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As closure dates of coal plants are brought forward, EnergyCo powers ahead with what will be the largest standby network battery in the Southern Hemisphere.

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As the dead whales decompose, an astonishing and rare chain of events is likely to flow through the marine ecosystem – ultimately leading to an explosion of activity and new life. Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

WA signs up two new suppliers to Project Symphony, a $35.5 million trial to “orchestrate” customer resources ranging from rooftop solar to hot water systems.

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Zoologists say they have never seen this low a number, after unprecedented hot weather

As dewy dawns break across the UK’s pumpkin patches and allotments, gardeners across the land are waking up to the absence of at least one slippery pest. Slug numbers appear to have shrivelled as a result of the ongoing drought.

“I went to survey a woodland site last week and it took me over 30 minutes to locate a slug. Usually, I would expect to find them under almost every log in that habitat,” said Jake Stone, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge. “I thought that there would be fewer around, but I’ve never seen this low a number. But I suppose that’s to be expected, because it’s rarely been this hot and dry.”

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EU financial watchdog blames small fines and feeble controls in some states for amount of illegal seafood

Illegally fished seafood continues to end up on the plates of EU citizens due to weak controls and insignificant fines in some member states, auditors have found.

The European Union, the world’s largest importer of fishery products, requires member states to take action against fishing vessels and EU nationals engaged in illegal fishing activities anywhere in the world.

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Australia’s largest clean energy event has announced the agenda for the highly-anticipated two-day event taking place this October in Melbourne. 

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Scooter share schemes actually become more popular in hot weather, as people turn to them to avoid breaking a sweat Anthony Kimpton, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland Jonathan Corcoran, Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Julia Loginova, Research fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland Richard Bean, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Thomas Sigler, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Exclusive: report on species recovery shows how effective legal protection, habitat restoration and reintroductions can be

• Back from the brink: how bison, bears and beavers returned to Europe

Wolves, brown bears and white-tailed eagles are among the top predators making a comeback across Europe, according to a major report that looks at how some wildlife is rebounding.

Researchers analysed data on 50 wildlife species whose population size and geographical distribution have expanded over the past 40 years to show how effective legal protection, habitat restoration and reintroductions can drive species recovery.

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More than 24,000km of pipelines planned around world, showing ‘an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals’

More than 24,000km of new oil pipelines are under development around the world, a distance equivalent to almost twice the Earth’s diameter, a report has revealed. The projects, led by the US, Russia, China and India, are “dramatically at odds with plans to limit global warming to 1.5C or 2C”, the researchers said.

The oil pumped through the pipelines would produce at least 5bn tonnes of CO2 a year if completed, equivalent to the emissions of the US, the world’s second largest polluter. About 40% of the pipelines are already under construction, with the rest in planning. Global carbon emissions must drop by 50% by 2030 to keep on track with internationally agreed targets for limiting global heating.

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Hanwha Energy Australia will use a new $150 million capital injection to grow its retail renewable energy business in Australia

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Victoria Labor will help fund two new large-scale battery systems and a renewable hydrogen electrolyser project as part of a raft of new projects and targets for the state.

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Victoria announces Australia's most ambitious energy storage target, kicks it off with funding for a new big battery in the state's Murray Renewable Energy Zone.

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As Hurricane Ian makes its way through the Caribbean towards the US - we ask if climate change is making these storms more severe?

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Many useful members of this "iconic" plant family are at risk of extinction, according to a study.

The recent passage of federal and subnational legislation to incentivise clean energy will keep the lid on an already soft California Carbon Allowance (CCA) market, analysis from a major US investment bank said Friday.

A US-headquartered nature-based solutions project developer has lost its Chief Sustainability Office to one of its partners.

Exchange operator ICE is changing its rules to allow market participants to use EU Allowances as margin cover, it announced Monday.

A Toronto-based VER investor expects to generate cash flow in 2023, though there is still no timetable for resolution to the Indonesian government’s temporary halt of offset issuances to the Rimba Raya REDD project, the company announced Monday.

The findings will help us better understand how biodiversity responds to a changing climate over time. Rieneke Weij, Postdoctoral researcher in Geochemistry/Palaeoclimatology, University of Cape Town Jon Woodhead, Research Scientist Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Liz Reed, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.