, authorities have launched a painstaking operation.

Magnis says construction cost for Townsville battery gigafactory now more than $3 billion, taps Edify Energy to discuss solar power supply options.

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A man who had not walked for two years was able to move all his limbs thanks to new technology.

Scientists in Oxfordshire are trying to decipher scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79.

'Dont feed the birds!', Australians have those four words drilled into them from a young age. But urban ecologist Darryl Jones says more than half the country feeds birds anyway, and this no tolerance approach is doing more harm than good. Professor Jones argues there is a way to feed wild birds without causing damage.

IFS warns the switch from fossil fuel to electric will cause tax revenue to drop £28bn

Britain should move to a system of road pricing to combat congestion and compensate for the £28bn loss of revenue from fuel duty as the country makes the transition to electric vehicles, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.

The thinktank said the government’s pledge that the UK would reach zero net emissions by 2050 meant the tax take from petrol and diesel would shrink to nothing over the coming decades and a new way to raise money from drivers was needed.

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Fatberg found in Sidmouth, Devon, contained no toxic chemicals or microplastic beads

The dirty secrets of a huge fatberg discovered lurking under the seafront of a Devon town have been laid bare after scientists carried out an “autopsy” of the monster.

As expected, household cooking fats, wet wipes and other hygiene products were key components of the 64m-long beast (bigger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa) but it also contained bits of bone, twigs, string – and false teeth.

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RGGI allowance (RGA) prices reversed course this week after Pennsylvania’s governor announced the state will seek to join the Northeast US ETS, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values dropped as participants took advantage of a declining spread.

A proposed federal clean energy standard could help promote renewable generation build out in the US, but could also create technology conflicts and market inefficiencies if state-led policies set more ambitious goals, panelists said at the Environmental Markets Association (EMA) conference Thursday.

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) will seek support from a yet-to-be formed state council to help push a carbon price in the jurisdiction’s wholesale electricity market, a grid operator official said Thursday.

The European Commission will advance work on carbon border adjustments as part of its new programme of climate action, its incoming finance chief said on Thursday, reaffirming Brussels’ resolve as the US slaps fresh duties on European goods.

History has told us Aboriginal people in Tasmania almost exclusively occupied open plains. Revelations to the contrary could transform modern conservation. Ted Lefroy, Associate Head Research, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania Penelope Jones, Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

At least one in five vertebrate species on Earth are bought and sold on the wildlife market.