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Victoria outlines plan for rooftop solar and battery storage scheme, while the regulator cracks down on dodgy trading in certificates.

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Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD will offer two models of all-electric trucks to the Australian market through leasing arrangements signed with Macquarie Group.

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United States experiences best first quarter ever for new solar installations over first three months of 2019, installing a record 2.7GW of new capacity.

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Report led by CSIRO and backed by NAB says 100 per cent renewables in Australia is inevitable, and will likely slash bills by more than half under an ambitious policy.

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Research suggests support for urgent measures to tackle crisis is becoming mainstream

Nearly 70% of British people want urgent political action to tackle climate change and protect the natural environment, according to research by a coalition of green charities.

Theresa May, in one of her last acts as prime minister, has enshrined in law a commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, making Britain the first large economy to do so.

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New projections from BNEF show that significant cost cuts to wind, solar, and battery storage, will help push the share of renewables in the global grid to nearly 50% by 2050.

The post Solar, wind and batteries to deliver 50% of global power by 2050 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL has completed construction of a 2.12MW solar plant in Whyalla that will help lower cost for a Santos oil and gas processing facility.

The post AGL completes solar farm for Santos oil and processing in Whyalla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation reveals confidence is low in some regions.

Oil firms are said to have known for decades of the link between burning fossil fuels and climate breakdown. Author Bill McKibben describes how industry lobbying created a 30-year barrier to tackling the crisis. Plus: John Stewart on his campaign to stop the third runway at Heathrow

Before 1988, climate change was a subject confined to the realm of academic journals. That all changed when the scientist James Hansen told Congress that global heating was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.

That moment caught the imagination of the journalist Bill McKibben, who has written and campaigned on climate breakdown ever since. And it has been reported that fossil fuel companies, such as ExxonMobil, were making links between the burning of oil and rising sea levels as early as the 1970s. But instead of making their findings public, the industry colluded to cast doubt over the science.

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The federal government claims that Australia's rising emissions are offset by savings around the globe when Australian gas exports replace other fossil fuels. But the numbers don't stack up like that. Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Salim Mazouz, Research Manager, Crawford School of Public Policy; and Director at EcoPerspectives, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Francis Gurahoo planned to sell the birds for $3,000 each for use in singing competitions, officials say

A 39-year-old man has been caught allegedly trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F Kennedy Airport in New York in order to sell them for singing competitions.

Francis Gurahoo was arrested on Sunday after arriving on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. Prosecutors said customs officials found 34 live birds in his carry-on luggage hidden inside individual plastic hair curlers.

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Morrison adds coal lobbyist who provided infamous lump of coal to his advisory team, cementing the links between the government and the Minerals Council.

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YouTuber Simone Giertz has created the tradie's dream by converting her Tesla Model 3 into the world's first Tesla ute.

The post From Tesla to Truckla: watch a Tesla Model 3 get turned into a ute appeared first on RenewEconomy.

From Bermuda and the Azores to Ireland and France, large numbers of shoes are washing ashore.

The second big battery in South Australia, which can do things the Tesla big battery cannot, releases its first performance report.

The post South Australia’s “other” big battery is earning money, and keeping the lights on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A 50-year-old mystery has been solved by scientists who identified the teeth of ancient Arctic hyenas.

Victoria government details cautious, coordinated roll-out of home solar and batteries rebates, as the Solar Homes scheme prepares to reopen in full in July.

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The UK is in pole position to host next year's key climate meeting after agreeing a partnership with main rival Italy.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will partner with outside consultants to model the economic effects of implementing a cap-and-trade programme, likely extending the timeline on whether to advance a green group-backed petition until at least 2020, an environmental source told Carbon Pulse.