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Tetris Energy is pleased to announce that it has reached financial close with Eni Australia Limited to acquire the two construction-ready solar photovoltaic (PV) projects at Batchelor and Manton Dam, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Massive waste-to-energy proposal for Western Sydney backed by Macquarie Group set to reignite debate over merits of burning trash for energy.

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Some of Australia's biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges –  but how well are they really doing? Amandine Denis, Head of Research, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Horizon becomes first utility to cut poles and wires and take customers off grid with renewables and storage, and more network operators will follow soon.

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President had said agency would issue a notice because city allowed waste from homeless population to flow into the ocean

The Trump administration issued an environmental notice of violation to San Francisco on Wednesday, fulfilling Donald Trump’s threat to cite the city over an inaccurate claim that linked water pollution with the city’s homeless crisis.

Trump said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would issue a notice because the city allowed needles and waste from its homeless population to flow from the sewer system into the ocean – an allegation city officials disputed. In a letter Wednesday, the EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, accused the city of improperly discharging waste into the bay, but avoided mentioning Trump’s comments directly.

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Queensland state LNP breaks with federal counterparts and says renewables and energy efficiency better option than nuclear.

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The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) group – a not-for-profit public agency that operates a Community Choice Energy Program for Alameda County in California – has contracted two more major solar and battery storage projects that it describes as “astoundingly low.” The latest deal is an agreement to contract a total of 225MW of solar...

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One in five cars sold in Norway last month was a Tesla Model 3, as Tesla claims quarter of all sales in the Norwegian auto market.

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A team of more than 60 experts is trying to find out more about the enigmatic Nabataean culture.

GE Renewables wins contract to provide world's biggest wind turbines to UK Dogger Bank projects that recently set record low price for the technology.

The post GE to deliver world’s biggest wind turbines for huge UK Dogger Bank project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland LNP says it supports a greater focus on energy efficiency measures

One of the biggest detractors of the federal Queensland Liberal National party’s push to investigate nuclear energy as a potential power source for Australia has come from within its own house.

The state LNP opposition has publicly declared its opposition to making any changes to the current bipartisan ban on nuclear energy generation, declaring the government would be better served in its goals by focusing on renewable energy sources, in a marked split from their federal state colleagues.

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Experts have trimmed their EU carbon price forecasts over the past three months, a Carbon Pulse poll of 14 analysts has found, as falling gas prices, concerns over Brexit, and wider macroeconomic worries combine to slice into allowance demand.

The prospects for grassland-based offset projects throughout Canada could receive further clarity next year after this month’s pivotal federal election and several provincial developments, stakeholders said Wednesday.

Damian Graham from not-for-profit superannuation fund First State Super says early work from carbon emitters is encouraging, but that "far more" must be done.

New research shows that warming by more than 2°C could be a tipping point for Antarctica's ice sheets, resulting in widespread meltdown and changes to the world's shorelines for centuries to come. Georgia Rose Grant, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Paleontology Team, GNS Science Timothy Naish, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Buybacks by open tenders were a successful, cost-effective way of returning water to the Murray-Darling Basin. They should never have been abandoned. Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Former Nationals leader says he agrees with Labor that government needs to ‘get cracking’ on dam construction

Barnaby Joyce says the Coalition risks “political annihilation” in the bush if the drought worsens and it does not start building dams, as Labor lashes the government for failing to produce a national drought strategy.

The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, toured drought-affected Stanthorpe in Queensland on Wednesday, saying parts of the state were clearly suffering “natural disaster” and criticising the government for failing to build a single dam since being elected in 2013.

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Scotland Yard plans ‘proactive and swift’ counter-action as forces send extra officers to London for October protest

Specialist police teams will be heading to London this weekend to help deal with two weeks of protests planned by Extinction Rebellion, the environmental activists who brought the capital to a standstill over Easter.

Metropolitan police will be put on 12-hour shifts from Monday, the first day of Extinction Rebellion’s action, to free up as many officers as possible from regular duties.

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There has been no sign of Naya or the pups she was carrying since May

The first wolf to have been spotted in Belgium for more than 100 years has not been seen since May, and environmentalists believe she is likely to have been killed.

The wolf, given the name Naya, was first sighted in Belgium in the north-east province of Limbourg in January 2018. She was fitted with a collar containing a transponder to track her movements.

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