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BHP transforms a V8 4WD true blue Aussie ute to electric drive to work at it giant underground mine, and cops some flak from the nay-sayers.

This is an important move for the PV industry in which enterprises tend to emerge through new factories and investments, leaving an insignificant role for acquisitions.

British scientists discover a way of taking human fingerprints off seized pangolin scales.

Changes to the Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011 have been made, as part of the review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011. These minor amendments to the regulatory framework ensure the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme does not impose undue costs and is fairer to importers and manufacturers of television and computer products.

Windlab CEO says renewables industry better of with no National Energy Guarantee at all, than with a NEG hobbled by 26% emissions reduction target.

Latest version of major UN science report concludes the upper temperature goal of the Paris Agreement does not represent a climate safe zone.

Without action on climate change, the coming generation will pay much more to curb emissions, a UK report says.

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The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, the 30MW Hywind project in Scotland, has chalked up another first, adding a 1MW onshore battery system.

How do you battle a disease when it's not contagious, not infectious, not cancerous and is not malignant, but has the potential to damage you permanently and hasten the end of your life?

The UN’s aviation agency ICAO adopted its CORSIA rulebook on Wednesday, snubbing several governments’ calls for changes while giving airlines few additional signals on what offsets they can use to comply.

Perth-based building-integrated PV company reveals it can build its solar glass technology into independent units, removing need for specialised window frames.

PRESS RELEASE AUCKLAND, Thursday, June 28 2018 – As part of the global expansion of Stores and Service Centres across the globe, Tesla will officially launch its first New Zealand Store and Service Centre in Auckland tonight with an event for their owners to celebrate, prior to opening the doors to the public tomorrow. The store will […]

California regulator ARB doled out more than 619,200 carbon offsets this week in its latest issuance covering all four active project types.

The Pembina Institute is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as our Director, Climate Policy. We are seeking someone with a strong background in climate policy, relationships across sectors and a record of influencing policy change.

You will join the Natural Resources team that is working on national, EU and international projects in the areas of energy, environment and climate change. Our activities consist of economic and policy studies (e.g. feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, evaluations), consultancy, and project and program management.

If waste is burned for energy, recyclable material is lost forever. There are better solutions

The vast recycling problem facing communities right around Australia has been a ticking time bomb.

With China’s restriction of imports of foreign waste now in place and responsible for increased stockpiling around the nation, prices for waste streams such as glass are at a low point. It is now cheaper to import than recycle glass.

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Plastic bags will soon be gone from major supermarkets and many other shops too. Campaigns to reduce plastic even more should focus on positive advice, rather than shaming shoppers for their plastic use. Louise Moana Kolff, Lecturer, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The bird, tagged as number 492, is seen near Lavaca Bay, Texas, after fleeing a Kansas zoo in 2005.

Speculators and intermediaries picked up most of Germany’s auctioned carbon allowances last month, government data showed, with installation operators recording their smallest share in more than a year.