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Temperate grasslands are home to diverse flora and fauna but they are in decline because of land clearing and our lack of concern

For most people, the south-eastern grasslands look like wastelands, according to the environmental psychologist Kathryn Williams from the University of Melbourne.

“They see an empty paddock that’s potential for a car park or a shopping centre or a housing development,” she says.

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Swiss lawmakers in both legislative chambers have approved the country’s carbon market link to the EU ETS, advancing the bill to a final vote later this month that will also likely approve a price floor for the small scheme.

The COP25 UN climate conference in Chile will be held this December, the international organisation confirmed on Thursday, reversing an initial decision by the host nation to push the next annual negotiation round to Jan. 2020.

Meet Yoda, one of 103 new insect species discovered in remote forests on the island of Sulawesi.

The sheer volume of ice covering Greenland means its fate has global repercussions.

Spring Uprising festival in Bristol will feature bands and civil disobedience instruction

The woman behind the UK’s first female-only festival is setting up a climate activism training camp to instruct hundreds of young people in civil disobedience before a series of environmental protests planned for the coming weeks.

Tiana Jacout is putting on the Spring Uprising festival in Bristol this month for people taking part in the ongoing school strikes and the Extinction Rebellion protests planned for 15 April.

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South Korea’s environment ministry has halved the allowance volume each ETS participant can bid for at next week’s sale, a move designed to allow more buyers to bid successfully.

Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority (EA) on Thursday recommended that new projects emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2e a year should be required to offset their emissions using high-quality carbon credits.

The world-famous lab cuts ties with a scientist who said women were less able at physics than men.

Can nature, rivers, mountains or animals, have legal rights - just like people? Legal rights will change the relationship we have with nature and that’s crucial to really protect the environment.

Rescuers found 127 ringtail possums along the shoreline and in the water on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula

More than 100 dead and injured ringtail possums have been found by wildlife rescuers along a single stretch of beach in Victoria in what ecologists say is becoming an annual occurrence due to extreme heat.

Rescuers and wildlife carers discovered 127 ringtail possums along the shoreline and in the water at Somers Beach on the Mornington Peninsula on Saturday during a four-day period that saw consistent temperatures in the high 30s, warm nights and bushfires in parts of the state.

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A team at Northwestern University developed a wireless patch that monitors the vitals of premature babies.

It will be months before the Standard Range Model 3 arrives in Europe and China, meaning a likely 2020 arrival date for Australia.

The post Tesla’s cheapest Model 3 may not arrive in Australia until 2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Locals, Enosi launch rooftop solar trading platform to put consumers in charge of who they sell their excess PV generation to, and for how much.

The post Rooftop solar trading platform cuts out energy market middle man appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transport expert Chris Loader's easy-on-the-eye graphs paint a very clear picture of Australia's transport-based carbon emissions.

The post Australia’s transport emissions laid bare, in four very nice graphs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

W.A. utility to decommission 54km of poles and wires and replace with 13 Micro Power Systems combining solar, battery storage and a back-up diesel generator.

The post Horizon Power swaps poles and wires for solar and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New data from Wiki-Solar reveals that some of the world’s leading energy utilities are beginning to build significant solar generation portfolios.

The post Energy utilities are building their solar portfolios appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Networks Australia releases first of standardised guidelines to govern “safe, consistent and efficient” installation of rooftop solar and storage across NEM.

The post Networks unveil “safe and fair” rooftop solar, battery connection standards appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The modelling used to promote the multi-billion Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project appears to assume that in South Australia, solar power is produced during the night.

The post South Australia solar shines out of Snowy’s pumped hydro modelling appeared first on RenewEconomy.

W.A. government heralds a rapid shift from coal to renewables, and unveils plans to deal with the dramatic uptake of rooftop solar, battery storage and EVs.

The post WA prepares plan to shift from coal to renewables, and distributed energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.