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How energy ministers stuffed up the shift to smart appliances, including your air-con
The decision by Australia's energy ministers to adopt a single standard is bad news for your air-con, pool pump and even your EV charger.
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Why the solar boom is starting to cool down
The solar market has reached a plateau, but new projections suggest that home batteries might finally have their day.
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Britain’s national parks dominated by driven grouse moors, says study
Exclusive: Area twice the size of London devoted to grouse shooting in UK’s parks, threatening efforts to tackle climate crisis
National parks supposedly at the heart of efforts to tackle the climate crisis and boost nature are dominated by intensively managed grouse moors, according to new research.
Driven grouse moors, which are associated with the controversial burning of vegetation and the illegal persecution of birds of prey, make up 44% of the Cairngorms national park, 28% of the North York Moors and a fifth of the Peak District, a study by the charity Rewilding Britain has found.
Continue reading...Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds
Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution
Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry misinformation campaign over the climate crisis during last year’s presidential election, according to a new analysis released on Thursday.
The report by the London-based thinktank InfluenceMap identified an increase in advertising on the social media site by ExxonMobil and other fossil-fuel companies aimed at shaping the political debate about policies to address global heating.
Continue reading...Australian hydrogen start-up taps QUT for high efficiency fuel cell tech
Australian hydrogen technology start up secures research partnership with QUT to commercialise high efficiency fuel cell technologies.
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New Zealand farmers have avoided regulation for decades. Now their bill has come due | Baz Macdonald
It’s true farmers are facing a lot of regulation but only after decades of fighting off smaller reforms – we need them to change
In July, an estimated 60,000, mostly rural New Zealanders took to the streets to protest environmental regulations farmers say are unworkable. Angry and frustrated, they rolled into 57 towns and cities on tractors and trucks to form the country’s biggest farmer protest.
I grew up in rural New Zealand, and many of my family work in and around the dairy industry – so I have experienced a lot of this frustration first hand.
Continue reading...DECMIL awarded $21M wind farm balance of plant works
Decmil Group Limited is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth up to $23 million, to deliver the civil balance of plant works for the Crookwell 3 Wind Farm Project.
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Plans filed for 900MWh of big battery storage in Tamworth, Armidale and Lismore
Plans have been unveiled for three big battery storage projects in NSW, including two in New England and another in the state's north.
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Regulators flag possible delay to key switch to 5-minute settlements
AEMO flags yet more delays to introduction of 5-minute settlement, a major market reform that will favour battery storage.
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Scuba-diver photographs Scotland's colourful marine life
Farming's chemicals mix killing more bees - study
Why whales in Alaska have been so happy
Campaign calls for UK ban on pesticides in gardens and urban areas
Leading expert says outlawing use of chemicals in private and public areas could slow insect decline and protect human health
A leading insect expert has called for a UK-wide ban on the use of pesticides in gardens and urban areas to protect bees, wildlife and human health.
Dave Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex, said outlawing chemical spraying in the country’s 22m private gardens, along with road verges, parks and other green spaces, could slow insect decline by creating a network of nature-friendly habitats where insects can recover.
Continue reading...The world has more than 3,000 emojis, but wind turbines are not allowed
Consortium of big tech companies that approve emojis for digital communications will not allow wind turbines.
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