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In a rare instance, Indian villagers and forest officers worked together for hours to save the animal

Gene-editing has been attempted on cells inside a patient, in a world first by doctors in California.

Leading climate economist says world leaders must move forward without the US on crucial issues in the closing days of the UN summit

Ministers from governments around the world meeting in Bonn for the final days of the UN climate talks must prove they can pass “the Trump test” by moving on without the US on issues crucial to combating global warming, a leading climate economist has said.

“It’s about getting on with it,” Lord Nicholas Stern told the Guardian. “They have to get on with it. But there are good signs.”

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RN Drive sifts fact from fiction with analysis of the week's science news.

Hamsterley, Weardale, Durham As the centuries passed, the memorials in the village churchyard became more formal and decorative, less idiosyncratic

There has been a place of worship on this spot since 1180 but no one seems to know why St James’ church was founded on this hillside half a mile from the village. “Man fleeth as it were a passing shadow,” cautions the sundial above the porch. Perhaps the grandeur of the rising sun, as I watched it lifting deep shadows from the valley cut by the river Wear, moved its founders to build here.

I wandered around the churchyard, reading names on tombstones carved by stonemasons whose own identities have long since been forgotten.

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Australia's "unambitious, uninspired" climate policyagain puts it near bottom of global rankings. States get a mention for taking "independent action."

Victoria will likely go without its much-vaunted battery storage installations this summer, following months of delays likely to be centred around finance and contracting.

Pilbara Solar seeks federal government funding for plan to export WA generated solar power to Indonesia, via a sub-sea cable.

Big gas generators in South Australia have combined again to create "scarcity" and push prices into orbit, pocketing windfall profits at the expense of consumers.

Hydro Tasmania’s Hybrid Energy Solutions team has installed a 600 kilowatt solar array to complement the island’s existing 600kW wind turbine.

Greenpeace welcomes the announcement today by the Commonwealth Bank that the bank would distance itself from coal projects.

Network operator Ausnet says consumers will provide nearly half of their electricity needs, surpassing fossil fuels as the biggest supplier to the grid.

Singapore and Brazil are working together to bring two blue macaw species back from near-extinction.

Analysts say a test of the bank’s withdrawal from coal will come when Adani’s Abbot Point terminal comes up for refinancing

The Commonwealth Bank has told its shareholders to expect its support of the coal industry to decline as it helps finance the transition to a low-carbon economy, indicating the bank is unlikely to lend to new large coal projects.

Ahead of its AGM on Thursday, the bank posted the speech of its chairwoman, Catherine Livingstone, to the ASX. In it she said climate change poses both a business risk and a responsibility for the bank.

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Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club joins commercial solar boom, adding another 314kW to existing 100kW array to save $75,000 a year.

Driverless shuttle bus trial kicks off at La Trobe University's Bundoora campus, to test the use of autonomous vehicles as "last mile" transport solutions.

The IEA has recently published its new report Renewables 2017, which received maximum coverage around the world for its argument that solar PV is now growing faster than any other energy source.

A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet melt, say scientists.

A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet melt, say scientists.

The European leader in solar tracking continues international expansion to APAC region with a new subsidiary in Sydney.