Feed aggregator

Malcolm Farr explains what lies ahead this week in federal politics.

People in more than 70 countries around the world are exposed to unsafe levels of arsenic in drinking water.

Danny Price says a national plan for a secure power system is needed.

The federal government is considering a rule change to allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in 'clean coal' technology.

West Dartmoor To have chanced across this night-roamer, lolloping calmly across the muddy lane, was a rare privilege indeed.

Hemmed in on either side by tall hedgerows, this narrow Dartmoor lane skirts the flank of higher ground and scores a deep furrow between fields so that after dark you feel you are tunnelling through the terrain, headlights tracing a leaden seam of asphalt. There is little traffic here to trouble nocturnal wildlife. Over the years I have come across badgers, heads striped like road markings, furtive-looking foxes and occasionally a barn owl, achingly white in the full beams.

This winter’s night, an unexpected wanderer took shape among the blanched fishbone stems of dead weeds, as if created by the action of light on darkness. Long ears held high, hindquarters arched over rangy rear legs, large eyes that brought me to a halt. A hare!

Continue reading...

April's pro-science Washington rally has the full backing of the world's largest scientific membership organisation.

Federal Labor has backflipped on its renewable energy target backflip, with leader Bill Shorten insisting party still committed to 50% by 2050.

Coalition's "clean coal" plant would be costlier and dirtier than alternatives, and on top of that would require billions of dollars of government indemnities and guarantees.

Wind power has briefly supplied 52.1% of total power generation on a US grid connecting 14 south-western states – a new record for North America.

The Minister for the Environment and Energy has launched the Threatened Species Prospectus at Taronga Zoo

Coal dependent NSW, Queensland and Victoria facing biggest rises in electricity costs, possibly more than 20 per cent based on recent prices.

The last rotor of Ararat Wind Farm’s 75 turbines was installed today.

Lyon Solar says 'very confident' of building solar and storage in SA this year, with investment from Magnetar Capital.

Work set to begin on three 100MW solar farms near Mildura – the state's largest, and possibly first, large-scale projects.

German research vessel Polarstern is set for a remarkable year-long expedition in the Arctic.

has signed a conditional contract with Nexif Energy for the EPC contracts and maintenance agreements for the 25 turbine Glen Innes Wind Farm in NSW.

Vehicle manufacturer Tomcar Australia recently won an AusIndustry Innovation Award, at the same time as Toyota and Holden prepare to close their Australian production facilities.

Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers' Alliance are normally at odds on policy, but both criticise HS2

Existing gas generation in South Australia is expensive, inefficient, highly polluting, and controlled by just two market players. Battery storage is a smarter and cheaper option.

The sequel to 2001's ocean series is due to be shown later this year on BBC One.