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Australia appears set to extend its policy inertia on climate change issues after new prime minister Scott Morrison over the weekend emphasised his focus would be on bringing down electricity prices, while appointing a renewable energy opponent as his new energy minister.

Tensions between the US and Mexico loom as water dries up in the Rio Grande Valley.

Australia has some of the best drinking water available for free so why do we keep buying it in plastic?

The government has already announced $1.8 billion in drought relief spending, and more measures are thought to be on the way.

China is reconstructing nature alongside rapid urbanisation. Yan Wang Preston photographed the uprooted trees that have been moved to new cities

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The Ministry for the Environment is looking for a Senior Policy Analyst with strong analytical skills to work on issues related to the role forestry plays in New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme.

Sections of the media have talked up the prospects of future power outages, even though the electricity market operator predicts that Australia's stringent reliability standards will still be met. Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ASX-listed Infigen Energy signs power purchase agreement to buy output of 31MW Kiata wind farm, in push into Victoria's commercial and industrial market.

The post Infigen signs PPA with Kiata wind farm in play for Victoria C&I market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scott Morrison gets lesson when major transmission fault causes outages in NSW. Tesla big battery helped keep lights on in SA, Big Banana didn't lift a finger for NSW.

The post On first day as PM, Morrison learns difference between Big Battery and Big Banana appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the WA government pushes for world heritage listing of the sacred site, traditional owners warn of the threat of heavy industry, acid rain and graffiti

• Burrup peninsula rock art: Western Australia to seek world heritage listing
  

There is a Tasmanian devil on the northwest coast of Western Australia. He sits on a ridge looking back to the Dampier port, where the towers at the nearby liquid natural gas plant flare at dusk.

Another devil sits below him, also looking toward the port. On another ridge made of heaped volcanic rock sits a thylacine, the extinct Tasmanian tiger, the lines difficult to see in the harsh afternoon light. Both species have been extinct on the Australian mainland for more than 2,000 years, but the rocks remember.

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The splitting of the federal government energy and environment policies marks the end of the best chance for bipartisan approach to climate change.

The post Know your NEM: Coalition lurches to right, away from consensus, science and economics appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Politicians and industry insiders respond to new PM's appointment of anti-wind Conservative as energy minister, coal company lawyer as environment minister.

The post A “middle finger” to climate and renewables: Morrison draws fire – and dismay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction officially underway on the first stage of the 321MW Moorabool wind farm being built in central-western Victoria.

The post Moorabool wind farm begins construction in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor - who has spent years fighting renewable energy targets and attacking wind farm developments - is now energy minister. We assess.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: What Angus Taylor means for energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Why are millions of people watching videos of men in woods demonstrating "primitive technology"?

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

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

Rising carbon, coal and gas prices mean new onshore wind and solar can compete with the short-term costs of existing coal and gas plants.

The post New wind and solar now competes with existing coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists were not sure if an adult butterfly could remember things it learned as a caterpillar. Then a study by a team of US scientists found something very interesting. Michael F. Braby, Associate Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.