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Amateur photographer Derry Moroney lives on the mid-corth coast of New South Wales in the community of Brooms Head. For the past three years he has been photographing landscapes, animals and insects. ‘With our pristine beaches and Yuraygir national park on my doorstep, I really didn’t have to travel very far,’ he says.

In July 2020 Moroney followed the water upstream from the estuary at Brooms Head and stumbled on to Lake Cakora. Using his drone he captured stunning images of arboreal-like drainage channels in Lake Cakora. ‘The tea trees along the banks colour the water running off into the lake after a big storm,’ he says, describing the patterns as ‘like a tree of life’.

You can see more of his work on Instagram at @derry_moroney_photography

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A year ago, bushfires blanketed major Australian cities with smoke, but coal fired power stations are their own major source of air pollution.

The post Don’t hold your breath for clean air in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The life-sized picture of a wild pig found in a remote cave is thought to be 45,000 years old.

ACT government celebrates strong uptake of rooftop solar, with more than 4,200 systems added in 2020.

The post Nation’s capital celebrates strong year for households embracing solar power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ministry has an opportunity for two passionate and talented Policy Analysts to join its Climate Change teams.

Corporate Carbon Advisory is seeking a Senior Restoration and Carbon Ecologist to play a leading technical role in the expansion of its portfolio of re-vegetation projects.

An amateur photographer’s aerial photos are gaining attention for this little known "natural wonder".

AGL locks in key suppliers for its big battery ambitions and Tesla has missed out.

The post AGL picks Wärtsilä and Fluence to deliver on 1000MW big battery vision appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At a time when wind and solar are surpassing expectations, a slew of new reports are showing that CCS isn't all it's cracked up to be.

The post New report highlights limitations of CCS after stumbles at flagship project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Did the pandemic hurt climate coverage? Yes - but not for long, and not as much as you might think. And it's set to come back in a big way

The post Media coverage of climate was hit by COVID19 but it’s time for a comeback appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The US EPA will issue the majority of pending 2019 compliance waivers under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the final week of President Donald Trump’s tenure, according to a media report published Wednesday.

California issued fewer than 200,000 offsets in its first issuance of 2021, with a majority of the new credits coming from an existing forestry project, according to data published by regulator ARB on Wednesday.

An obligated party under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has requested a Texas court grant a temporary restraining order against a commodity firm, fearing that the company could become insolvent due to the millions of dollars in unfilled biofuel credit (RIN) contracts it is alleged to owe.

EU negotiators expect to reach a political agreement on the 27-nation bloc’s landmark Climate Law in March, ahead of a key European Council summit that will provide further guidance for future climate legislation, according to sources involved in the process.

More of the insects have emerged this year in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. One reason is rainfall

The buzz call of the cicada is a familiar sound of the Australian summer and this season is what David Emery calls a “super year for our summer chorusing friends”.

A veterinary immunologist at the University of Sydney and cicada expert, Emery has been monitoring the insects for decades and, along with many residents of coastal New South Wales and beyond, has registered that the volume is more ear-splitting than usual.

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Illustration of activist is part of a series highlighting government’s environmental quality goals

The environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been featured on a new Swedish postage stamp, in recognition of her work to “preserve Sweden’s unique nature for future generations”.

Thunberg, who turned 18 on 3 January, is pictured standing on a rocky cliff top wearing a yellow raincoat, with swifts flying around her, as part of a set by the artist and illustrator Henning Trollbäck titled Valuable Nature.

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Researchers find capsaicin, the chemical that gives chilli its spice, helps produce stable and efficient perovskite solar cells.

The post A touch of spice key to more efficient and longer lasting solar panels, researchers discover appeared first on RenewEconomy.

JinkoSolar has achieved a record large-area N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell conversion efficiency of 24.90%.

The post JinkoSolar has N-type Mono Cell verified at record 24.90% conversion efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California electricity sector emissions declined in November to recede below 2019 levels, while also breaking a three-month trend of year-on-year GHG increases amid hotter weather across the Golden State, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.