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Site exploration tests for Australia’s first offshore wind farm, the massive 2000MW Star of the South, are set to begin off the south coast of Gippsland in Victoria.

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Plans to build a 183MW solar farm with 20MW of battery storage in Western Australia’s south west looks set to be approved this week.

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Qantas will match carbon offsets purchased by customers as part of a plan by the airline to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. But no talk of electric planes.

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Shanghai will auction 2 million CO2 allowances on Nov. 29 to participants in its emissions trading scheme, who face the deadline for complying with 2018 obligations later on the same day.

Australian airline company Qantas on Monday said it would reach net zero emissions by 2050, and as part of the plan will immediately double its use of carbon credits by matching each tonne offset by its customers.

Cutting the speed of ships by 20% can benefit health, protect whales and limit warming, say campaigners.

A British Airways insider says the industry deliberately fills planes with extra fuel to save costs.

Fishing industry and environmentalists teaming up to restore seagrass; special guitar helping with healing after tragic accident; Irish farming couple embrace 'gap year' down under; why singing to your baby brings benefits for all.

University of Adelaide researchers secure research contract with Chinese battery manufacturer to develop new technology that could slash the cost of BEVs.

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The man behind a key amendment to a major climate treaty thinks that he has a way to cool the Earth.

How much do you think about where your water is from when you get a glass to drink or turn on the tap in the bathroom? It's so easy for us to access water, but it hasn't always been that way. And, many parts of the country are in the grips of drought right now and doing it really tough. From pulling water up from wells to filtered water from a tap, what can we learn by looking back at history?

What the history of clean water tells us about our society and award-winning audio fiction, The Fitzroy Diaries, back for a second season.

Waste Reduction Minister Trevor Evans on the federal-state agreement to ban the export of plastic waste by 2022.

NSW Mid-Coast mayor Claire Pontin joins RN Breakfast to discuss the bushfire emergency.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce discusses the airline's newly announced plans to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

More than 140 flood warnings and alerts in place as South Yorkshire villagers evacuate

Further heavy rainfall has been forecast for the UK this week and more flooding is expected as communities already affected struggle to cope.

Seven severe “danger to life” flood warnings remain in place in South Yorkshire in areas along the River Don. The Met Office also issued 41 active flood warnings and 94 flood alerts, and said a weather system moving across Europe would bring a “fair amount” of rainfall to England and Wales.

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An inconclusive COAG meeting comes after years of inquiries, announcements, initiatives, investigations and reviews. Australia is no closer to actually tackling our waste problems. Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

For the majority of children who go to schools that don’t have immediate access to wild places, how is this to be achieved, asks Bruce Ross-Smith. Plus Martin Wainwright on the value of forest school classes

No one could dispute the Wildlife Trusts’ plea for all children to “have the opportunity to experience the joy of wildlife in daily life” and “to recognise the multiple benefits of nature for children – and ensure that at least one hour per school day is spent outdoors learning and playing in wild places”. (Call for schoolchildren to ‘go wild’ for at least one hour of every day, 7 November).

For the majority of children who go to schools that don’t have immediate access to those wild places, how is this to be achieved? Over the years many schools have established forest clubs and gardening clubs, but these do not and cannot equate with “wild places”. My childhood was spent on Vancouver Island in the 1950s, when we had large gardens that were in themselves wild places. My four children have been raised in Oxford, which certainly allows access to country places and, at Shotover Park, for example, a relatively wild place, at least for some, but not easily or practicably accessible to all.

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From humble beginnings, Market Forces is now in the crosshairs of the Coalition’s war on environmental boycotts

When Market Forces, a small climate activist group, was singled out as the target of the government’s push to stop environmental campaigns that advocate boycotts of fossil-fuel companies, its leader was briefly taken aback but not disappointed.

“You know you’re doing something right when the Morrison government tries to bring you down,” Julien Vincent, the group’s executive director and founder, says from its base in Melbourne. “It’s unpleasant, but it’s only happening because we are getting results.”

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Hundreds of homes in Fishlake village have been severely flooded with water from the River Don. Displaced residents were evacuated by rescue workers who accessed the area by boat. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn visited those affected. There are seven severe flood warnings in Yorkshire and Johnson drew criticism for saying they did not need to be escalated to the level of a national emergency

• UK weather: severe flood warnings remain in place in Yorkshire

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