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Use of mechanical device to pull kelp plants from beds would destroy local ecosystem, say campaigners

A proposal to mechanically dredge kelp forests off the coast of Scotland has led to an outcry from conservationists, who say it would destroy local ecosystems.

Ayr-based company Marine Biopolymers has approached Marine Scotland to apply for a licence to use a comb-like device that pulls entire kelp plants from the bed. In order to inform the environmental appraisal required by Marine Scotland, Marine Biopolymers has published a report describing the potential environmental impacts to be researched further for a full assessment.

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued over 825,000 carbon credits over the past two weeks, with energy firm EDL LFG earning over four-fifths of them from landfills and coal mine gas projects across the country.

New onshore wind and solar power generators can for the first time compete with existing thermal plants due to EUA prices climbing above €20 and higher fossil fuel prices, environmental campaigners said Friday.

Treasurer Scott Morrison on Friday ousted Malcolm Turnbull to become Australia’s new prime minister, a move likely to push climate change even further down the government’s agenda, but the defeat of right-winger Peter Dutton makes it less probable the nation will seek an exit from the Paris Agreement.

It’s been a bumper summer for the omnivorous pests – wasp expert Ben Aldiss explains how to stop your picnic getting ruined

It’s proving to be a bumper year for wasps but if it wasn’t for the long, hot summer numbers would have been considerably below average.

Hibernating Queen wasps require cold, dry conditions to successfully endure their six-month hibernation, followed by a prolonged spell of warm, dry weather in spring as they construct their nests and rear their first workers. Instead, much of the country received record rainfall, followed by ice, snow and very low temperatures.

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Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use

For the tourists thronging the streets and pavement cafes of Chamonix, the neck-craning view of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, is as dazzling as ever.

But the mountaineers who climb among the snowy peaks know that it is far from business as usual – due to a warming climate, the familiar landscape is rapidly changing.

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Both AGL and Origin are earning more than cost of capital, but so they should be at this point in the cycle.

The post AGL and Origin: Making a profit didn’t use to be a crime appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We’re past “trials”: storage is already providing reliability services in around 50 countries - it's time to get on with it.

The post 3 lessons to help Australia boost grid reliability & flexibility with storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The hydrogen economy has been touted for decades as a way to navigate the clean energy transition. Now a new CSIRO roadmap sets out how hydrogen power can become a major energy player. Sam Bruce, Manager, CSIRO Futures, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Malcolm Turnbull once said Australia had "every resource available ... to meet the challenge of climate change except for one: and that is leadership." We are still waiting.

The post Vale Malcolm Turnbull: Man who saw the future and feigned to stop it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scott Morrison chosen to lead Liberal Party and to be next prime minister. It's a relief for the renewables industry - compared to a Dutton government- but may be no cause for celebration.

The post “Scoal-Mo” as PM. What does that mean for climate and energy policy? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After the buzz over recent British royal wedding featuring an EV converted E-type Jaguar, company announces they will offer restored and electrified E-type Jaguars to the public.

The post E-type Zero: Electric E-type Jaguar going into ‘production’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Why are music festivals increasingly becoming a venue for science as well as bands?

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The Royal Statistical Society wants people to send in their favourite stat of 2018 for a competition.

Andy Vesey, the American at the centre of conservative anger over the decision to close Liddell, has stepped down as CEO of AGL.

The post AGL boss Andrew Vesey steps down immediately appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California carbon prices rose this week following Tuesday’s publication of the linked WCI market’s sold-out quarterly auction result, after some entities had looked to turn a profit immediately after the data was made public.

AEMO - on advice from the CSIRO - has dramatically reduced its forecast uptake of battery storage by Australian households.

The post AEMO cuts predicted uptake of household battery storage by more than half appeared first on RenewEconomy.