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Residents of the town on the banks of the Mississippi River have watched a family members and neighbors have been lost to cancer. Official figures show the risk of cancer from toxic air is 50 times higher in Reserve than the national average. Feeling neglected by politicians, they are fighting back against the chemical plant has been emitting chloroprene into the air for half a century

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A compelling UN assessment shows the full picture of humanity's devastating impact on biodiversity and nature.

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have seen water levels hit near-decade lows after a hot summer and dry autumn

Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane and Melbourne are all facing the prospect of dams below 50% capacity after low rainfall and high temperatures across the country.

In Sydney, inflows are at their lowest since 1940. Greater Sydney’s 11 dams were at a combined 55% capacity on Sunday – compared to 73% at the same time last year.

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Australia has issued more than 300,000 new carbon offsets over the past two weeks, but also revoked two projects that had failed to generate any credits, according to data from the Clean Energy Regulator.

Photographer Matthew Newton travelled alongside the 5,000-strong protest against Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine, which left Hobart on 17 April before making its way to Clermont in central Queensland and on to Canberra, where it ended on 5 May. The former Greens leader Bob Brown lead the charge

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Greta Thunberg is the 16 year old Swede who founded the School Strike for Climate in November 2018. She has subsequently spoken at many events and received numerous awards and prizes and has become a global leader in the climate change movement. But is she being taken advantage of?

Musk puts future focus on shared autonomy, saying it could lift value of Tesla 10-fold, and double the value of cars.

The post Musk’s radical rethink of electric transport, and the value of Tesla and its cars appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bank Australia signs PPA with Crowlands wind farm and installs rooftop solar to become first Australian bank to meet its 100% renewable energy target.

The post Bank Australia becomes first Australian bank to purchase 100% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Zali Steggall takes commanding lead over Tony Abbott, with the former PM's lack of interest in climate change cited as major factor.

The post Vote Tony Out: Campaign hits streets as Steggall takes lead over Abbott appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal costs are rising; rooftop solar is now 9% of South Australia generation, and the latest odds on the federal election.

The post Know your NEM: Rising cost of coal, rooftop solar makes its mark appeared first on RenewEconomy.

People living in South East Queensland will benefit from cleaner and cheaper renewable energy that will help cut pollution and the cost of power bills, with Labor’s plan to establish a Community Power Hub in the region.  

The post Labour will establish South East Queensland community power hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lyon puts unit into voluntary administration after dispute with US hedge fund manager Magnetar, but says it still working towards major solar and storage projects.

The post Battery and storage hopeful Lyon Infrastructure puts unit into administration appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Keating slams Morrison as a "fossil", and while Paul Kelly's music graced official Labor election launch, the man himself was singing at Bob Brown's Stop Adani protest in Canberra.

The post Keating: Morrison “a fossil with a baseball cap” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla says revenue from battery storage in Australia jumps nearly 10 fold in 2018 - thanks to its big batteries - but revenue from electric car sales fell.

The post Big batteries help Tesla lift storage revenue near 10-fold in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hundreds of thousands of different species of animals and plants are thought to be facing extinction.

The world's most comprehensive - and damning - report on the state of nature is to be published in Paris.

Hawaii is looking to phase out fossil fuels altogether, and it will be renewable and storage systems like these that replace it.

The post Hawaii’s prepares sunset for fossil fuels and aims for 100% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Just in case you needed another reason to love dogs. Julia Mynott, Research Officer, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

My friend Don Hinrichsen, who has died aged 72 after suffering from kidney cancer, was an environmental journalist and author.

In the 1980s he was editor-in-chief both of Ambio, a journal of the human environment published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and then editor of the World Resources Report, published by the World Resources Institute in collaboration with the World Bank and the UN.

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Ecologist and herpetologist who did much to pioneer the conservation of terrestrial species in Wales

The ecologist Liz Howe, who has died aged 59 from cancer, helped produce a modern environmental Domesday Book – Habitats of Wales: A Comprehensive Field Survey, 1979-1997. For 10 years from 1987 she managed a series of survey teams that mapped vegetation across lowland landscapes, complementing similar work in upland areas. Since its publication in 2010, the resulting volume has provided a foundation stone on which to base conservation management, its value as a stable evidence base growing with the passage of time.

The survey information collected under Liz’s watch has proved essential in assessing the conservation value of particular areas and how they can be managed, as well as a basis for identifying potential sites of special scientific interest. It has also helped to define tracts of land that are suitable for public access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act.

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