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More detail on Australia's efforts with the red pen at the Pacific Islands Forum, deleting all but one mention of coal, and pushing for climate "reflection" rather than action.

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Liberal Democrats motion to hold a 12-month inquiry into nuclear power for Victoria has passed the state Parliament's upper house.

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Major differences emerge between AEMO and the industry regulator and rule-makers over role of wind farm "feathering" in S.A. blackout and what to do about it.

The post Feather dust-up: Energy institutions fall out over wind’s role in S.A. blackout appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle issues fresh climate warning, telling risk managers to use their skills to account for climate change financial risks.

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UK-based Ovo Energy, backed by Mitsubishi, seeks to take on Australia's big 3 with a focus on smart controls, storage and EV charging.

The post UK utility with focus on EVs and storage seeks to disrupt Australia market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ed McManus will leave Meridian and Powershop Australia to take up a position with another company, company reveals in ASX statement.

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A video showing a cannon shooting fish over a dam went viral – but how does it work? CEO and inventor of cannon has answers

Earlier this week, a video shot through the Twitter feed fray with the velocity of a fish hurtling through a pneumatic tube.

The short video (set to house music, strangely) is a compilation of clips showing variations of the fish-shooting technology that Washington-based company Whooshh first developed five years ago. Not only has the video given the internet an ideal subject of absurdist fascination to dethrone last week’s 30-50 feral hogs, it’s also raised a lot of questions, like, “Wait, what?”, and “How does the fish feel about this?” and, “Can they potentially do this with humans?” (I can’t be the only person who was wondering this.)

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Millions of dollars are being spent on trying to eradicate fire ants from Australia. But that might not be the only way to deal with the invasive pest. Daniel Spring, Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne Jonathan Keith, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Australian designers and environmental activists Alex Wadelton and Tom Whitty have recreated scenes from The Lion King using Woolworths plastic ooshies figures set in landfill plastic trash settings. Their Future Landfill project is a protest against the major Australian supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths, which they say are ‘running reckless promotions that encourage the mass production of tiny plastic toys with a short-term mindset’. ⁣

Woolworths shoppers are being given Lion King plastic figures if they spend over $20 in store. Environmentalists worry the majority of these plastic toys will spend most of their time on this planet buried in the earth.

Woolworths says its Lion King ooshies can be recycled in store, but in the fine print the recycling scheme lasts for about two months after the promotion ends. Coles, however, only gives an option to recycle the packaging of its Little Shop plastic figures.

• Why did two farmers destroy a rare ooshie live on the Today show?

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E3G is looking for a dynamic professional to support the research and advocacy work of its Climate Diplomacy, Risk and Security Programme team, with a focus on supporting E3G’s work in preparation for COP26.

CDP is looking for a Campaign Manager to lead the execution of the 1.5C campaign in coordination with the other We Mean Business (WMB) coalition partners, Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative, and other relevant organisations. The Campaign Manager will be responsible for finalizing and delivering on the campaign strategy to raise corporate ambition to 1.5°C.

One year after his unceremonious departure from AGL, Andy Vesey to head up PG&E; biggest utility in biggest US economy, and in state with 100% renewables target.

The post Ex-AGL chief Vesey lands in greener pastures at California utility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How well is Australia’s economy tracking to decarbonisation? The most recent update of Australia’s greenhouse gas inventory offers the opportunity to do two things. We can re-evaluate the emissions trajectory to 2030 and, as Australia’s inventory report is nearly 30 years old, extrapolate trends to form a view of business-as-usual emissions out to 2050. In...

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Theory linking seismic activity and appearance of rare oarfish fails to hold water

People in Japan hoping to predict the next big earthquake should ignore mysterious deep-sea fish after experts said rare sightings of the creatures on the country’s beaches did not, as some had believed, foretell a seismic calamity.

University researchers said they had debunked the theory of oarfish as a harbinger of doom by comparing sightings of deep-sea fish, including those caught in fishermen’s nets, with earthquake records going back more than 90 years.

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"Dr Becky" receives thousands of views on her YouTube channel, which answers questions about the Universe.

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A group of Tokelauan artists have brought to life their Pacific nation's impending climate disaster in a stage production currently playing at Sydney's Belvoir Theatre.

California regulator ARB should not endorse its Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) next month because sector-based REDD offsets lack environmental and social integrity and fail to address the root causes of deforestation, a state senator said, potentially opening a bicameral rift over the already divisive issue.

California regulator ARB dished out over 3.1 million California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this week in the second largest issuance of 2019, as the number of credits without invalidation periods climbed by over 10%.

Airservices Australia is refusing to obey a State Government order to erect warning signs at a popular fishing spot contaminated with the toxic chemical PFAS.