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The CEFC has invested $30 million in the Woolworths Group green bond, the first certified green bond issued by an Australian retailer and by a supermarket business globally.

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Lincoln Gap wind farm begins production as owner strikes interim deal as turbine provider Senvion sorts out its finances.

The post Lincoln Gap wind farm delivers first power to grid as it deals with Senvion issues appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia signals search for new projects and competitors to supply 100% of its electricity supply, after failure of the Aurora solar thermal project.

The post S.A. begins search for energy provider after failure of solar tower project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Study found bags were still able to carry shopping despite environmental claims

Plastic bags that claim to be biodegradable were still intact and able to carry shopping three years after being exposed to the natural environment, a study has found.

The research for the first time tested compostable bags, two forms of biodegradable bag and conventional carrier bags after long-term exposure to the sea, air and earth. None of the bags decomposed fully in all environments.

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Management practices that don't consider the history, ecology and social circumstances of dingo populations help drive their aggression towards people. Katie Woolaston, Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Tritium, a world leader in electric vehicle (EV) DC fast charging technology, has announced it has successfully achieved all three ISO certifications for quality, health and safety, and environmental standards.

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Scott Morrison got back on coal bandwagon over weekend, and rode it to the heart of Queensland coal country, picking up Pauline Hanson and Clive Palmer along the way.

The post Coalition gets back on coal wagon, given 4/100 in climate policy test appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Garnaut says a 100% renewable energy grid, dominated by solar and wind, is possible by the early 2030s and will deliver cheap and reliable power.

The post Australia can be powered 100% by renewables by early 2030s, says Garnaut appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Signs of a tipping point in national power-generation mix, with renewables beating coal in April and likely May as well.

The post April to be momentous in transition from coal to renewables in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The fatal flaw in Zuckerberg’s effort to deal with fake news.

The post Facebook’s newest ‘fact checkers’ are Koch-funded climate deniers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

GCL System Integration Technology Co. Ltd announced it had been awarded a patent for its shingled cell modules from IP Australia, further enhancing its patent portfolio.

The post GCL System Awarded Patent for Shingled Solar Modules in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Keeping soil in good condition is key to keeping carbon locked away, and it's possible cows can help.

There's three times more carbon in the soil than in the atmosphere - and deforestation is releasing it.

John Connor to head Carbon Markets Institute, says business now realising there is no such thing as a "low carbon" future, it has to be zero carbon.

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Australia’s Carbon Market Institute has appointed a high-profile climate policy veteran as its new CEO, the group announced Monday.

Slippery customer, believed to be a corn snake, safely reunited with owner

A “fare-dodging” snake had to be removed from a bus after alarming passengers.

McGill’s Buses posted an image of the reptile slithering along a window ledge on its service in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

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Natascha Engel quit government role after six months over ‘ridiculous’ regulations

Anti-fracking campaigners have welcomed the resignation of the government’s shale gas commissioner, who quit in frustration at “ridiculous” regulations limiting drillers from causing earth tremors, which she claimed were hobbling the industry.

Natascha Engel stood down at the weekend after just six months in the post and accused ministers of being too heavily influenced by climate change campaigners such as the Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg and anti-fracking protesters.

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We have all seen the damage plastic waste is doing around the world – but sales of bottled water have continued to grow

For all the innovation and choice that define the food and drink industries, if you want to make money, you could do a lot worse than bung some water in a bottle and flog it. A litre of tap water, the stuff we have ingeniously piped into our homes, costs less than half a penny. A litre of bottled water can cost well over a pound, especially for something fancy that has been sucked through a mountain.

Yet the bottled water market is more buoyant than ever, defying the plastics backlash inspired by stricken albatrosses on the BBC’s Blue Planet, and a broader, growing sense that something has to change.

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Scientists say technology can do the work of 100 trees using the surface area of one

The news on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere is rarely good. Scientists and campaigners have warned repeatedly that governments are doing too little to bring us back from the brink and that, even if we are seeing reductions, they are nowhere near the levels required to reverse climate change.

But scientists have been working on what they say is the world’s first “biosolar leaf”, which they claim can mop up carbon dioxide and discharge oxygen into the atmosphere more efficiently than a typical tree.

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New transmission line that could unlock major wind and solar resources in remote Queensland takes a big step forward.

The post CopperString is back, with plan to unlock outback wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.