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Bird poaching – for meat or for the pet trade – has become a silent epidemic across China, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of migratory birds each year. Gu Xuan, a young conservationist, is determined to break this cycle of death and destruction, and set the birds free

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European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

Australia's government insists it is on track to surpass its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. But while that may be true, it will only happen with some clever accounting. Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Many big companies are happy to reduce demand in the middle of a heatwave, but are not allowed to by their retailers. It's outrageous.

The post Who’s afraid of demand response? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report recognises urgent need for national plan, as the rest of the world powers ahead

When the Senate select committee on electric cars released its long-awaited report on Wednesday, it announced Australia was “on the cusp” of a change not seen since the advent of the internal combustion engine.

It’s not the first time public figures have claimed an electric car revolution is imminent and while the report did not recommend brash action, it offered a moment of bipartisan recognition that a lack of government action to date has left Australia lagging behind the rest of the world.

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US government climate scientists take unprecedented step of tweeting a rebuttal to PDonald Trump’s recent tweets implying that winter storms and cold weather in US somehow disprove global warming.

The post US government scientists debunk Trump’s ‘global waming’ tweets with cartoon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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To say 2018 was a record year for Australian solar PV is practically an understatement. Every imaginable record was broken, and broken repeatedly.

The post Australian solar’s record-smashing year. In eye-watering charts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s time for the regulators to take a closer look at the behaviour of the main participants in the market as well as the underlying operating rules of the market.

The post Blackouts and hot air: Is this the new normal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More than 10 million Australian energy customers are set to benefit after the launch of a world-first, cross-sector energy industry framework focussed on better customer outcomes.

The post Energy sector working together in world first customer initiative appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means.

Musk says Tesla big battery will pay for itself within a few years, and has sparked interest from other governments for even bigger batteries to replace gas peaking plants.

The post Musk says Tesla big battery to pay for itself within a few years, bigger ones on the way appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Adani applies for generation licence for proposed 160MW solar farm in Whyalla.

The post Adani seeks regulatory approval for 160MW solar farm in Whyalla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US EPA will incorporate many of the recommendations from the government’s trading regulatory body on reforming the biofuels credit market under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), according to the environmental agency’s acting chief.  

Monarch production will not be replicated next year, experts warn, as above average temperatures will cause problems

The population of monarch butterflies wintering in central Mexico is up 144% over last year, according to new research.

Related: 'It's a sad reality': a troubling trend sees a 97% decline in monarch butterflies

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Some scientists say that while fish will eventually recover, other species inhabiting the river system may not.

From flooding rains in North Queensland to bushfires raging across Tasmania, there's been extreme weather at both ends of the country.

Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will discuss a green group's petition next month for the state to install an economy-wide cap-and-trade programme.

Neither of the two federal investigations into fish deaths in the Darling River include any Indigenous representation. Bradley J. Moggridge, Indigenous Water Research, University of Canberra Ross M Thompson, Chair of Water Science and Director, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Virus outbreak among sea stars coincided with warm waters, researchers found after sixth graders held fundraiser for survey

Five years ago, a sixth grade class in land-locked Arkansas heard about a mass die-off of starfish on the west coast and felt compelled to help.

Related: Mussels lose grip when exposed to microplastics – study

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