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NSW prepares for life after Liddell and woos more than 30 projects with the prospect of funding that could plug any supply gap.

The post NSW reveals grants shortlist for nearly 3GW of renewables and storage capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A group of Scottish pine martens have been brought to the Forest of Dean and fitted with tracking collars.

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Reintroduction of species into Gloucestershire could prove setback for grey squirrels

The shy and elusive pine marten, a woodland creature almost hunted to extinction in the UK, has been reintroduced to a forest in the English west country.

Eighteen of the animals have been released at a secret and remote location in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.

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In a world first, a 23-year-old Brisbane man is taking legal action against his superannuation fund for not factoring climate change into its investment decision.

The role of Carbon Credit Data Scientist will develop the statistical strategy and algorithms underlying Indigo’s world-leading carbon credit market for agriculture and pastureland.

One of first Tesla Model 3s in Australia springs Sydney car thief breaking into car next door while in Sentry Mode.

The post Tesla Model 3 sentry mode catches Sydney car thief breaking into car next door appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Seventeen entities opened Compliance Instrument Tracking System Service (CITSS) accounts in the California cap-and-trade programme during the third quarter, according to data released by state regulator ARB on Monday.

US biofuel credit (RIN) prices have retreated in recent days amid reports that a major Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) deal is on hold while President Donald Trump attempts to ward off an impeachment inquiry by Congressional Democrats.

Big windows and high air-conditioning needs mean radical new approaches are needed

Whatever you think of skyscrapers, they guzzle energy. One study revealed that electricity use per square metre of floor area was nearly two and a half times greater in high-rise office buildings (20 or more storeys) than in low-rises (six storeys or less).

The gas use for heating was about 40% more for tall buildings, and the total carbon emissions from these buildings was twice as high.

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Europe’s biggest emitter RWE expects to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, continuing fossil fuel generation past next decade even as the company completes a renewables transaction with former rival E.ON.

Boris Johnson has given details of a £200m fund for science and technology.

A looming set of competing bullish and bearish risks are likely to keep EU carbon prices locked in their existing trading range, though EUAs could bolt in one direction or another should any them come to fruition.

Thousands of fans are monitoring the new brood in their nest in a high-rise office building

The peregrine falcons at 367 Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD have hatched a new brood of chicks, to the delight of the thousands of fans who monitor the birds via a livestream video feed.

One of their eggs hatched on Sunday, with another cracking open early Monday: developments tracked on an almost minute-by-minute basis by the 4,000 members of the 367 Collins Falcon Watchers Facebook group.

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The tampon tax was axed after parliament received a petition with 104,185 signatures. The climate e-petition has hit 160,000 names, but those hoping for imminent action shouldn’t hold their breath

What do tampons and climate change have in common?

It’s not just their environmental toll (seriously: take a look at what’s in some disposable menstruation products and then tell me the Diva Cup seems weird) – both issues attracted the largest number of signatures to an Australian parliament e-petition.

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CFR’s David Rockefeller Studies Program is one of the country’s largest foreign policy think tanks with a widely respected and influential research staff. As part of the Studies Program, the research associate will support the work of the Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy.

We are seeking a Legislative & Climate Associate to join our team to manage our legislative tracking and distribution process and to serve as a member of our climate advocacy team. 

Sally Etheridge points out that the use of infant formula is growing, despite breastmilk being a far more sustainable alternative

Like virtually every environmental campaigner and commentator, Jonathan Safran Foer (Meat of the matter, Review, 28 September) fails to mention one of the greatest uses of dairy products globally and nationally – formula milk.

Babies consume only milk for the first six months – and everyone is a baby once. Breastmilk is the most sustainable food it is possible to have, yet use of formula milk is rising, with global sales predicted to hit over £70bn by 2020.

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We talk to some of the hundreds of XR protesters charged with public order offences

Hundreds of people who were arrested for their part in the peaceful Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests in April are being taken to court charged with public order offences under section 14.

Here we talk to some of them and hear why the scale of the climate crisis means they were prepared to risk arrest.

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The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica produces its largest iceberg in more than 50 years.