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Turkey’s Iztuzu beach is witnessing a major construction boom. It has also been the egg-laying ground for sea turtles which have been coming ashore for centuries. Due to campaigners’ conservation work and the establishment of a rescue centre, the number of nests on the beach has more than doubled

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Palau’s climate change coordinator says Australia provides aid to region but on world stage undermines attempts to halt global warming

Australia’s relationship with the Pacific region on the issue of climate change has been described as “dysfunctional” and “abusive” – providing aid to the region to deal with the effects of global warming but undermining attempts to halt its progress, according to a climate change representative for the Pacific nation of Palau.

Xavier Matsutaro, the national climate change coordinator for Palau, a small nation in the north-west Pacific, said Australia’s relationship with the Pacific was “dysfunctional”, adding that Australia was also responsible for diluting the strength of previous regional declarations on climate change.

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Business still booming for rooftop solar, with 142MW installed in August and NSW taking the lead and Victoria showing slight fall.

The post Australia rooftop solar charts another record month, even as prices edge up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin wins $4.5m Victorian govt grant to build 5MW microgrid using the solar and battery storage of up to 650 customers.

The post Origin to build 5MW virtual power plant in Victoria, using rooftop solar and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The O-Wind Turbine captures wind from any direction and, unlike traditional turbines, could be effective in cities

A ‘spinning’ turbine which can capture wind travelling in any direction and could transform how consumers generate electricity has won its two student designers a prestigious James Dyson award.

Nicolas Orellana, 36, and Yaseen Noorani, 24, both MSc students at Lancaster University, have created the O-Wind Turbine which – in a technological first – takes advantage of both horizontal and vertical winds without requiring steering.

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Manufacturers urged to switch to solar and other technologies, and make some easy gains with some simple energy efficiency measures, in major new joint report.

The post Australian manufacturers urged to ditch gas for solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor has pledged to withdraw the A$443 million given to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. But the foundation's decisions are led by science, and free of undue influence, its chief scientist says. Peter J Mumby, Chair professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia’s fastest growing business energy retailer, has today released new research that shows businesses using wholesale prices can expect significant price reductions, while energy costs are lowered for everyday Aussies.

The post Data reveals how businesses can reduce energy costs for all Australians appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New energy minister Angus Taylor says there is too much wind and solar in the system, and more needs to be done to protect existing and encourage new "fair dinkum" baseload.

The post Taylor says there is too much wind and solar in electricity grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California's Air Resources Board (ARB) on Tuesday released proposed amendments to the state's cap-and-trade programme that would set a price ceiling and reserve tiers, establish post-2020 offset rules, and offer some avenue to account for the allowance surplus resulting from Ontario's WCI exit.

Unique opportunity to invest in a portfolio of over 1 GW of renewable energy generation development across three Australian states that will have a project value of over $3bn when constructed, providing investors with significant scale and geographical diversity.

The post Goldwind puts 1GW wind and solar portfolio up for sale appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia government to target 5,000 homes this financial year as its Home Battery Storage grants plan finally moves ahead. Its part of a suite of initiatives to support transition to renewables grid.

The post South Australia commits $180m to batteries, storage and virtual power plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The debate about the need for baseload coal-fired power stations has reignited with the Coalition saying it would welcome a new coal-fired power station to the country.

The post Why baseload coal has no future in a modern grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Although she’s too modest to agree with the description, retired farmer Sylvia Wilson is an electric vehicle pioneer.

The post Sylvia , 70, completes round-Australia trip in an EV for …. $150.90 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With wind, solar and storage clearly beating fossil fuels on costs, would conservatives seek to stop that investment if it were not also about emissions? Emma Herd, from the IGCC, joins us for a fascinating discussion.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Would conservatives try to stop clean energy if it wasn’t about emissions? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Some species of plant have evolved to take up metals like nickel and iron, without being poisoned.

60% of the bonnethead shark’s diet is made up of seagrass, which they happily graze upon as well as eating fish, crabs, snails and shrimp

It is one of the most radical rebrandings in history: contrary to their bloodthirsty image, some sharks are not irrepressible meat eaters, but are happy to munch on vegetation too.

According to US researchers, one of the most common sharks in the world, a relative of the hammerhead which patrols the shores of the Americas, is the first variety of shark to be outed as a bona fide omnivore.

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Internal watchdog found the agency has no approved procedures to determine how much security the administrator needed

The millions of dollars spent on a round-the-clock security detail for the scandal-laden former head of the US Environmental Protection Agency were not justified, according to the findings of an internal watchdog.

Scott Pruitt’s transition team asked for a 24/7 security team for him when he was appointed as head of the EPA by Donald Trump, even pulling agents from criminal investigations to guard him, in a move that dramatically escalated the cost for the taxpayer and broke with the protocol followed by his predecessors.

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EU carbon prices held their ground on Tuesday to consolidate above €20 after another weak auction result and yesterday's big losses.