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Box gum grassy woodlands are critically endangered. What's left often grows on farms, and farmers are helping to conserve them. Jacqui Stol, Senior Experimental Scientist, Ecologist, CSIRO Land and Water, CSIRO Annie Kelly, Senior Ecologist, Queensland Herbarium Suzanne Prober, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We need strong campaigns to confront environmental collapse. Instead, we get weakness and complicity

Out of this horror comes hope. In the backwash of the pandemic’s first wave, we see the shingled ruins of the old economy, and the chance to construct a new one. As we rebuild our economic life, we should do it on green principles, averting a crisis many times greater than the coronavirus: climate breakdown and the collapse of our life-support systems.

This means no more fossil fuel-based infrastructure. Even existing infrastructure, according to climate scientists, could push us past crucial thresholds. It means an end to megaprojects whose main purpose is enriching construction companies.

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New Energy Solar says component failures at Beryl solar farm affected output, dividend cut as a result of this and other issues.

The post Component issues hit Beryl solar farm, New Energy Solar cuts dividend appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exclusive: environment groups accuse Queensland authorities of being a ‘toothless tiger’, saying ‘paltry’ fines ‘an insult to communities and farmers’

Environmental groups say “paltry” fines handed to a coalmine in Queensland’s Darling Downs show that state authorities are unwilling to take action over even the most serious and repeated environmental breaches by miners.

Documents obtained under Queensland freedom of information laws by Guardian Australia show the New Acland coalmine in Queensland’s Darling Downs was caught violating noise limits 34 separate times in 10 weeks and was fined $9,461 by state authorities.

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese will embrace support for carbon capture projects, provided it doesn't see funding support redirected from renewables research.

The post Albanese set to deal on carbon capture if renewables funding protected appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Integrating green hydrogen in the production of steel and aluminium could value-add Australian resources, boosting export competitiveness.

The post Green steel and aluminium a must to maintain competitive Australian industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

International Council on Clean Transportation chief Drew Kodjak on the need for the world’s car manufacturers to catch up with Tesla, and why Australia should - at the very least - introduce fuel economy standards.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Electric vehicles – Can the world catch up with Tesla? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARENA backs live test of high-accuracy solar and wind energy forecasting technology on Australia's most renewables-heavy grid, South Australia.

The post Australian solar and wind forecasting technology to be live tested on S.A. grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research from Stanford university has demonstrated a promising new take on the lithium metal battery that could increase electric vehicle driving range.

The post Stanford’s rethink on lithium metal battery shows promise for EV range appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The grid needs additional flexible capacity from alternate sources such as VPPs for stability, to reduce power prices and prevent broader outages. And they deliver unique benefits to hospitals.

The post Virtual Power Plant a natural fit for Echuca Regional Health appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists portrayed in biology textbooks are predominantly white men, according to a US study.

Specialist small PV project developer Meralli Solar and community renewables outfit Farming the Sun are joining forces to build a 9MW solar farm in Uralla, NSW.

The post Small, smart, community-owned solar farm planned for NSW High Country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Thai scientists are collecting bats to find clues about the origins of viruses, including Covid-19.

Albanese rules in CCS, rules out nuclear, and indicates compromise on targets as he seeks energy and climate deal with Morrison.

The post Albanese ducks and weaves on targets as he seeks energy deal with Morrison appeared first on RenewEconomy.

‘Restoring nature needs to be given top priority,’ says Craig Bennett, Wildlife Trusts CEO

Restoring the natural environment could absorb as much as a third of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions, making the government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050 much easier to meet, according to green campaigners.

Returning degraded peatland and bog to its natural state, cultivating marine meadows of seagrass, restoring salt marshes and wetlands, and taking some grasslands out of cultivation, as well as planting more trees, all contribute to creating carbon sinks, which absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Just because we’re in a period of change, doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum. Kim Borg, Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Jim Curtis, Research Fellow in Behaviour Change, Monash University Jo Lindsay, Professor of sociology, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If we had not altered the composition of the atmosphere at all through emitting greenhouse gases, particulate matter and ozone-destroying chemicals, the average temperature would have remained stable. Laura Revell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Auckland's extreme drought and the rapid retreat of glaciers in the Southern Alps both highlight how important long-term observations are for water management policy and planning. Andrew Lorrey, Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Climate Observations and Processes, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ben Noll, Meteorologist/forecaster, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Lauren Vargo, Research Fellow in the Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California regulator ARB is expected to publish guidance shortly on the criteria for offsets to be classified as having a direct environmental benefit to the state (DEBs), potentially giving clarity to emitters before the provision’s implementation in 2021, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.