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AEMC proposes new technical standards for wind and solar projects, and cost sharing for grid investment, after concluding 'system strength' investigation.'

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Voluntary action of companies including Tesco and Princes aims to put pressure on regulatory body to tackle overfishing

British supermarkets and brands, including Tesco, the Co-op and Princes, are stepping up action to cut yellowfin tuna catches in the Indian Ocean, amid warnings the stock is in a “critical” state.

The effort, by companies reliant on healthy fish stocks, represents a counterintuitive effort to force regulators to act, rather than the other way around.

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New Zealanders go to the polls this Saturday, and while it looks like Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will win re-election by a landslide the specifics of the results may still have important impacts on how the government handles the emissions trading scheme over the next three years.

Claims of violent treatment and cows being passed off as organic have been presented to the Department of Agriculture

Evidence of what appears to be aggressive animal abuse, practices leading to heightened disease risk and cows being passed off as organic at a Texan auctioneers has been presented to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) by undercover welfare investigators. A second, separate abuse investigation at a dairy farm is on its way to court in California.

The allegations come at a time of upheaval for US dairy. The first half of 2020 was blighted by Covid-19-related milk dumping, 10-year price lows and a slump in demand from schools and restaurants.

But by July, a combination of stay-at-home orders, financial handouts to US citizens and government food program purchasing saw the spot cheddar price, a key dairy indicator, set a record high of $3 (£2.30) a pound, according to Tom Bailey, a senior US dairy market analyst at Rabobank.

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I am haunted by the thought of our children, and their children, living in and around towering mountains of rubbish. If I can’t give it away or be sure it’s recycled, then I must hold on to it

I have never bought much from Ikea, which is a shame as, if I had, it turns out, I could now take it back, and even get vouchers in return. I yearn to be able to get rid of things without worrying about them having to go into a hole in the ground. I have a chronic case of landfill fear. If I think hard enough about landfill, it genuinely starts to panic me. I consider what I have to throw away in a week and worry about the space it will take up. And then I multiply that by the discard of my more than 60 million fellow Britons. Soon my mind’s eye widens in horror at the spectre of my children, and their children, living in, under and around towering mountains of crap.

I used to play golf at a place called Stockley Park, near Heathrow. It is built atop a landfill site. OK, nice idea; it’s a good course. But one time I was disappointed to find my ball lodged in a peculiar patch of muddy, scrappily grassed earth. As I addressed the ball to play my next shot, a bubble of water rose and popped at my feet. I rubbed my eyes and looked again. Sure enough, there it was: all around my ball the ground moved and bubbled, like an extremely minor Icelandic tourist attraction. I felt very strongly this was the landfill fighting back, seething and boiling in fury at the madness of consumption. I don’t think I’ve put anything in a bin since without seeing that scene play out around my size 11 golf shoes.

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James Glindemann, 68, was flown to hospital for emergency surgery after being aggressively swooped in the Victorian town of Sale on Tuesday

What started as a “one-way conversation” with a magpie has ended with a Victorian man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to both his eyes.

James Glindemann, 68, said he was about to tuck into a Chinese takeaway lunch on Tuesday at an outdoor mall in Sale, about 200km east of Melbourne, when he was suddenly and viciously swooped by a magpie.

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BHP boosts nickel output in response to call from Elon Musk, as mining giant is on the cusp of inking a supply deal with Tesla for battery and EV materials.

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Battery company Fluence acquires Schwarzenegger-backed bidding software group AMS to promote sophisticated and high speed bidding systems for renewable and storage assets.

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Global Energy Ventures unveils concept for new compressed hydrogen ship which it claims will be able to store up to 2,000 tonnes of compressed hydrogen for marine transport.

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Death of the fossil fuel industry will be manageable, experts argue, and efforts to prolong its life will benefit only the industry itself.

The post Don’t delay fossil fuel exit, just make it work for workers and consumers, experts say appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China is the world's biggest producer of energy-intensive products, but it has higher than average energy costs and will be stuck with these until it gets out of coal.

The post China’s coal contradiction: The power’s not cheap, and the fuel is not abundant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WRI is seeking a Research Analyst I to work on China’s climate planning towards 2050 and economic transition, at both national and subnational levels.

New analysis suggests Queensland could complete shift to 100 per cent renewable electricity in 15 years, with more than enough wind and solar PV in the pipeline.

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Blockchain technology from Australia's Power Ledger is on the cusp of rolling out in North American markets through US electricity supplier American PowerNet.

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Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina tell BBC podcast there is "hope" for beating climate change.

"It doesn’t matter if you have a Leaf or a Tesla, you can still have a weekend getaway in an EV."

The post “Electric vehicle getaway”: Australia’s first long-range Leaf goes for a long drive appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU carbon prices will more than triple to near €90 by 2030 as industrials are forced to start cutting emissions, a team of analysts has predicted, in the latest in a wave of updated forecasts to reflect higher climate ambition by the bloc.

A documentary about the teenage climate change activist is compelling because it's so unlikely.

Glitter contains microplastics, which can get into rivers and seas, taking years to degrade.