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Climate change is bringing heightened droughts, heat stress and floods. For our fruit trees, that means tougher conditions. To prepare means mining their genomes to hunt for resilience. Rajeev Varshney, Professor, Murdoch University Abhishek Bohra, Senior research fellow, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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This newly created Project Manager position will bring expert project management skills to manage the execution of large-scale blue carbon research projects with industry and government partners.

The new city bears a colonial name and there are questions about locating it in the hottest part of Sydney, but we are also seeing all 3 tiers of government work together in an innovative way. Tooran Alizadeh, Associate Professor in Urbanism and Infrastructure, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hornsdale big battery lands new contract for fast frequency response, as wind gains boost quarterly revenue and a solar farm takes a break in negative prices.

The post Hornsdale battery lands new contract, as wind farms fan jump in Neoen revenue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gas companies have long been gaming the resources rent system, but copying the Norwegian scheme would have vast benefits.

The post Labor’s timid fossil rent tax should be revamped into a Norway-like wealth fund appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Indonesia will launch its carbon exchange in June, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry said in a position paper, clarifying the details of a closed-meeting on the country’s emerging carbon market last week.

Rooftop solar growth hit a 12 month low in April, according to new data from SunWiz, with total installations for the month slumping 23% compared to March.

The post Rooftop solar slumps in April, but PV system sizes just keep getting bigger appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland dominates the large scale solar rankings in April, while the best performing wind assets were spread around the country.

The post Graph of the Day: Top 20 wind and solar assets in April appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewable energy curtailment isn't going away yet grid infrastructure upgrades are years off, so batteries acting as "virtual lines" could be the answer.

The post Big batteries as “virtual power lines” could be quick solution to unleash wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Next will focus on latest renewables and energy management technologies and solutions, from solar, energy storage and EV charging to energy monitoring software.

The post Registrations open for Energy Next, co-located with Australian Clean Energy Summit in July appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the race to a renewable grid, the household and the energy decisions made there often get overlooked. This needs to change – and fast.

The post We need 100 million new electric machines, and we’ve got 17 budgets to get it right appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The investment in PEP's latest fund is designed to target hard-to-decarbonise infrastructure companies.

The post CEFC sinks $80m into push for private infrastructure to decarbonise appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Now that we finally have a Net Zero Authority, how can it help Australia make the most of this once-in-a-generation economic transformation?

The post Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority. What should top its agenda? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Deep dive into Australia's biggest renewable and storage auction shows projects developed a broad range of revenue strategies, including short-term and long term PPAs.

The post How to deliver one of fastest green energy transitions in the world appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia will contemplate allowing international carbon credits in the Safeguard Mechanism and limiting the use of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) as part of a planned review of the scheme in 2026-27, according to legislative documents.

It’s that “whale-y” exciting time of year! Winter is coming. That means we’ll start seeing whale mums and calves moving along Australia’s east and west coasts. We’ve already had a teaser in WA waters. Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Sydney-based fintech company’s carbon credit and data information platform has started displaying Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) pricing data in a bid to improve transparency in the market, it announced Monday.

Just Stop Oil and Republic activists were arrested for peaceful protests. Unless we act, this will become business as usual

On Saturday morning at 5am, about 18 Just Stop Oil supporters set off to attend the coronation. Underneath their raincoats they were wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts, and they carried small orange flags emblazoned with the logo and slogan. None were carrying glue or any lock-on devices. Once in position on the Mall, they had planned to unveil their T-shirts and wave their flags as the royal carriage passed. A move that would have spread our demand to “Just Stop Oil” across the globe.

One was arrested before they managed to meet up with the group. A further 13 were arrested on the Mall, before they had revealed their T-shirts and flags. Four more supporters and an independent journalist following the group were arrested outside Downing Street. The Met confirmed it had arrested a total of 52 people around the coronation for affray, public order offences, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

Chloe Naldrett is a spokesperson for Just Stop Oil

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PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates

Some of the United States’ most widely used food pesticides are contaminated with “potentially dangerous” levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new testing of the products finds.

The Environmental Protection Agency has previously been silent on PFAS in food pesticides, even as it found the chemicals in non-food crop products. The potential for millions of acres of contaminated food cropland demands swifter and stronger regulatory action, the paper’s authors say.

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