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Four pioneering women who changed the face of physics from the 1800s to the present day.

International agreement will protect vast areas of sea that have opened up as the ice melts

Commercial fishing will be banned across much of the Arctic under a new agreement signed on Wednesday in Greenland, closing down access to a vast area of sea that is newly opening up under climate change.

The moratorium on Arctic fishing will safeguard an area about the size of the Mediterranean for at least the next 16 years, as warming temperatures allow summer navigation across what was previously ice.

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Nordal Exchange and IncubEx will begin offering a suite of North American environmental products, including California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), on Nov. 16 pending regulatory review.

Cases occurred after confirmed reports of invasive species feared as threat to the honeybee

A British wildlife charity has warned that a spate of bad news stories about the invasive Asian hornet is leading to the persecution of its home-grown equivalent.

Devon Wildlife Trust said it has across cases of people exterminating the European hornet (Vespa crabro) thinking it was the troublesome Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).

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EU finance ministers on Tuesday agreed to extend until mid-2022 regulations protecting the EU ETS and wider European energy markets from tax fraud.

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research.

Killer whale populations are facing collapse due to pollutants which were banned in the 1970's.

The administration’s lengthy slate of rollbacks will slow progress on reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases that warm the planet, health experts say

Donald Trump’s administration is racing against the clock to rescind or rewrite every major pro-environment policy enduring from Barack Obama’s presidency. But the government probably won’t be able to usher those changes through the courts before the next presidential election.

Green-minded states and advocates can’t sue until regulations are final, and it could take years for the courts to rule. In the interim, the lengthy slate of rollbacks will slow progress on reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases that warm the planet, health experts say.

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Japan’s latest push on carbon pricing was plunged into uncertainty this week after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe replaced Environment Minister Masaharu Nakugawa, who had launched twin processes to put the issue back on the government’s agenda.

IPCC scientist says there are some positive signs about our ability to keep the global temperature rise to 1.5C

More than a quarter of commercially available honeys show signs of having been bulked out with cheaper products such as sugar cane and corn syrup, a new analysis shows. Mark Patrick Taylor, Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University Xiaoteng Zhou, PhD candidate, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australian Renewable Energy Agency announces distributed energy as a major focus for its remaining funding pool, as the transition to renewables enters its next critical – and unstoppable – phase.

The post ARENA goes behind the meter, as consumers rush to solar, storage, EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victorian government announces $1 million grant to help ChargeFox establish “ultra” fast electric vehicle charging stations at two regional locations in state.

The post Victoria chips in to install ultra-rapid EV chargers – “Australia’s fastest” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Announcements are running hot in the solar power space, and this can be a confusing area for households to navigate. How will they help them reduce their energy bills?  Is investing in solar worth it?

The post What does Victoria’s biggest solar energy scheme to date mean for Australian families? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Security Board chair says that parts of proposed NEG policy package live on through discussions with states – and could be in place by the end of 2019.

The post Schott: NEG not quite dead, and could be revived appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New MapBrowser provides roof-pitch, height, width and area tools to help companies measure rooftops and structures without onsite inspections; gives small businesses the same advantages as large companies to improve planning and presentation workflows.

The post Nearmap offers complete aerial map measurement tools for solar and roofing industries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Elina Berg is a member of a campaign group which is suing the Norwegian government over oil exploration in the Arctic.

A new quality assurance program developed by the Clean Energy Council will provide consumers with independent information on the safety of home battery products.

The post Home battery program to assure consumers about safety of products appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the first part of a new series, we take you through the current conditions, and then put them in context with other severe droughts in Australia’s history

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Scientists are developing technology to help.