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UNSW deal for mass-production of next generation solar cells will help cost of solar power – already the cheapest in the world – to halve again.

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FOI documents show Josh Frydenberg rejected department advice that developing the area was ‘unacceptable’

Environment groups have called for an independent probe into the government’s assessment of an apartment and marina development on protected wetlands in Queensland.

It comes after revelations the former environment minister Josh Frydenberg rejected advice from the environment department that the development was “clearly unacceptable”.

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Just weeks after saying it wouldn't, McGowan government reveals plans to release a new, explanded and upgraded climate policy over the next 12 months.

The post WA backflips, reveals plan to develop new state climate policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy minister's wife says rolling blackouts are needed to prove left-wing populist policies are wrong.

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The first South Australian (SA) road built with soft plastics and glass at Happy Valley in the City of Onkaparinga will see plastic from approximately 139,000 plastic bags and packaging and 39,750 glass bottle equivalents diverted from landfill.

The post First South Australian road built with plastic bags and glass appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This week we go to Sundowners, discuss the collapse of RCR, and interview Andrea Gaffney from Planet Renewables, and Chris McGrath from solar innovators 5B.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The RCR collapse; and two great new solar initiatives appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Our research finds, emphatically, that in electricity there is no dilemma between decarbonisation and lower wholesale prices. The “tri-lemma” concept is already past its prime.

The post The verdict is in: Renewables reduce energy prices (yes, even in South Australia) appeared first on RenewEconomy.

British-Dutch oil and gas megalith reveals plan to develop new, shorter-term Net Carbon Footprint targets – that will be tied to executive remuneration.

The post Shell unveils new climate targets, links them to executive pay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Rising global temperatures have massively boosted the chances of summer heatwaves in the UK, says a study.

Australian researchers have a new way to increase desire in the northern corroboree frog

Australian researchers are applying a sex hormone to the skin of the critically endangered northern corroboree frog in a world-first treatment to encourage females to accept less desirable mates in captivity.

A trial conducted by the University of Wollongong and Taronga zoo found that, by administering the hormone to both a male and female frog before pairing them off, researchers could increase the chance that they would accept their allocated partner from about 22% to 100%.

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The British Columbia provincial government outlined a long-term climate strategy Wednesday aimed at electrifying its transportation sector, increasing its energy efficiency from buildings and reducing emissions from its industrial sector.

Dip-buyers failed to support EU carbon prices on Wednesday as the benchmark contract fell more than 5% to a four-day low below €20.

A study has revealed 70 per cent of the Northern Bettong population has disappeared. This has prompted calls to establish a so-called "insurance population" to make sure the marsupials don't disappear completely.

Poland intends to auction 55.8 million unallocated EU Allowances that it had set aside during 2013-2017 to help decarbonise its power sector, roughly doubling the number of permits the country had been expected to sell next year, the European Commission said late Wednesday.

California utilities are asking regulator ARB to withdraw its proposal to regulate indirect emissions from the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) and continue its existing policy through 2019, according to public comments.

Negotiators substantially cut down the draft text of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 concerning international emissions trading on Wednesday, though sources said that much work remains to be done over the next week-and-a-half of UN talks in Katowice.

For the second year in a row global greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels have risen, putting 2018 on course to set a new record, according to an annual audit from the Global Carbon Project. Pep Canadell, CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Corinne Le Quéré, Professor, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia Glen Peters, Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo Robbie Andrew, Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo Rob Jackson, Chair, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, globalcarbonproject.org, Stanford University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Australia's energy prices have gone up as more renewables entered the market – but prices would have gone up even more without them. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Dr Steven Percy, Research fellow, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Run-off from vast ice sheet is increasing due to manmade global warming, says study

Rising sea levels could become overwhelming sooner than previously believed, according to the authors of the most comprehensive study yet of the accelerating ice melt in Greenland.

Run-off from this vast northern ice sheet – currently the biggest single source of meltwater adding to the volume of the world’s oceans – is 50% higher than pre-industrial levels and increasing exponentially as a result of manmade global warming, says the paper, published in Nature on Wednesday.

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