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AEMO says 100% renewables in Australia's electricity grid can be achieved, but it needs a good plan.

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The Clean Energy Summit had more panels than your average solar farm, but there were some key highlights.

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Poland has joined a growing list of member states opting to use the EU's Modernisation Fund next decade to finance the decarbonisation of energy systems in various emitting sectors.

A look at the main criticisms of the AMEC's proposal for a wholesale demand response mechanism – and why we think they are incorrect.

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Victorian energy minister says energy market rules out of date, and calls for reforms to ensure regulators can respond to clean energy transition.

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Nadi Bay declaration issues blunt warning: coral atoll nations could be uninhabitable as early as 2030

Pacific leaders have called on Australia to abandon plans to use carry-over credits to meet Paris climate targets and to immediately stop new coalmining, warning some of their countries could be uninhabitable as soon as 2030.

In a strongly worded statement issued at the end of a Pacific Islands development forum in Fiji, the leaders said they were deeply concerned about a lack of “comprehension, ambition or commitment” from developed nations despite the climate crisis posing grave consequences for their people.

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The orthopaedic device was discovered inside 4.7m animal that died in central Queensland last month

An orthopaedic plate found in the stomach of a Queensland crocodile could possibly bring closure to the family of a missing person.

The plate, with six stainless steel screws, was inside the 4.7-metre MJ, who died a month ago after a fight with another large crocodile at Koorana Crocodile Farm near Rockhampton.

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Plans to build a wind farm of up to 300MW in capacity in Tasmania’s Central Highlands are set to be put to community, by Sydney-based developer Epuron.

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The patterns of warm and cold years in Britain are a clear signal of climate change, say scientists.

Calls for Mexico to crackdown on use of illegal fishing nets after further decline of species

There are fewer than 19 vaquita porpoises thought to be left, according to a study.

In 2016, estimates of the vaquita population stood at just 30, but research published in Royal Society Open Science suggests the figure has fallen further.

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An expedition of American and Canadian scientists and students has been navigating Arctic waters to study the impact of warming ocean temperatures.

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US state officials began discussing potential investment strategies from a Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) cap-and-invest programme to benefit low-income communities and reduce regional pollution, but environmental justice critics continued to advocate for delays in the process in order to solicit more feedback.

A southern white rhino has given birth after artificial insemination, raising hopes for the northern white rhino population.

California regulator ARB will consider endorsing an updated version of its Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) at the board’s Sep. 19 meeting, nearly a year after the agency delayed its original approval of the possible precursor to jurisdictional REDD offsetting following a flurry of backlash.

C2ES seeks a highly qualified person to focus on clean energy activity in the U.S., including state and regional climate policy, key industrial sectors and technologies essential for addressing climate change. This position reports to the Senior Vice President for Policy and Business Strategy.

Former ACT environment minister recognised for outstanding contribution to clean energy industry.

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A new report warns global warming is affecting the health of people in the Pacific, with more deaths from extreme weather events and a growing risk of diseases like cholera and typhoid.

The Monaro grasslands are a tiny surviving fraction of the native grasslands that once grew across the Southern Tablelands. Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rod Schoonover, who was an intelligence analyst for 10 years, said the Trump administration halted his report on global heating

A former senior government analyst has accused the Trump administration of “undercutting evidence” of the threat to national security from the climate crisis after his report on the issue was blocked by the White House.

Rod Schoonover, who worked as an intelligence analyst for the federal government for 10 years before resigning earlier this month, submitted a written testimony on the “wide-ranging implications” of global heating over the next 20 years, for submission to the House intelligence committee last month.

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