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The shallow graves of Masig Islanders are being washed away by rising sea levels.

A rare sighting of Tesla's smaller, cheaper SUV – the Model Y – seen driving around on public roads in the US.

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Tesla adds tow bar option to Model 3 electric sedan, which should calm Scott Morrison's claims that EVs will kill the Australian weekend.

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It would take 17 days to respond to an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. And that's the best-case scenario. Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In the late 1990's a new term was used to describe the situation between the two nuclear powers of India and Pakistan. That term is ugly stability. Aakriti Bachhawat explains what that is and if it is enough to keep peace in the region.

Slight alteration to Queensland's new solar rules allows labourers to hold panels, but only if an electrician is holding them at the same time.

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Updated: The animated Gif gives a history of marginal loss factors in Australia over the past decade - and an insight into the evolution of the grid.

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While the Ganges is sacred but heavily polluted, the Chambal’s ‘cursed’ but pristine waters have proved a blessing for locals

Cold-blooded gharials, a crocodile-like species unique to south Asia, catch the last of the day’s warmth as a setting sun paints the sky crimson above the Chambal river.

Two jackals and a jungle cat scuttle up thorny ravines that box in the expansive blue water, while the orange-beaked Indian skimmer bird glides overhead.

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First turbine completed at Goldwind's 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania, which will boost the island state's wind power capacity by 50% once complete.

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IMF says fossil fuel subsidies in Australia amount to nearly $1,200 per person, or a total of $29 billion.

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Scott Morrison says government took reef ‘off the endangered list’ – despite no such list existing

Scott Morrison has credited his government as having “saved” the Great Barrier Reef, a claim rejected as “ridiculous” by scientists, environment groups and the Queensland government.

At the Liberal party’s campaign launch in Melbourne on Sunday, Morrison thanked past environment ministers Greg Hunt and Josh Frydenberg for their work on reef issues.

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If climate action from every country was as inadequate as Australia’s, the world would be on track for 4°C warming.

The post Australia’s major parties’ climate policies side-by-side appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen's 100MW Numurkah solar farm, which will help power Sanjeev Gupta's Laverton steel works, and Melbourne's trams, starts production.

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One thing I can tell you is that a snail's bottom is right over its head. Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Faroe Islands declared themselves shut down as foreign volunteers came to take part in sustainable tourism.

Social researcher Rebecca Huntley and economist Matthew Warren say Australians have come to realise that it's time to act on climate change.

Part of Abokado’s spring menu, insects claimed to be healthy and sustainable food source

It brings a whole new meaning to grabbing some grub for lunch. Roasted crickets are to go on sale this week at outlets of a London snack brand – the first time in the UK edible insects will appear on the regular daily menu at a takeaway food chain.

The crunchy whole crickets, from Eat Grub, will be available in Abokado shops across London from Tuesday as part of the chain’s new spring menu. The sweet chilli and lime-flavoured snack will join its customisable range of toppings for fresh salads, poke bowls and hotpots, and also be available as bagged snacks alongside nuts, edamame and popcorn.

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The Apollo 11 landing: What did it take to pull off one of the greatest achievements in human history?

Here's how the coalition, Labor and the Greens stack up against the Paris targets. Kate Dooley, Research fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.