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Australia continues to lead the world’s green building sector with further growth predicted over the next three years, according to a new global report.

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Efforts to protect native fauna and flora ‘lack purpose, direction and coordination’

Queensland has systematically failed the state’s growing list of threatened species, delaying declarations by up to seven years and botching its conservation management responsibilities, a scathing report by the state’s auditor general has found.

Related: Australia's east coast named as 'deforestation front' in WWF Living Planet report

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Sunraysia, one of the largest solar farms in Australia, is among the first projects structured with long-term offtake to an end user

The post Decmil selects NEXTracker’s NX Horizon smart solar tracker for 255 MW Sunraysia solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carbon emissions from nation’s largest LNG development were meant to be captured. More than two years on, the storage still hasn’t started

Half of the increase in Australia’s annual carbon dioxide emissions can be linked to a single issue: the failure to bury greenhouse gases underground at the country’s largest liquefied natural gas development.

Chevron’s Gorgon LNG development in the Pilbara is considered a landmark development in carbon capture and storage, a long-promised technology to limit emissions from fossil fuels.

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European carbon ended lower on Tuesday in a wild session that saw buyers emerge to quickly lift prices back up every time they crashed below €20.

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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) proposed carbon charge would have a minor impact on emissions inside of the state and across the region, while leading to little change in the RGGI market, three independent studies found.

"I think there is some political vested interest in indicating things are looking much better than they are on the ground."

Trend in US regions where once-brutal winters are now mild raises new concerns over climate change

Warmer winters are linked to increased crime rates in parts of the United States, a new study has found.

Researchers found that violent crime is almost always more prevalent when temperatures are warmer in the winter months. The trend was especially strong when winters were mild in regions that usually have fierce winters, like the north-east and midwest.

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EPA to start writing rule requiring new trucks produce less nitrogen oxide, one of its first moves to regulate industry

Donald Trump’s administration plans to cut air pollution from heavy-duty trucks, marking one of its first moves to regulate US industry rather than roll back environmental standards.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will start writing a rule to require new trucks produce less nitrogen oxide, which contributes to smog and particulate matter pollution that causes breathing problems, asthma attacks and early deaths.

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Commonwealth Bank becomes first Australian owned company to join RE100 and commit to 100% renewables, signs contract with Sapphire wind and solar projects.

The post CommBank first to pledge 100% renewables, signs Sapphire wind and solar farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The president blamed ‘poor forest management’ for the state’s crisis. But much of the area burning isn’t forest

You cannot possibly understand what it means to live with the risk of wildfire until you have to do so.

I’m a fire scientist and have spent most of my adult life in the flammable south-west. At the start of the fire season, you pack up the things in your house you cannot replace and stage them so they are ready to be thrown into the car. You make a plan for your family and your pets. You identify escape routes and put together a bag with clothing and you spend the summer alert to smoke, radio reports and evacuation notices.

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The California fires are just the most recent in a series of major wildfires. Together, they suggest we need to look at alternative ways of living with fire. David Bowman, Professor, Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The farming system, lauded as a solution to drought, involves slowing water flow in streams using 'leaky weirs'. Ian Rutherfurd, Associate Professor in Geography, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We talk to newly appointed Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs, and look at the Coalition’s ham-fisted intervention in energy markets, and some good news on solar and batteries.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How the World Solar Challenge led to a solar-powered trip around the world and the development of light-weight solar taxis that will save lives in Africa.

The post The Driven Podcast: Saving lives with solar taxis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The California-Quebec November auction will likely settle within a few cents of the secondary market, most traders predict, but there did not appear to be consensus view as to whether it would be at a discount or premium.

The world cannot afford to build any more fossil fuel-based infrastructure without increasing warming by more than 2C, the global energy watchdog IEA warned Tuesday in its annual World Energy Outlook.

Ambitious scheme also aims to fully decarbonise country’s economy shortly after

Spain has launched an ambitious plan to switch its electricity system entirely to renewable sources by 2050 and completely decarbonise its economy soon after.

By mid-century greenhouse gas emissions would be slashed by 90% from 1990 levels under Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition law.

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A study of beetles could explain global decline in insects - and how heat can damage male fertility.