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The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precaution

Four workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant were splashed with water containing radioactive materials, with two of them taken to hospital as a precaution, according to the plant operator.

The incident, which took place on Wednesday, highlights the dangers Japan still faces in decommissioning the plant. The reactor was knocked out by an immense tsunami in 2011 in the world’s worst atomic disaster since Chornobyl in 1986.

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Solar energy combined with storage is expected to become the cheapest option for generating electricity in nearly all regions worldwide by 2030.

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Federal government releases new data showing big savings from rooftop solar, and from household battery storage.

The post Rooftop solar saves money, and batteries can wipe out bills: Labor pushes household savings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has the world’s biggest carbon footprint from fashion. This is one area where changing our personal clothing choices can make a big difference, just as it did in the second world war. Rachael Wallis, Research Assistant, Youth Community Futures, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Western Australia says pumped hydro may be too hard, and it will have to focus on battery storage to support its switch from coal to renewables.

The post World’s biggest standalone grid says pumped hydro too hard, all in with battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bringing previously extinct native species like beavers back to England is not on the Environment Secretary's priority list.

Telstra energy boss says negative prices are a "gift" to encourage big energy users to produce at low cost, and turn megawatt hours into petaflops, and other useful things.

The post Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An incremental drip-feed of small, piecemeal measures absent guidance on what may or may not be coming next does not make us competitive.

The post Albanese’s pittance for critical minerals means Australia’s golden opportunity goes begging appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says ‘threatened native species are in danger of extinction’ after authorising aerial cull

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Feral horses in Kosciuszko national park will be shot from the air following a public consultation process, with the New South Wales environment minister, Penny Sharpe, declaring it essential for protecting the park’s threatened wildlife and ecosystems.

Sharpe said the decision to amend the park’s management plan to allow aerial culling of feral horse populations came after 82% of 11,002 submissions from stakeholders supported the measure in addition to other existing control methods.

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South Australia gets a glimpse of its "net" 100 per cent renewable future, with wind and solar meeting 99.8 per cent of state demand in the last seven days.

The post South Australia grid operates at 99.8 per cent wind and solar over past seven days appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a temporary pause on carbon levies for home heating oil and a doubling of the revenue-neutral fee rebate for rural residents, in a move seen to bolster support for the federal Liberal government among residents of the Atlantic provinces.

The size of the tanks stolen is not known but police say their contents were of "significant value".

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values rocketed to a new all-time peak after the WCI jurisdictions said they will present modelling of how slashing their cap-and-trade budgets could impact permit prices, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices jumped early in the week despite the market remaining relatively illiquid.

The fourth round of tenders for the NSW renewable roadmap will seek another gigawatt of wind and solar, and offers access rights to new renewable energy zones for the first time.

The post NSW opens up new tender for another gigawatt of wind and solar to replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the cost-of-living crisis bites into our household budgets, growing or foraging food can save you money. Kate Neale, Researcher, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU has put a particular emphasis on renewables and critical raw material's chains when mobilising €300 billion through its Global Gateway programme for developing nations, aid deals signed on Wednesday and Thursday showed.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday the allocation of $36 million for 11 marine CO2 removal (mCDR) projects across the country, as the agency expands its support for advancement of the nascent technology.

Scientists say it is first evidence of non-human primates living substantial post-reproductive life

Female chimpanzees in the wild undergo the menopause and live for a lengthy period afterwards, researchers have found, suggesting the phenomenon is more widespread than previously thought.

Quite why some female mammals have a long period of life once reproduction is off the table has long puzzled experts: not only was it previously thought to be confined to humans and five species of whale, but its purpose has also been highly debated.

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