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Huge interest in clean energy transition – and technologies and policies that go with it – helped deliver more than 10m page views to RenewEconomy this year.

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WA opens up grid for nearly 1GW of new large-scale renewable projects. And it has appointed a new energy minister to shepherd the process.

The post WA names new energy minister, primes grid for 900MW renewables rush appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gupta flags possible float Simec Zen Energy business and confirms interest in Coalition government's controversial tender for new dispatchable generation.

The post Gupta flags float of Simec Zen Energy, solar + storage bid for Coalition tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Kanowna solar farm near Moree believed to be the first to use both DC optimisers and centralised DC-coupled inverters to cater for battery storage and get around network connection hurdles.

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Twice every day the Bureau of Meteorology sends out the official weather forecasts for towns and cities across Australia. Here's how we work out what to say in them. Adam Morgan, Senior Meteorologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Christmas tree growers are busy getting their trees off to market; shellfish reefs return to Pt Phillip Bay; we make wooden spoons from timber off-cuts; and jump on board the 'Savannahlander'

Cement is the source of about 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. How can this be changed?

Frasers Property has the first carbon neutral certified building in Australia

Warren Lasher, head of system planning at the ERCOT grid in Texas, joins Energy Insiders to explain how that state is managing the huge influx of renewables - and a final wrap for the year.

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The dominant assumptions regarding the transition of oil and gas companies are wrong. The evidence suggests it is far more likely they will fail, because they will not cope with the speed of change.

The post Will a 1.5 degrees target trigger a death spiral for oil and gas companies? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to options for pumped hydro and support for a renewables-dominated grid.

The post All the pumped hydro data needed for NSW’s clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At the UN summit in Poland, nearly 200 governments agreed rules to put the historic pact into action, but failed to make strong push for faster emissions cuts

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A childhood spent in developing countries observing communities working together to solve problems, influenced the career of sustainable energy facilitator, Jarra Hicks.

Christmas is hectic, and it can be easy just to go with the flow and vow to cut your plastic use in the new year. But here are some easy steps you can take now to make your Christmas plastic-free. Manuela Taboada, Senior Lecturer, Visual Design, Queensland University of Technology Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Queensland University of Technology Hope Johnson, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Leonie Barner, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Rowena Maguire, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Extinction Rebellion group call on BBC to tell ‘full truth about ecological emergency’

Climate campaigners are calling on the BBC to declare a climate emergency and make the issue its top editorial priority.

In a letter published in the Guardian, the new civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion (XR) says the BBC, “as a respected media voice in the UK, needs to play a key role in enabling the transformative change needed”.

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Clare Farrell of Extinction Rebellion issues an urgent eight-point call to action for the public broadcaster

This Friday, Extinction Rebellion will hold a peaceful demonstration to call upon the BBC to convey the severity of the climate and ecological emergency we are experiencing, and the urgent action needed to address this. The BBC, as a respected media voice in the UK, needs to play a key role in enabling the transformative change needed. We are requesting:

1. The director general, Tony Hall, agree to a meeting with a delegation from Extinction Rebellion to discuss how the BBC can tell the full truth on the climate and ecological emergency.

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Australia’s national parks are under threat due to funding cuts, excess tourism and politics, so we want you to share your favourite park stories

• Under siege: our commitment to Australia’s national parks is waning
  

Australians love our national parks: many of us escape the daily grind by walking, hiking and enjoying these protected areas, from the Daintree in Queensland and Uluru-Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory to Kosciuszko in New South Wales and Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, and everywhere in between.

But national parks are under attack: funding cuts, the weight of tourism and political double standards are jeopardising their future. Our unique biodiversity is threatened by this lack of protection and we are at risk of not meeting the targets we agreed to as a nation in the International Biological Diversity treaty.

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The government has committed to protecting our national parks and biodiversity, yet investment is lower and jobs have been slashed

• Tell us about your favourite national park and why it’s important to you?

National parks are under siege in Australia. There are more than 500 parks in Australia, covering 28 million hectares or almost 4% of the country, but after decades of steadily adding to our national estate and making progress towards honouring our international commitments to protect biodiverse regions, Australia’s commitment has waned.

Funding has been slashed at both the state and federal levels and the creation of new national parks has stalled.

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Agreement will fail to halt devastating rise in global temperature, say scientists

The world has been put on notice that its best efforts so far will fail to halt the devastation of climate change, as countries came to a partial agreement at UN talks that failed to match up to the challenges faced.

Leading figures in climate science and economics said much more must be done, and quickly, to stave off the prospect of dangerous levels of global warming.

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Friends of the Earth granted judicial review it hopes will help alter planning rules

Ministers face a pair of legal challenges to their planning rules on fracking this week, from a national environmental group and the son of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

The government used its revamped planning rulebook to tell local authorities in July that they should recognise the benefits of shale gas and facilitate its extraction.

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