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Rutland Water, Rutland Ram’s-horns are very successful animals and are found in just about every permanent still water body in the UK

Secluded by sallow bushes and clumps of great willow herb is a small pond. In the natural surroundings it looks a little contrived, being a raised wooden structure, bench height and pentagonal. Nevertheless it provides a quiet haven after a day of solid talking at the British bird fair.

The heavy warm air is now cooling and the clouds darkening. With casual curiosity I lift a white water-lily leaf the size of a dinner plate from the pond surface and peer underneath. Adhering to the underside, looking like a dark brown shirt button, is a tight coil of a ram’s-horn snail.

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ACT brings $180m investment in hydrogen storage, including an electrolyser, a hydrogen-fuelled car fleet and a renewables-to-gas program.

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Santos’ estimates of the future oil price makes some very bold assumptions that will test the bullishness of brokers and analysts.

Innovation will be stifled right across the clean energy sector if the Australian Parliament supports legislation to remove future grant funding available from the ARENA.

It’s hard to overstate the bizarre nature of the gas market in Australia.

Risen Energy has announced their scope of operations expansion in Australia.

Activists and farmers hail decision after inquiry into onshore unconventional gas received 1,600 submissions

Victoria is to introduce a permanent ban on all onshore unconventional gas exploration, including fracking and coal seam gas, becoming the first Australian state to do so.

The premier, Daniel Andrews, made the announcement on Tuesday morning and said legislation for the ban would be introduced later this year, making the current moratorium on unconventional gas exploration permanent.

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Thirty years ago, India discovered the dreaded HIV virus had reached its shores when blood samples from six sex workers tested positive.

Can an algorithm turn you into an efficient sock-sorting machine?

Air pollution in UK cities has failed to improve because politicians prioritise road safety and economic growth instead, research suggests.

One week after energy ministers met to consider opening up Australia's gas market, Victoria Labor announces permanent legislative ban on coal-seam gas fracking.

SA family installs state’s first Fronius battery system, adding 6kWh storage to 10kW rooftop solar, with help from Adelaide City Council grant.