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New "solar shape" and "solar firming" contracts expected to encourage more Australian corporate buyers into large scale renewables market.

The newly discovered canopy-dwelling ants are nicknamed after their bizarre defensive behaviour.

PRESS RELEASE A second round of grants to support non-profit organisations and individuals to undertake innovative projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was announced today by Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury. “The inaugural round of the ACT Community Zero Emissions Grants Program was a success last year with a range of projects […]

Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd: As I pondered my options, pools of water formed in the carpet of vegetation around my boots

Passengers for Morfa Mawddach station, to use the formal language of the announcement, “should inform the conductor that they wish to alight”. Your reward, if you do so, is a single narrow platform overlooking the salt marsh on the southern side of the Mawddach estuary. The station was once an important railway junction and, almost hidden by the undergrowth, an abandoned platform edge marks where a second track curled eastward towards Dolgellau. This line has been closed for more than 50 years, but the trackbed has found a new life as a route for walkers and cyclists.

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Australian households are waiting for battery storage prices to fall further before buying. They may have to wait a little longer as Tesla, Enphase

From an anti-nuclear court ruling in South Africa to a campaign that nudged the Vietnamese government from coal to renewable energy, the winners of the world’s leading environmental prize are all grassroots activists who have taken on powerful vested interests

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Winners are all grassroots activists who have taken on powerful vested interests

• 2018 Goldman environmental prize – the winners in pictures

The world’s foremost environmental prize has announced more female winners than ever before.

The struggle for a healthy planet may sometimes feel like a series of defeats, but this year’s Goldman environmental prize celebrates six remarkable success stories, five of them driven by women.

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Our analysis of the new renewable energy projects to come on line in next few years suggest a fall in electricity prices - at least until the closure of Liddell.

Construction of lithium-ion “giga-factory” in Queensland’s north one step closer after Imperium3 consortium signs up Siemens to New York project.

SA Water plans to install 152MW solar PV and 35MWh of storage by 2020 to slash its electricity bill, previously forecast to reach $55 million, to zero.

Horses help patients deal with anxiety and stress issues; beach sculptures brings smiles to Shelley Beach; we visit a boutique duck farm; and meet a dog with an acute sense of smell.

XTB unveils a managed portfolio of individual ESG corporate bond units.

Meet "Plastic King" Robert Bezeau and his four-storey castle made out of recycled bottles in Panama.

Erosion of the cliff at Hemsby, Norfolk, has left 18 homes uninhabitable over the past five years.

The former New York Mayor offers $4.5m to cover the lapsed US contribution to the Paris climate deal.

Report on the state of the world’s birds reveals a biodiversity crisis driven by intensive farming, with once-common species such as puffins and snowy owls now at risk

One in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction, and once widespread creatures such as the puffin, snowy owl and turtle dove are plummeting towards oblivion, according to the definitive study of global bird populations.

The State of the World’s Birds, a five-year compendium of population data from the best-studied group of animals on the planet, reveals a biodiversity crisis driven by the expansion and intensification of agriculture.

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Dingoes increase cattle yields, mountain lions reduce car crashes and vultures eat organic waste: like them or not, predators help humans. Christopher O'Bryan, PhD Candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Eve McDonald-Madden, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland Neil Carter, Assistant Professor, College of Innovation and Design, Boise State University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

• Former NYC mayor criticises Trump for pulling out of deal
• EPA chief Pruitt did meet lobbyist linked to condo, despite denials

The former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has said he will write a $4.5m cheque to cover this year’s US commitment to the Paris climate agreement.

Related: Macron begins Trump charm offensive with Fox News interview

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Pod of orcas spotted between Dunoon and Gourock, thought to be hunting seals or porpoises

A pod of killer whales has been spotted in the river Clyde apparently hunting seals or porpoises.

Images and videos have been posted on social media over the weekend of about half a dozen killer whales, or orcas, between Dunoon and Gourock.

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• Pruitt and Steven Hart both denied any recent business
• Two men met at EPA HQ in July 2017 to discuss Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt met in his office last year with a veteran Washington lobbyist tied to the bargain-priced condo where Pruitt was living.

Both Pruitt and lobbyist Steven Hart had previously denied Hart had conducted any recent business with EPA.

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