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With many regions in the country still in drought, the situation has reached crisis point for dairy farmers in the Riverina region of southern NSW.

A Utah-led lawsuit challenging the legality of both California’s cap-and-trade programme and a bill that sets emissions performance standards for baseload generation is on hold as funding for the case has not become available, multiple sources told Carbon Pulse.

A proposal for 270m tall wind turbines on Robbins Island has ruffled some feathers – but here's why towering turbines are here to stay. Con Doolan, Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Blowing trillions of tonnes of snow on to ice sheet could halt its collapse, researchers say

Spraying trillions of tons of snow over west Antarctica could halt the ice sheet’s collapse and save coastal cities across the world from sea level rise, according to a new study.

The colossal geoengineering project would need energy from at least 12,000 wind turbines to power giant seawater pumps and snow cannons, and would destroy a unique natural reserve. The scientists are not advocating for such a project, but said its apparent “absurdity” reflects the extraordinary scale of threat from rising sea level.

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A proposed compromise on Oregon’s failed WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill would have retired allowances for power supplied to heavy industries for at least the first two years of the scheme, according to language seen by Carbon Pulse, while lawmakers are planning their next moves for advancing the ETS.

Onlookers watched as a huge pod of dolphins - known as a super- or megapod - swam alongside them.

Demand response finally allowed in wholesale markets, but like the switch to 5-minute settlements, will be delayed at behest of retailers, while households won't be allowed to play.

The post New demand response rule to erode market power of generator cartel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chennai is India's sixth largest city, but its residents are relying on trucks and trains to bring them water.

EUAs fell to a three-day low before climbing back into positive territory on Wednesday, halting their slide from an 11-year high earlier this week as buyers emerged following this morning's bumper auction.

The birds, whose numbers once dropped to just 22 in the wild in the early 1980s, have two new chicks: Nos 1,000 and 1,001

Nestled among the red-rock cliffs of Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon, California condor chicks No 1,000 and 1,001 blinked into this world. Their birth signalled success for a decades-long program to bring North America’s largest bird back from the brink of extinction.

As a result of hunting, diminishing food and dwindling territory, the number of birds in the wild numbered just 22 in the early 1980s. Lead poisoning was also a major killer, caused by inadvertently ingesting bullets that hunters left inside dead animals that the enormous birds, which have a wingspan of 9.5 feet and weigh up to 25lbs, scavenged for food.

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Start-up NeuraLink wants to start testing its human computer interface on humans.

Melbourne Knowledge Week is a carbon neutral certified event

City Centre Motor Inn is certified carbon neutral for its business operations and accommodation service

Crown Estate holds rights to seabeds around British Isles for wind and wave power

The Queen’s property managers will this week set out terms for the world’s biggest offshore wind auction in a decade.

Industry experts expect the complex bidding process to raise record sums, which could increase energy bills and hand a windfall to the crown – potentially generating hundreds of millions for the Queen.

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S.A. government awards planning approval for compressed air energy storage system, a national first and another big step forward for clean energy in Australia.

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Adani's request for the names of individual scientists reviewing their groundwater management plan has chilling implications for scientific independence. Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US has offered close to 378m acres of public lands and waters for oil and gas leasing since Trump took office through April 2019

Donald Trump’s leases of public lands and waters for oil and gas drilling could lead to the production of more climate-warming pollution than the entire European Union contributes in a year, according to a new report.

The Wilderness Society estimates heat-trapping emissions from extracting and burning those fossil fuels could range between 854m and 4.7bn metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, depending on how much development companies pursue.

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Future Super will partner with RateSetter to expand the availability to affordable finance for residential solar and storage systems.

The post Future Super partners with RateSetter to provide solar and battery loans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Market Forces seeks the support of super funds for its shareholder resolution pushing AGL to accelerate its transition out of coal.

The post Investors asked to support accelerated retirement of AGL’s coal fleet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Five years to the day since the repeal of the carbon tax, emissions and prices have both increased, and the Australian economy is slowing. So, what was the point?

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