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• Man, 35, bitten on leg by shark estimated at 6ft to 8ft
• Great whites on rebound in west coast ecosystem

A surfer was severely injured in an attack by a great white shark off California on Saturday, one month after researchers found that numbers of the predator were growing in the region.

Related: Tiger sharks are not scared of hurricanes, US researchers say

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Costs of producing solar are falling well below coal, which might be one reason why fossil fuel incumbents are trying to cash in while they can.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar is cheap, but fossil fuels cashing in while they can appeared first on RenewEconomy.

VEPC report skewers one of the key arguments used in case for solar export tax: that rooftop PV is a play-thing for the well-to-do.

The post Rooftop solar is not the preserve of the wealthy, so why tax it? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Government warns Russia is building more coal export infrastructure, increasing supply to Asia as demand threatens to take a sharp downwards dive.

The post Russia encroaches on Australia’s shrinking Asian thermal coal markets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Barnaby Joyce urged to back $467m plan to boost community ownership of wind and solar projects because it will benefit farmers and regions.

The post Local power: MP wants community ownership in every new wind and solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

TasNetworks says bigger MarinusLink project will deliver the greatest benefits for consumers, especially under a rapid transition to clean energy.

The post Tasmanian utility says biggest Marinus Link best for fast renewables switch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Latest Energy Consumers Australia national survey offers some interesting insight on which households are thinking of quitting gas and what Australians think of smart meters.

The post Energy consumer survey reveals who wants to quit gas, and who’s afraid of smart meters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ACCC report puts economic benefits of rooftop solar up in lights. But where are those bill savings coming from? And what does the answer mean for future solar homes?

The post Solar homes pay 30% less for power than non-solar homes, even while using more appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Determining the age of fish has been historically difficult, primarily involving lethal methods. A new DNA test solves this problem. Benjamin Mayne, Molecular biologist and bioinformatician, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Coalition's 198 page Intergenerational Report dedicates 119 words to climate mitigation, and says almost nothing about the risks of global warming.

The post Frydenberg talks up gas and CCS, skates over climate in Intergenerational Report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany fast tracks climate targets in response to court ruling on intergenerational justice. But left wing parties insist trajectory is still too slow.

The post Germany fast-tracks zero emissions to 2045, lifts interim targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian battery maker announces fund-raising round to leverage increasing customer interest in its zinc bromine flow technology, including for grid-scale applications.

The post Redflow announces capital raise as it eyes massive US battery market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two men who were sunbathing naked on a beach south of Sydney had to be rescued after being startled by a deer and running into the Royal national park, New South Wales police commissioner Mick Fuller tells a press conference. The two men called for help after becoming lost in bushland, and were fined $1,000 each for breaching public health orders during greater Sydney's Covid-19 lockdown

• Buck naked: nude sunbathers fleeing deer fined for breaking Sydney lockdown
• Latest NSW rules and Sydney lockdown restrictions
• NSW Covid exposure sites and cases map

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Collector wind farm gets the all-clear to run at full 227MW capacity, after passing final hold point tests.

The post Collector wind farm moves to full output in New South Wales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Climate change has ended political careers in Australia and action over it remains widely debated.

Scott Morrison's defining failure as prime minister is his inability to treat any crisis as urgent. That has caused failure for climate and Covid.

The post Scott Morrison’s climate and Covid19 policy: It’s not a race appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Resistance is not futile, as Alan Finkel might have us believe. There are so many reasons why climate action can and must go much faster.

The post Why Alan Finkel is wrong about climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.

GM proponents say the technology leads to better crop yields and may solve food shortages and reduce pests. Opponents say GM is a threat to the environment and humans. So where does the truth lie? Daniel Tan, Professor of Agronomy (Agriculture), University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Commission is planning carbon market reform proposals that would adjust downwards the scheme’s annual cap cut earlier than originally foreseen, while bringing into the ETS emissions from shipping routes outside of EU waters, according to a leaked draft seen by media.

Bold climate targets are meaningless without policies to meet them. The PM should grab the chance to make Cop26 a success

Targets are all very well. But not if there is no way of reaching them. In which case, they are a sham. This is the problem now confronting the government. The UK’s stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 78% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels is very ambitious. “Remarkable” was the word used last week by Lord Deben (the former Conservative environment secretary John Gummer). He chairs the climate change committee (CCC) that advises the government. Its latest reports make an unflattering contrast between impressive aims and the absence of plans to meet them.

A strategy setting out how the UK intends to meet its net zero pledge is promised before the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow in November. But there is little sign so far that ministers grasp the scale of the challenge. Not a single government department, the CCC finds, is moving at the necessary pace. Transport, agriculture, buildings, industry: in all the key emissions-producing sectors bar power generation, there has been an alarming lack of progress. Cuts to the aid budget now overseen by the Foreign Office mean that it too is implicated. Support for poor countries as they make the transition away from fossil fuels has long been recognised as a crucial element of the global climate process.

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