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Independent Senator Tim Storer has decided not to nominate for re-election, citing consideration of his young family.

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UNSW researchers are combining desalination technology with solar, targeting those in need of secure supplies of fresh water who are also disconnected from electricity grids.

The post UNSW looks to solar-powered desalination to help bust droughts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report into Victoria load-shedding in January highlights failure of brown coal generators, and how renewables performed better than forecast.

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Creditors of embattled wave power company Carnegie Clean Energy vote unanimously to accept restructuring plan to save the company and re-list it on the ASX.

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The latest report on the state of New Zealand's environment delivers a forceful official statement on climate change impacts. Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It has been reported that at least one snail lived as many as 14 years in captivity. His name was George and he lived in Hawaii, in the United States. Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Freshwater data in the latest report on the state of New Zealand's environment suggest improvements in water quality are possible but many gaps in understanding remain. Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Commonwealth and NSW environmental water holders to release water into Dumaresq, Macintyre, Mehi and Barwon rivers to help native fish survive the drought.

Commonwealth and NSW environmental water holders to release water into Dumaresq, Macintyre, Mehi and Barwon rivers to help native fish survive the drought.

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EUAs came within a few cents of breaking last week’s 11-year high near €28 on Wednesday as the lack of an auction and resilient gas prices encouraged both speculative and compliance buyers.

A team of conservators are working to breathe new life into a collection of Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban.

Tests on a rabbit bone, found in West Sussex, show for the first time the animal was alive in 1AD.

Twenty-three mostly Nordic firms led by Finnish utility Fortum are developing a platform to create and sell GHG removal units on the voluntary carbon market, in an effort to stimulate CO2 removal applications derived from soil and from concrete and wood used in buildings.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is likely to veto Republican budget amendments that would prevent the state from joining the RGGI and Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) programmes, a regulatory source said.

A record amount of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) futures have already traded on ICE just over halfway through April, marking the second consecutive month to set an all-time high.

The irony. Adani, fighting protests over its huge Queensland coal mine, opposes Gupta solar farm in South Australia because of concerns about grass wrens and thornbills.

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Navigating Australia's recycling crisis is even harder during festive seasons. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Jenni Downes, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chefs won’t use red-listed seafood including farmed Atlantic salmon and east coast wild prawns

Sustainably sourced fish will be top of the menu in some of Australia’s best restaurants after 40 well-known chefs signed up to the Australian Marine Conservation Society’s Good Fish project.

The restaurants have all pledged not to source or serve seafood that is red-listed in the Sustainable Seafood Guide, published by the society.

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