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Simon Holmes à Court from the Energy Transition Hub spends much of his time challenging anti-renewable myths, and those who spread them - including energy minister Angus Taylor.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Debunking anti-renewable myths and “fair dinkum” power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Economist Judith Sloan launches another attack against renewables. Again, she has her facts hopelessly wrong.

The post Judith Sloan’s nonsense attack on Victoria’s renewable energy scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The quest to turn Australia into a renewable hydrogen export hub gets another boost, with a breakthrough on both cost and sustainability by researchers at Curtin University.

The post WA researchers suggest crystals to capture solar power and produce hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal plant owner Trevor St Baker wants Australia to impose limits to limit wind and solar to 50% of energy output at any one time, citing International Energy Agency guidelines. The IEA says no such guidelines exist.

The post IEA debunks St Baker claim on wind and solar limits appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Submission to Senate inquiry urges reforms to ensure international obligations to protect biodiversity are met

The Law Council of Australia is concerned Australia’s system of environment laws was failing to meet international obligations to protect its biodiversity.

In a submission to the Senate inquiry into the high rate of fauna extinctions, the council’s environment and planning law committee has called for reforms to reverse the decline in native species.

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Climate change is killing Antarctic's mosses, hardy plants growing at the bottom of the planet for centuries.

There are many myths and misunderstandings about evolution - how much do you know?

India has big solar ambitions, but could recent policy uncertainties cast a shadow on its plans?

Roadmap outlines steps firms must take to reduce waste at every stage of supply chain

Large supermarkets and manufacturers are signing up to efforts to drive down the UK’s annual £20bn food waste bill by committing to halving waste from “farm to fork” by 2030.

A roadmap being published on Tuesday by the government’s waste reduction body, Wrap, and the food and grocery charity IGD sets a series of milestones for businesses to reduce waste at every stage of the supply chain. The annual bill is equivalent to more than £300 per UK citizen.

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Applying a carbon charge to New York’s wholesale electricity markets would stimulate GHG cuts from generators exempt from the northeast US RGGI programme, while bigger in-state units covered by the carbon market would see an increase in emissions, according to new analysis presented on Monday.

We are expanding our international programme with regards to the transition in the power sector. Therefore, we aim to strengthen our team, especially in regards to our activities in Turkey, Southeast and East Asia, South Africa, India and China.

We are expanding our international programme with regards to the transition in the power sector. Therefore, we aim to strengthen our team, especially in regards to our activities in Turkey, Southeast and East Asia, South Africa, India and China.

This position is a 6-month consultancy with the possibility of extension to a long-term consultancy or employment.

S/he will have the overall responsibility to provide technical support to Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE) and facilitate the implementation of Adaptation Fund (AF) funded Project activities, and other climate change related interventions implemented in collaboration of MoFE and WFP.

While the latest proposed California cap-and-trade regulations are seen doing little to impact offset issuance timelines, project developers are hopeful that future measures could tackle, and possibly eliminate, buyer liability or invalidation risk.

Glyphosate – the most used pesticide ever – damages the good bacteria in honeybee guts, making them more prone to deadly infections

The world’s most used weedkiller damages the beneficial bacteria in the guts of honeybees and makes them more prone to deadly infections, new research has found.

Previous studies have shown that pesticides such as neonicotinoids cause harm to bees, whose pollination is vital to about three-quarters of all food crops. Glyphosate, manufactured by Monsanto, targets an enzyme only found in plants and bacteria.

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Some types of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) trades between the EU and Britain may be rendered invalid under a no-deal Brexit, as British-sourced units would no longer be recognised on the continent, the UK said Monday.

European carbon prices added 1.3% on Monday, recovering more of the ground lost earlier this month but shying away from the larger gains posted by the wider energy complex to start the week.

Australian scientists find seismic surveys can harm marine life, but industry lobby groups claim research is ‘seriously flawed’

Some of the world’s biggest energy companies are lining up to defend their widely used offshore exploration technique from the conclusions of a small group of Australian scientists, who say the seismic surveys can kill zooplankton and harm invertebrates.

The American Petroleum Institute and the International Association of Geophysical Contractors have been writing to authorities in the United States claiming the work of Associate Prof Robert McCauley, of Curtin University in Western Australia, and his colleagues is “seriously flawed”.

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