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A spectacular sight lights up the sky as Venus and the moon rise together

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emphasized need to ‘transform our energy system’ but did not discuss how to pursue it

A star-studded progressive town hall on climate change drew thousands of viewers online and hundreds in person – but offered little insight into how the US left might overcome Republican opposition and lay the groundwork to limit rising temperatures.

Related: David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon

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The 1954 letter about religion is expected to fetch up to $1.5 million at auction in New York.

This and Turnbull's observations on energy policy provided abundant material for a question time attack by Labor bloated from dining on the unending manna that's been flowing from political heaven. Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A launch is delayed due to mouldy food bars, meaning the worms could be a day too old for research.

Greta Thunberg, 15, told UN summit that students are acting in absence of global leadership

Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the UN climate change summit, accusing them of behaving like irresponsible children.

Thunberg began a solo climate protest by striking from school in Sweden in August. But more than 20,000 students around the world have now joined her. The school strikes have spread to at least 270 towns and cities in countries across the world, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the US and Japan.

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The UN has identified six action areas with a high potential to drive GHG reductions and resilience as it encourages countries to bump up their Paris Agreement targets at a New York conference next September, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday.

The BES photography contest features images by ecologists and students and captures rare flora and fauna from around the world. The overall winning picture, by Chris Oosthuizen, shows an adult king penguin surrounded by chicks on Marion Island

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A stocktake of which governments are now offering programs to bolster the uptake of home battery storage in Australia.

The post Home battery storage subsidies and support schemes: What’s available and where appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Macquarie Uni researcher claims car parks in an EV future have the potential to become power plants bigger than South Australia's Tesla big battery.

The post EV car parks could provide more storage than Tesla big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new Kia electric car and updated Niro unveiled by South Korean carmaker Kia as they prepare for launch in Europe and North America.

The post Kia unveils new all-electric Soul at LA Auto Show appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Melissa Price made an error of law in assessing pipeline plan, Australian Conservation Foundation will argue

The Australian Conservation Foundation has launched a federal court challenge to the environment minister Melissa Price’s decision not to apply the water trigger in assessing water infrastructure for Adani’s Carmichael coalmine.

The court action, lodged on Tuesday, relates to the federal government’s assessment of Adani’s north Galilee water scheme, which would see a 100km pipeline constructed to transport 12.5bn litres of water a year from the Suttor River and Burdekin basin. The project would also expand an existing 2.2bn-litre dam to 10bn litres.

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For the most nutritious and sustainable seafood option, try small ocean fish. Anna Farmery, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Gabrielle O'Kane, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra Gilly Hendrie, Research scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The introduction of a new solar battery will put Australians one step closer to achieving the dream of a $0 electricity bill.

The post Goanna set to soak up the sun and put power back into the hands of Australian households appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some of the massive 67m turbine blades delivered to the 453MW Coopers Gap Wind Farm in Queensland in September are now up and and ready to spin.

The post First turbines up and spinning at Australia’s largest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The federal Coalition is systematically undermining the basis of the private ownership of the electricity market in Australia. Legal rights are being cut back at every turn.

The post Know your NEM: Angus Taylor should go to naughty corner over terrible policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It was discovered off the Essex coast after an unusually low tide exposed it for about half an hour.

Administrators of RCR Tomlinson move to extract the contracting and engineering giant from the solar business that appears to have torpedoed the company's finances.

The post RCR administrators move to close down solar business appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Canberra Institute of Technology and ACT network operator Evoenergy will test up to 100% hydrogen across grid in situations where natural gas currently used.

The post ACT to trial up to 100% green hydrogen in gas network, in Australian first appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Turnbull says renewables and storage clearly cheaper than coal, even if ideologues and idiots deny that fact, and can lower emissions as well as cut costs. So should we decarbonise more quickly? Ah, no.

The post Turnbull: I gave it my best shot … but deniers won’t accept renewables are cheaper appeared first on RenewEconomy.