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Australia’s federal government over the weekend issued a new discussion paper on the National Energy Guarantee (NEG), shrugging off massive criticism to stand firm on the scheme’s overall emissions ambition, approach to state-based renewables targets and use of carbon offsets.

A man has been bitten by a shark off the coast of Western Australia, prompting authorities to close down the nearby Margaret River Pro international surfing event. The man, in his 30s, was flown to Royal Perth hospital with leg injuries, but was conscious according to a St John Ambulance spokesperson

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Campaign against plan to remove chicks from their nests and rear them in captivity raises £25,000 in four days

A controversial plan to remove the chicks of endangered birds from their nests and rear them in captivity could be challenged in the high court after a crowdfunded campaign raised £25,000 in four days.

Wildlife campaigner and author Mark Avery is leading an application for a judicial review of the hen harrier “brood management” plan, in which chicks will be raised in captivity and released into the wild.

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18 April 1918 Flowers range from the poet’s narcissus to the deepest yellow of the daffodil or the orange-rimmed gold of the small-crowned narcissi

Kew Gardens, April 17
One longs for sunshine to show a visitor the full loveliness of the Gardens at this time, and we have had very little sunshine for a fortnight and more. It is the heyday of the narcissi. We have had some of this joyous family for the past six weeks, but now is the time when they fill the woodland, and when, wherever you turn, the limits of the lawns are outlined with gold. The “woodland walk” is largely composed of beech trees whose quaker-grey stems, often fretted with black, are as yet unrelieved by any green.

Related: Old-fashioned narcissi are part of the fabric of the woodland

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Patents by female inventors from the 1890s reveal the creative ways women made their body mobile through clothing

Much has been written about the bicycle’s role as a vehicle of women’s liberation. But far less is known about another critical technology women used to forge new mobile and public lives – cyclewear. I have been studying what Victorian women wore when they started cycling. Researching how early cyclists made their bodies mobile through clothing reveals much about the social and physical barriers they were navigating and brings to light fascinating tales of ingenious inventions.

Cycling was incredibly popular for middle- and upper-class women and men in the late 19th century, and women had to deal with distinct social and sartorial challenges. Cycling exaggerated the irrationality of women’s conventional fashions more than any other physical activity. Heavy, layered petticoats and long skirts caught in spokes and around pedals. Newspapers regularly published gruesome accounts of women dying or becoming disfigured in cycling crashes due to their clothing.

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Aigas, Invernessshire and Uganda: Wintering wheatears were abundant in Uganda, looking exactly the same as they do when they arrive in the Highlands

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New survey reveals energy efficiency enjoys extremely high levels of public support. But that's not why we should be embracing it.

Elon Musk tells interview Model 3 production has settled at 2,000 a week, should grow "three or four-fold" by Q2 2018.

The redesigned NEG is likely to cause electricity prices to rise before they fall.

Report finds up to $21.5m a year going directly to host communities through wind farm benefit sharing mechanisms; billions to broader regional economies.

NSW has raised $38 billion from energy asset sales, yet has reinvested not a single dollar - despite facing the fact that most of its coal fired power stations will close in the next 14 years.

Just because something is advertised as 'flushable' doesn't mean you should put it in your toilet. Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Man in his 30s taken to Royal Perth hospital after being bitten on the leg off Gracetown in Western Australia

A man has been bitten by a shark off the coast of Western Australia, prompting authorities to close down the nearby Margaret River Pro international surfing event.

The man, in his 30s, was flown to Royal Perth hospital with leg injuries, but was conscious, St John Ambulance said.

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The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 17 April until 17 May 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 17 April until 17 May 2018.

The deployment of renewables and electric vehicles is expected to skyrocket as the world strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

New research by a group at UNSW shows that it is theoretically possible for Australia to move to a renewable energy future without blowing its share of the carbon budget.

How much rubbish could you collect from a suburban beach in 30 minutes? You may find the answer confronting. Guardian Australia joins Paul Sharp and Silke Stuckenbrock from the Two Hands Project to see just how prevalent plastics are on Australia's beaches

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Coalition refuses to budge on emissions targets for NEG, despite considerable shift on technical details of emissions and reliability obligations from Energy Security Board.

Electricity distribution networks in Europe run at well below their full potential, and could learn from AirBNB nd Uber to easily incorporate EVs.