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Mark McGowan says state’s two remaining coal-fired power stations are becoming less viable due to rise of renewable energy

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Western Australia will shut its last coal-fired power unit before the end of the decade and spend an extra half a billion dollars to foster new jobs for displayed workers, the state government said.

Later this year, the first of the 854-megawatt Muja power station’s units near Collie, south of Perth, will close, with the entire plant to be shut by 2029. The nearby 340MW Collie plant will exit the market by the end of 2027, the premier, Mark McGowan, said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Call comes after former UN climate envoy urged African countries to exploit their natural gas reserves

Africa must embrace renewable energy, and forgo exploration of its potentially lucrative gas deposits to stave off climate disaster and bring access to clean energy to the hundreds of millions who lack it, leading experts on the continent have said.

Their call came as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned that exploring for gas and oil anywhere in the world would be “delusional”.

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UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that the rush to find new sources of coal, oil and gas is a major mistake.

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has awarded a A$2 million ($1.4 mln) grant to a local company that has developed a unique technology to dramatically improve fuel efficiency for aviation and shipping and cut carbon emissions in both sectors, it announced on Tuesday.

Edify locks in finance to start building 150MW/300MWh Tesla Megapack big battery featuring a "new vintage" of grid forming inverter controls.

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Bowen says there's no need to cut essential electricity use despite forecast shortfalls, as regulators remind generators of their obligation to play fairly.

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Fossil fuel generators want more market support to ensure the lights stay on. But their actions this week show they care more about profits than providing an essential service.

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Only a handful of Australian companies have registered new offset projects with the Clean Energy Regulator the past week, while the nation’s corporate watchdog is urging industry to dob in those engaging in greenwashing.

An Australian invented "shark skin" coating, which can reduce drag for planes and ships, gets an investment boost from the CEFC.

The post Just a lick of paint: CEFC backs Aussie coating innovation to slash transport emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After change in Australia's political tide, Australian cleantech startup incubator EnergyLab joins forces with New Energy Nexus to supercharge innovation.

The post EnergyLab joins forces with New Energy Nexus to “set loose” Australian innovation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lismore’s residents and businesses on the floodplain need to look at relocation, not rebuilding. Jerry Vanclay, Professor, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The entire park, spanning parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, will remain closed to visitors as officials assess damage to roads and bridges

Record flooding and rockslides following a burst of heavy rains prompted the rare closure on Monday of all five entrances to Yellowstone national park at the start of the summer tourist season, the park superintendent said.

The entire park, spanning parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, will remain closed to visitors, including those with lodging and camping reservations, at least through Wednesday, as officials assess damage to roads, bridges and other facilities.

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Southern right whale populations were severely depleted by whaling but may be bouncing back in Geographe Bay

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Researchers are combing through thousands of whale photos to help protect a calving site off Western Australia’s coast that was severely impacted by the whaling industry.

The researchers believe that Geographe Bay off south-west WA is an important calving ground in need of environmental protection, and are using a 30-year archive of images to determine how many southern right whales have visited the area over time.

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Archaeologists and veterans survey the remains of the Falklands War's decisive final battle.

Scientists are planning to sequence the genomes of all species, including plants, animals, fungi, found in Britain and Ireland.

A carbon finance investment firm has agreed to acquire carbon credits stemming from a rainforest national park in Sierra Leone that aims to generate half a million credits a year on average over the next 30 years.

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Tackling methane emissions from cows is the blind spot of the EU that risks the bloc failing to meet the Global Methane Pledge unless policies are adopted to encourage a shift in diet away from meat and dairy products, an analyst report said Monday.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values continued to drop on Monday as traders mulled the impacts of the recent finalisation of multi-year quotas for the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).