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ABB announced at its ABB Customer World – Australia event in Melbourne that its new ABB’s PVS-100/120 range of cloud connected, three-phase string inverter solutions for cost efficient decentralised photovoltaic systems is available from today.

Researchers find levels of plastic fibres in popular bottled water brands could be twice as high as those found in tap water

A new analysis of some of the world’s most popular bottled water brands says more than 90% contain tiny pieces of plastic.

Analysis of 259 bottles from 19 locations in nine countries across 11 different brands found an average of 325 plastic particles for every litre of water being sold.

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Petrol and diesel cars must be phased out earlier than the 2040 target, four Commons committees say.

Empty rhetoric from corporates is not enough as climate change is accelerating far faster than expected

Business leaders seem astonished that community trust in their activities is at an all-time low, trending toward the bottom of the barrel inhabited by politicians. To the corporate leader dedicated to the capitalist, market economy success story of the last 50 years, that attitude is no doubt incomprehensible and downright ungrateful.

Related: Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by 'crazy' temperature rises

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VW Group details ambitious electric vehicle production plans, as it works to launch new EVs on almost monthly basis – starting next year. GM also plans 20 EV models by 2023.

The land-clearing crisis has been hastened by individual decisions, but it’s supported by a network of power brokers, lawmakers and enforcement agencies

The broadscale denuding of the unique Australian landscape is the result of thousands of landholders making a tapestry of individual decisions.

Over the past few years, millions of hectares of land has been cleared of native vegetation, exacerbating climate change, the decline of threatened species and the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

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The physicist will be remembered mainly for three things, says fellow scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Despite it's unpopularity with the public and ongoing reports of endangered and non-game birds being killed - duck shooting season commences this month in Victoria, Tasmania and SA. Siobhan O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new study shows that the atmospheric carbon levels projected by 2060 will affect coral reefs.

Listen to five thought-provoking perspectives from world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76.

A short history of A Brief History of Time - Hawking's blockbuster.

Science aside, Stephen Hawking appeared in a number of hit television shows.

Remembering some of the key theories and quotes of the world renowned physicist, who has died.

Colleagues of the visionary physicist Stephen Hawking say he left a unique legacy.

From being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease at 21 to experiencing zero-gravity.

The physicist, who battled motor neurone disease for most of his life, has died at the age of 76.

From meeting presidents to popes, we look back at some of Professor Hawking's most notable public appearances.

Theresa May and Eddie Redmayne are among those to mark the world renowned scientist's death.

We’re not yet optimizing biofuel production for both economic and environmental factors

Facing the reality of human-caused warming, we now look for ways to reduce the problem so that future generations will not inherit a disaster. So, what can we do now to help the future?

The easiest answer is to use energy more wisely and quit wasting our precious resources. Second, we can increase our use of clean energy, particularly wind and solar power. These are great starts but we will still need some liquid fuels and for those, we can make decisions about the best fuels for the environment. There has been extensive conversation recently about biofuels and how they may help solve the climate problem.

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From black holes boiling themselves out of existence to equations describing the entire history of the Universe.