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AGL Energy says it is looking to boost its storage and flexible generation options as it eyes a share of what it describes as a $200 billion investment opportunity that will flow through the market from the clean energy transition. In announcing its $1 billion net profit on Thursday, AGL noted that is has $1.5...

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AGL posts $1 billion profit for the year, but expects falling energy prices, rising fuel costs and the impact of retail regulation to dampen future earnings.

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There's a growing fashion for fossils, but some argue it is undermining scientific research.

WIth second major industry protest brewing, Daniel Andrews suggest his government considering key changes in design of state's controversial rooftop solar rebate.

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Staying within WHO pollution limits would prevent 11% of new diagnoses, study says

Almost 67,000 new cases of asthma in children across 18 European countries could be prevented every year if levels of tiny particulates polluting the air are cut to recommended levels, research suggests.

The study joins a growing body of research into the impact of air pollution on human health. A landmark study published in April estimated that 4m new asthma cases a year globally among those aged one to 18 were down to levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air.

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Atomik is made with grain and water from the abandoned area around the damaged nuclear power plant.

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Alberta’s lawsuit against the federal ‘backstop’ CO2 tax will focus more closely on the national concern branch of the Canadian constitution than previous Conservative-led legal challenges, while also arguing that strategies other than a minimum carbon pricing standard can drive GHG reductions.

A former London-based Deutsche Bank carbon trader has been charged by German authorities for his suspected role in using the EU ETS to commit tax fraud.

• Dramatic increase in bites continues recent upward trend
• North Carolina, Georgia and Texas on track to break records

Climate warming and the expansion of human settlements across the southern states of the US has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people bitten during encounters with venomous snakes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The increase in bites is on track to break records in North Carolina, Georgia and Texas where copperhead rattlesnakes are the dominant species, with a total of 2,118 bites, an increase of 83 over the previous year, the newspaper said. In Florida, where the eastern coral snake and the cottonmouth are common, numbers remain average.

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Natalie Christopher, 35, was last seen on Monday going for a run on the island of Ikaria.

Seagulls are intimidated by eye contact, a study has found. Just make sure you look away before four minutes have elapsed …

Name: The hard stare.

Age: Around as long as there have been eyes.

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While the rest of the world is turning off nuclear power, we in Australia are looking at including it in our energy mix.

Seller’s kept EU carbon prices near their recent lows on light volumes Wednesday, despite the supply dearth created by a one-day auction pause amid a month of halved sale quantities.

Tiny animals called tardigrades are thought to have survived a crash-landing on the moon.

The parrot roamed New Zealand 19 million years ago, and may have been flightless and carnivorous.

Selling water from melted icebergs is big business on Canada's eastern coast, but there are concerns over Arctic warming.

The Australian Energy Regulator is taking legal action against four wind farm operators. The Grattan Institute's Tony Wood joins RN Drive.

The seaside birds are less likely to steal your chips when you watch them, according to scientists.

John Laing's 175MW Finley Solar Farm – the $170m project contracted to sell power to BlueScope Steel – has begun sending power to the NSW grid.

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