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Forum leaders are calling for an update of Biketawa Plus security agreement.

CWP Renewables submits plans to develop 600MW solar and storage project about 15 kilometres south-west of Goulburn.

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Exclusive: organic fresh produce and dairy are now worth a record £2.2bn a year

Supermarket sales of organic food and drink in the UK have risen by 4% this year, new figures reveal, marking seven consecutive years of growth.

Despite an exceptionally cold winter and a hot, dry summer which have played havoc with crops, organic fresh produce and dairy sales remain the main drivers fuelling growth of the overall market, now worth a record £2.2bn.

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Exclusive: Friends of the Earth says revised national planning policy makes it ‘virtually impossible’ for councils to refuse fracking schemes

The government is facing a legal challenge over its new planning policy, which campaigners say was illegally adopted because the government failed to assess its environmental impact.

The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July, informs local policies across England, from planning permission to town and country planning and land use. It has significant weight in development decisions, from the amount and location of built development to the way environmental impacts are assessed, and also deals with policies concerning air pollution, energy generation, water management and biodiversity.

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Growth of solar is pushing down prices in middle of the day, increasing business case for storage. Within two years, says AEMO, minimum demand will shift from night time to the daytime in all states.

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Hyundai begins marketing campaign for the Ioniq, to be released next month in pure electric, hybrid and fuel cell versions.

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National Museum officials in Rio de Janeiro say almost 90% of the collection was destroyed by fire.

Separating facts and fiction about pumped-hydro storage technology .

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Perth-based building-integrated PV maker signs MOU for its clear solar glass to power “street furniture” including bus shelters and outdoor advertising signs.

The post ClearVue solar glass tapped for bus shelters, outdoor advertising appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rehabilitations Standards for the closure of Ranger Mine have now been completed by the Supervising Scientist Branch.

Rehabilitations Standards for the closure of Ranger Mine have now been completed by the Supervising Scientist Branch.

The Supervising Scientist have conducted a detailed assessment of the Ranger Mine closure plan written by Energy Resources Australia Ltd (ERA).

Cumulative global EV sales to pass 4m mark this week, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance – and the latest million was notched up in just six months.

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Report finds Queensland could meet almost 100% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2030, if all of its almost 15,000MW pipeline of large-scale wind and solar projects proceeded.

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The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 4 September 2018 until 5 October 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 4 September 2018 until 5 October 2018.

Over the next two years, the UN hopes to secure a treaty to protect two-thirds of the world's oceans.

Many Japanese people who recycle their household plastic would be shocked to know where it ends up.

The disclosure of the cull, conducted under a legal loophole, comes as Japan seeks to further weaken a global ban on commercial hunts

Japanese whalers have killed more than 50 minke whales in an Antarctic marine protection area this year, WWF has revealed.

The disclosure comes on the opening day of the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting in Brazil, which Japan is chairing as it seeks to restart commercial whaling. Killing whales for profit was banned in 1986, but nations including Norway and Iceland have granted themselves exemptions.

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The Office of Global Change in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State is sending out this informal call for expressions of interest for a potential role in the Office of Global Change (OES/EGC) that would provide substantive assistance to the Climate Change Transparency Team at a junior level (2-4 years work experience).