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What is the electricity grid and how does it work? How are energy supply and prices determined? An expert breaks down a few of the terms and ideas underpinning Australia’s energy crisis. Katja Ignatieva, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Pushed northwards by global heating, exotic birds like the rainbow bee-eater seen nesting in Norfolk will likely become established summer visitors

Rainbow-hued bee-eaters breeding on the Norfolk coast this summer and three rare black-winged stilts fledglings in Yorkshire are an “unmissable sign” that the nature and climate emergency has reached Britain, according to conservationists.

Birdwatchers are flocking to north-east Norfolk to see the bee-eaters, a colourful rare visitor from Africa and southern Europe, after seven birds were spotted close to Cromer by a local birder.

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Coal to the rescue? Hardly. NSW energy minister underscores the unreliable nature of Australia's remaining coal plants – "particularly when we need them."

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Several hundred Greenland bears survive by hunting seals from freshwater ice instead, scientists say.

The Western Australian state government has amended legislation to allow its Forest Products Commission (FPC) to earn and trade Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and other carbon assets, in a bid to ramp up the state’s carbon farming industry.

GM Ventures leads investment round to help fund development and commercialisation of start-up behind massive, floating wall of wind turbines.

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Right wing think tanks says "real Australians" are being hit by "net zero induced" technical faults in coal plants. And we wonder how we got in this mess.

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People cannot easily find out how dirty the air is where they live, the National Audit Office says.

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Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change.

Spending watchdog warns existing policies not enough to meet most targets by 2030

The government is not on track to cut air pollution and is not effectively informing the public about the issue, the spending watchdog has warned.

The National Audit Office (NAO) warned that existing policy measures will not be enough to meet most of the government’s air quality targets by 2030.

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A US hemp exchange and benchmark price provider has teamed up with the Washington DC-based National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) to develop carbon sequestration opportunities in the country’s industrial hemp market.

How will the WA government prepare for the closure of its last two coal generators? Lots of wind, solar and batteries.

The post More than 1GW of battery storage to replace coal in world’s biggest isolated grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dropped this week in line with macroeconomic weakness across broader markets, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) ended the week relatively flat on continued strong bid interest.

Climate change is changing wave patterns and strength. Bigger waves combined with sea level rise will hit coasts hard – but only in some countries. Thomas Mortlock, Senior Analyst at Aon Reinsurance Solutions and Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University Adrean Webb, Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Itxaso Odériz, Posdoctoral researcher, Universidad de Cantabria Nobuhito Mori, Professor, Kyoto University Rodolfo Silva, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Tomoya Shimura, Associate professor Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The findings underscore the importance of acting immediately to protect threatened species from predators in the wake of catastrophic natural events. Louis Lignereux, Researcher, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Almost 8 million Aussie homes lack sufficient insulation, use sub-par heating and cooling equipment, or are badly designed. These homes account for 18% of Australia’s emissions. Nimish Biloria, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.