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Amazon fires: Brazil governors push Bolsonaro to accept aid
Western Australia keeps international credits in play in draft emissions policy
Greta Thunberg sees land ahead as she approaches New York
Swedish climate activist nears end of her Atlantic crossing on zero-carbon yacht
Greta Thunberg is likely to arrive in New York soon after crossing the Atlantic in a zero-carbon yacht.
“Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead,” the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist tweeted on Wednesday.
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Infigen, Nexif lease S.A. back-up generators to pair with wind farms and batteries
Nexif, Infigen agree to lease S.A. government's back up diesel generators, convert them to gas and pair with their wind farms and battery storage units.
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NSW plan to stave off 'fish Armageddon' a Band-Aid solution, experts warn
Agriculture minister hopes ‘Noah’s ark’ plan will prevent severe fish kills, but critics accuse Nationals of tending to ‘self-inflicted wound’
The New South Wales government says it is planning a $10m “Noah’s ark”-style plan to stave off a “potential fish Armageddon” facing the state this summer, but critics say the Coalition is sticking a Band-Aid on a gaping self-inflicted wound.
The Berejiklian government’s plan aims to combine better research and increased breeding with fish rescue operations to save some of the state’s native fish from a forecast ecological disaster as the drought drags on.
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Why we need to protect the extinct woolly mammoth
Small modular reactors and the nuclear culture wars
As another Australian journalist wades into the nuclear culture wars – this time spruiking small modular reactors – it's a good time for a fact-check on this fabled technology.
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New Zealand bans swimming with bottlenose dolphins after numbers plunge
Conservation research shows humans are ‘loving the dolphins too much’ in Bay of Islands region
The New Zealand government has banned tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins in an attempt to save the struggling species.
According to the department of conservation [DoC] research has shown that humans were “loving the dolphins too much” and human interaction was “having a signifiant impact on the population’s resting and feeding behaviour”.
Continue reading...Australia’s leading clean energy & renewables event announces 2019 conference line-up
The conference program for All-Energy Australia, the leading Australian clean and renewable energy event, has been announced for 2019, with over 200 speakers across two days.
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Victoria government triples number of home solar rebates for September
Victoria Labor government yields to calls to fix troubled rooftop solar rebate, with raft of changes including almost tripling number of applications open for September.
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Smart use of air-conditioners can avoid blackouts this summer
Forecast blackout threats for this coming summer in Victoria could be avoided with a highly targeted, aggressive demand reduction air conditioning upgrade program.
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Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?
How fire shaped humans, and forged the modern economy
Mitsubishi invests in UK company to bring off-grid solar to Asia
Japanese conglomerate backs solar utility BBOXX to expand service in south Asia and Africa
A British energy firm lighting up homes in Africa with pay-as-you-go solar power has secured £40m to extend its reach to Asia with the help of Japan’s Mitsubishi.
The conglomerate has taken a stake in off-grid solar company BBOXX through the start-up’s latest funding round, which will power the Africa-focused company deeper into Asia.
Continue reading...Federal Coalition is white-anting Australia’s electricity governance
The Coalition is deliberately white-anting Australia's electricity governance, and the result will likely be a slower transition, and an increased risk of blackouts.
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