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Stranded porpoises, dolphins and seals had average of 5.5 particles in their guts

Microplastics are being widely ingested by Britain’s marine mammals, scientists say, with samples found in every animal examined in a study.

The research on 50 stranded creatures including porpoises, dolphins, grey seals and a pygmy sperm whale is the most comprehensive analysis of microplastics in the digestive tracts of both wild cetaceans and seals.

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People buying generic fish such as rock could in fact be eating a range of shark species

Fish and chip shops and fishmongers are selling endangered sharks to an unwitting public, according to researchers who used DNA barcoding to identify species on sale.

Most chip shop fish sold under generic names such as huss, rock, flake and rock salmon turned out to be spiny dogfish, a shark species classified as endangered in Europe by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s red list.

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A group of Japanese companies have scrapped plans to build a coal-fired power plant that would have emitted some 12 million tonnes of CO2 annually, and are considering constructing a gas-fired plant in the same location.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall joins RN Drive.

Mining giants put aside competition in joint statement on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Bird poaching – for meat or for the pet trade – has become a silent epidemic across China, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of migratory birds each year. Gu Xuan, a young conservationist, is determined to break this cycle of death and destruction, and set the birds free

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European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

Australia's government insists it is on track to surpass its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. But while that may be true, it will only happen with some clever accounting. Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Many big companies are happy to reduce demand in the middle of a heatwave, but are not allowed to by their retailers. It's outrageous.

The post Who’s afraid of demand response? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report recognises urgent need for national plan, as the rest of the world powers ahead

When the Senate select committee on electric cars released its long-awaited report on Wednesday, it announced Australia was “on the cusp” of a change not seen since the advent of the internal combustion engine.

It’s not the first time public figures have claimed an electric car revolution is imminent and while the report did not recommend brash action, it offered a moment of bipartisan recognition that a lack of government action to date has left Australia lagging behind the rest of the world.

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US government climate scientists take unprecedented step of tweeting a rebuttal to PDonald Trump’s recent tweets implying that winter storms and cold weather in US somehow disprove global warming.

The post US government scientists debunk Trump’s ‘global waming’ tweets with cartoon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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To say 2018 was a record year for Australian solar PV is practically an understatement. Every imaginable record was broken, and broken repeatedly.

The post Australian solar’s record-smashing year. In eye-watering charts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s time for the regulators to take a closer look at the behaviour of the main participants in the market as well as the underlying operating rules of the market.

The post Blackouts and hot air: Is this the new normal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More than 10 million Australian energy customers are set to benefit after the launch of a world-first, cross-sector energy industry framework focussed on better customer outcomes.

The post Energy sector working together in world first customer initiative appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means.

Musk says Tesla big battery will pay for itself within a few years, and has sparked interest from other governments for even bigger batteries to replace gas peaking plants.

The post Musk says Tesla big battery to pay for itself within a few years, bigger ones on the way appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Adani applies for generation licence for proposed 160MW solar farm in Whyalla.

The post Adani seeks regulatory approval for 160MW solar farm in Whyalla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US EPA will incorporate many of the recommendations from the government’s trading regulatory body on reforming the biofuels credit market under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), according to the environmental agency’s acting chief.  

Monarch production will not be replicated next year, experts warn, as above average temperatures will cause problems

The population of monarch butterflies wintering in central Mexico is up 144% over last year, according to new research.

Related: 'It's a sad reality': a troubling trend sees a 97% decline in monarch butterflies

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