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Massachusetts Institute of Technology team publishes conceptual design for renewable energy storage system using large tanks of white-hot molten silicon that could help "power a small city."

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In a "big reveal" alongside GFG Alliance's Sanjeev Gupta, Whyalla City Council announces China-backed deal to build 70 hectare solar powered intensive horticulture facility.

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Australia joins US to promote fossil fuels at UN climate conference - just days after remaining silent as US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Kuwait refused to acknowledge a key global climate report.

The post Anger, protests as Australia supports US fossil fuels event at UN climate talks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An interview with Neoen on the performance of the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in its first year, and Australia’s $20 billion wind and solar boom.

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Scientists are getting closer to understanding the damaging tsunami that struck Sulawesi in September.

On 7 December 2018, Australia’s Environment Ministers agreed to a new National Waste Policy. The 2018 National Waste Policy is available on the Department’s website.

On 7 December 2018, Australia’s Environment Ministers agreed to a new National Waste Policy. The 2018 National Waste Policy is available on the Department’s website.

Oregon will not unveil language for its proposed cap-and-trade programme until January as officials wait for further analysis about design options, officials confirmed Monday.

There are $20 billion of wind, solar and storage projects currently underway in Australia, although the future looks less rosy.

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WSP is searching for a sustainability consultant or its San Francisco office.

The World Resources Institute is seeking an innovative and technically strong expert to fill the role of Subnational Climate Action Associate in its Washington DC office.

Environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is searching for a climate advisor for its Denver office.

South African lawmakers last week finalised the country's long-awaited draft carbon tax bill, and in the process made a few last modifications including exempting indirect emissions from the levy.

The Canadian federal government will need to double its Paris emission pledge to keep global temperatures below 1.5 C, and curb its fast rising oil and gas emissions, a report said on Monday.

Scientists found corals that survived a bleaching event in 2016 were also more resistant when the next bout of extreme heat struck the following year.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) unveiled a climate package on Monday that would implement a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), eliminate fossil fuels from the grid, and increase energy efficiency, but it lacks a carbon price after two CO2 tax initiatives failed this year.

Exclusive: A secretive organisation based in a German village has amassed one of the world’s largest collections of rare parrots. How did Martin Guth, a former nightclub manager, persuade governments to authorise the export of so many endangered species?

It’s an unlikely spot for a zoo – down an unmade, dusty road, amid a wood to the east of the German capital Berlin.

But here in the village of Tasdorf, hundreds of the world’s most endangered and rare parrot species are said to be housed at the headquarters of the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP).

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Exclusive: government issued export permits for more than 200 rare and endangered parrots, despite concerns they were being offered for sale rather than exhibited

The Australian government has permitted the export of hundreds of rare and endangered parrots to a German organisation headed by a convicted kidnapper, fraudster and extortionist, despite concerns the birds could be sold at a huge profit.

An investigation by Guardian Australia has revealed that the Berlin-based Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots received permission to export 232 birds between 2015 and November 2018 – more than 80% of all the live native birds legally exported from Australia in the same period.

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European carbon prices rose to a five-day high near €21 on Monday on news that UK Prime Minister Theresa May will postpone a scheduled Dec. 11 vote on her Brexit proposal.