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CO2CRC has been awarded funding to conduct important research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions in steel production.

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Unsubsidized solar power, energy-smart homes and communities, greening of corporations, and zero-emission hydrogen mean Europe may re-emerge as a global leader in solar systems.

The post Why Europe could be the next solar powerhouse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German researchers suggest turbines from coal power plants can be re-purposed to provide heat and cooling using molten salt storage and renewable power.

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Ciel & Terre announce completion of world's biggest floating solar project, built on a former coal mining area in China.

The post China completes new 70MW floating solar PV project on old coal area appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New data suggests the pipeline of wind, solar and storage projects in Australia is nearing 100GW - possibly enough for the country to go 100% renewables.

The post Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to go 100% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The remains of mountaineers who died on the world's highest peak are being exposed as its ice melts.

Victoria's environment is taking a pounding, but an ambitious report offers a way forward – not just for that state, but for the whole of Australia. Geoffrey Wescott, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Marine biologist Dave Harasti has posted shocking footage of coral bleaching off Lord Howe Island, which lies in the Tasman Sea between Australian and New Zealand. Its location approximately 600km north-east of Sydney makes it the world's most southern coral reef

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Rogue waves that can appear out of calm seas are growing in size, a study of the US coast suggests.

Tesla delays slight increase in electric vehicle pricing sparked by reopening of stores.

The post Tesla changes tack, again, delays EV price rise due to increased sales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We compare specifications of the new Tesla Model Y against a range of other electric vehicles.

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Beaches on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are covered in plastic - and some of it is being dumped there by local businesses.

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In a rebuke of the Trump administration’s ‘energy-first’ agenda, a judge rules greenhouse gas emissions must be considered

In the first significant check on the Trump administration’s “energy-first” agenda, a US judge has temporarily halted hundreds of drilling projects for failing to take climate change into account.

Drilling had been stalled on more than 300,000 acres of public land in Wyoming after it was ruled the Trump administration violated environmental laws by failing to consider greenhouse gas emissions. The federal judge has ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages US public lands and issues leases to the energy industry, to redo its analysis.

The decision stems from an environmental lawsuit. WildEarth Guardians, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Western Environmental Law Center sued the BLM in 2016 for failing to calculate and limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from future oil and gas projects.

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Administrators detail how cost over-runs at 5 solar farms brought down RCR Tomlinson, an apparent mix of its own errors and system-wide issues.

The post How Project Gretel brought down a $1.5 billion solar business appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Before the drought took hold in recent years, the national kangaroo population was estimated to be more than 45 million. Recent aerial surveys indicate that kangaroo numbers could have plummeted by more than 50 per cent in some areas.

Nevada state lawmakers introduced a bill this week to raise the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050, building on increased climate action in the southwest US state over the past year.

EUAs climbed back towards €22 after touching a three-week low on Wednesday, as higher natural gas prices lifted the wider energy complex.

Gas mining is expanding across Australia, and has been touted as part of the answer to cutting emissions. But there is evidence that this rollout will pose significant health and environmental risks. Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology David Shearman, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If you’ve ever travelled to an Australian desert, you may have been in the presence of one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials. The Anangu people call it the itjaritjari but it is more commonly known as the marsupial mole – even though it is not actually a mole. Living entirely underground, this eye-less creature with pincer-like limbs has mostly defied scientific study until one scientist decided to bury some microphones ... Benjamin Law talks to Chris McCormack about his trip to Uluru in pursuit of this remarkable animal

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