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Kensington and Chelsea council has blocked a flagship plan after a campaign based largely on myths

More or less every time a city orders a report into how expanding populations can be moved around in efficient ways that also improve liveability and sustainability, the same answer comes back: active travel – that is, more walking and cycling.

And yet in many of those same cities, when specific plans are introduced to make walking and cycling safer and more pleasant, they face a fierce backlash, which can be sufficiently noisy and disruptive to scupper the schemes.

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If you don’t clean your recycling, it can harm more than it helps. And that icon with the arrows is virtually meaningless

• This week we’re exploring plastic pollution as part of our six-month Toxic America series. Please support this journalism and help us hit our $150,000 goal

It’s a familiar scene: you stand at the bin, trash in hand, and wonder: “Can I recycle this?”

We tend to throw it in the recycling bin anyway, in the hope that some unknown person, somewhere else, will sort it out. Recyclers call this aspirational recycling, or wish-cycling.

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United States of Plastic, a new series that will run for the rest of 2019, will reveal the global consequences of dependence on a miracle material

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What happens to your plastic after you drop it in a recycling bin?

According to promotional materials from America’s plastics industry, it is whisked off to a factory where it is seamlessly transformed into something new.

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The report Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef: The Next Generation of Reef 2050 Actions provides advice from Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners about their aspirations for involvement in protection of the Great Barrier Reef.

The report Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef: The Next Generation of Reef 2050 Actions provides advice from Great Barrier Reef Traditional Owners about their aspirations for involvement in protection of the Great Barrier Reef.

Experience from the Tesla big battery shows that artificial intelligence could be the key to managing an energy market, and is five-times more effective than human traders.

The post Tesla big battery paves way for artificial intelligence to dominate energy trades appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 17 June 2019 until 18 July 2019.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 17 June 2019 until 18 July 2019.

The international coal price is collapsing, thanks to increase in supply from Indonesia and Australia, while renewables are losing the fight in Queensland.

The post Know your NEM: Coal price collapsing, renewables losing fight in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

World leading wind, solar and Tesla battery project was built months ago, but has still not been connected to the grid or energised.

The post Kennedy solar-wind-battery project stuck in connection doldrums appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Official opening of Gannawarra solar and storage project, whose 60MW of PV and 25MW/50MWh Tesla battery has already provided “invaluable” services to Victorian grid.

The post Gannawarra battery-integrated solar farm – Australia’s largest – officially opened appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lestari Capital is looking for a Head of Outreach to develop and maintain working relationships with Indonesia-based conservation projects.

Australia urgently needs to prepare for a coming tsunami of solar panel and battery waste. Rodney Stewart, Professor, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University Hengky Salim, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Oz Sahin, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AGL withdraws $3 billion bid for Vocus Group, citing uncertainty over the value of the deal, but will continue to seek opportunities to integrate data and energy services.

The post AGL cans bid for Vocus Group, but still on lookout for telco purchases appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two former vets from Essex and their children are showing others how it is possible to live self-sufficiently.

Hyundai unveils plans to commercialise in-wheel motor technology, that allows for better turning capabilities and improved vehicle efficiency.

The post Hyundai advances in-wheel motor technology for electric vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia Liberal government says it expects state will be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030, heralding the most dramatic shift towards wind and solar and storage technologies of any major grid in the world.

The post South Australia’s stunning aim to be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Marine biologist Ilena Zanella vowed to save the shark after diving with them off Costa Rica.

Technology is making it possible to tailor treatments to ever smaller groups of patients.

The Earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever before. Why is this happening?