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The US president says he accepts the climate is changing but does not want to "lose millions of jobs".

The UK-led supersonic car project runs into a major funding roadblock that could stall it for good.

Activists park at Preston New Road site near Blackpool hope to stop Cuadrilla operation

Activists have blockaded a fracking site in Lancashire on the day operations were due to begin for the first time for seven years in the UK.

Related: Cuadrilla is to start fracking in Lancashire. But we will not give in | Caroline Lucas

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A love for fermented fruit means the kereru can get tipsy at times, falling out of trees.

The UK government on Monday gave its independent advisers six months to produce advise on when it should set a net zero emission goal, but did not ask for views that would involve Britain deepening its short-term targets.

China’s Hebei province will launch a pilot voluntary carbon offset market across five cities by the end of the year that could be implemented province-wide by 2020, with a view to making the Hebei carbon credits eligible for compliance use for local industry in the national emissions trading scheme.

One of the more interesting factors in the race is the intervention of Malcolm Turnbull's son, Alex, who's openly backing Labor.

Nearly half the eggs sold in Australia are free-range, but only 5% of pork comes from pigs raised outdoors. Amelia Cornish, PhD student, University of Sydney Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Still well ahead on three-year performance, Australian CleanTech Index fell behind ASX200 in first quarter of FY2019 thanks to poor performance of Sustainable Minerals sub-index.

The post Australian CleanTech Index grows by four companies, falls behind ASX appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coalswarm is an anti-coal NGO that is using satellite technology to keep track of coal generators across the world. We interview found and director Ted Nace, also the author of Gangs of America.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Coalswarm – Tracking coal plants by satellite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Liesbeth and Edwin ter Velde are heading to Antarctica in a vehicle named Solar Voyager made from plastic waste and powered by the sun.

The post New Antarctic expedition runs on solar and plastic waste appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report shows Great Britain share of generation from fossil fuels has fallen from 74 per cent in 2010 to 41 per cent in the latest quarter.

The post Great Britain hits record-low share of fossil fuel generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla extends viewing opportunities for Model 3 ahead of official launch in Australia in 2019.

The post Tesla Model 3 tours east coast, brings plans for more Australian chargers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Survey finds big property owners have given hardly any thought to how they would repurpose their assets in the event of an autonomous vehicle boom.

The post Autonomous vehicle revolution could catch out property investors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla confirms near 20% jump in price of Powerwall 2 battery storage systems, but says more upgrades and improvements coming.

The post Powerwall 2 price hike to reflect “better value,” says Tesla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Privately funded VPP project hopes to sign up 1000 homes and businesses in south-west WA to zero up-front cost deal for solar and battery storage.

The post Solar and storage for “cost of a coffee a day” promised in WA VPP offer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Another big battery was been changing the way people think about the grid, proving that thermal generators are not required to provide inertia, and eliminating blackouts. Now, everyone wants one.

The post The “other” big battery that has quietly changed thinking about the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Unconformity, a three-day arts festival in the Tasmanian mining town of Queenstown, this year features a new work from Tasdance. It's called Junjeiri Ballun – Gurul Gaureima.

Ministers are responding to scientists' climate challenge. But are they doing enough so far?

Following initial launches at the All Energy 2018 Conference and Exhibition, Selectronic are proud to add the new SelectSun solar inverter and Advanced Multi-Phase upgrade kit for the SP PRO multi-mode inverter to its product offering.

The post Selectronic launches SelectSun 3 phase grid-tie inverter and SP PRO advanced multi-phase upgrade kit appeared first on RenewEconomy.