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The devastation continues after a hydropower dam collapsed in Laos, where 26 people have reportedly died and more than 100 are missing. The flood waters have also poured into neighbouring Cambodia, forcing thousands of people to evacuate

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Australia this week finalised the design of its proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG), including a decision to allow a limited number of domestic offsets, paving the way for a carbon pricing scheme of sorts to emerge in the power sector if the policy wins the backing of state ministers next month.

Republican-led changes to the Endangered Species Act put plants and animals across America at risk. Here are the ones you should be most concerned about

Republicans in the western United States have been trying to whittle away the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since Donald Trump took office, and their efforts reached a crescendo last week with help from the White House. The Trump administration has proposed significant changes to its enforcement of the bedrock environmental law. Under the new rules, wildlife managers would limit protections for species designated as “threatened” (a level below endangered), consider the economic costs prior to defending a species and de-emphasize long-term threats such as climate change.

The administration’s action follows bills and budget riders from congressional Republicans that would, among other things, in effect remove protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states, exempt the controversial greater sage-grouse from an ESA listing for 10 years, and increase state involvement in conservation decisions. The flurry of measures is an attempt to change the law, long seen as oppressive to oil and gas interests, while the GOP controls Congress and the White House.

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According to UNICEF figures, over 1300 families are in need of emergency shelter.

Senate Select Committee on Electric Vehicles warned that failure to embrace global shift to EVs would ultimately cost Australian motorists.

From Greece, to the UK, to Japan and even Sweden, a slew of places in the Northern Hemisphere are suffering extreme heat. And the chances of extreme heat records tumbling are growing all the time. Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ESB modelling is false and misleading, claiming credit for projects already in pipeline. The latest NEG outline also penalises rooftop solar and large scale solar, does crazy things with offsets and will end up lifting prices.

Decision by energy market rule-maker could pave way for Tesla and others to develop virtual power plants, demand response, and combine electric vehicle load that can compete in the wholesale market with traditional peaking power plants.

Answer: It's not renewables, or the lack of them. Most are caused by network problems or failing fossil fuel plants.

Sandy, Bedfordshire: As with mosquitoes, the female is deadlier than the male, seeking a meal of animal blood so that she can grow her eggs

Many a fly has landed on my bare limbs this long summer, stretching out its minesweeper mouthparts to dab at my skin for something edible. Not thinking too hard about where those dirty feet have been, I tolerate them pattering about, sucking up, until the tickling sensation gets too much, and I shake them off.

What I worry about is the flies that don’t walk.

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Japanese car-maker behind world's biggest selling EV has quietly launched an all-electric camper van.

Japan’s biggest utility reveals plans to develop up to 7GW of new renewable energy capacity, in effort to "gain the competitive advantage."

Tesla owner gives his EV its very own climate change makeover to start a conversation about global warming.

Australian Renewable Energy Agency backs pioneering project aiming to turn biosolids from sewage into crude oil.

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The current hot conditions could become the new normal for British summers within 30 years, MPs say.

The Canadian government may relax industry production benchmarks under its output-based carbon pricing system (OBPS), which forms part of its backstop carbon pricing plan, as well as introduce a similar metric for the power sector, it said at a workshop on Wednesday.

UK offshore wind capacity set to double following govt announcement of competitive auction in May 2019, and every two years after that.

Polish adventurer drives Nissan LEAF 13,000km across Europe and Asia to dispel myths about range capabilities of electric vehicles.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests $150m in alternative asset manager Morrison & Co, to boost energy efficiency of key social and economic infrastructure assets.