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The temperature was recorded on an island off the Antarctic continent's northern tip.

Outgoing charity chief Craig Bennett says next generation ‘could not be more exciting’

The school strikes movement will ensure an exciting and dynamic future for environmental activism for decades to come, the outgoing head of Friends of the Earth has said, as students across the globe leave classrooms on Friday to demand political action on the climate crisis.

Speaking on the first anniversary of the movement in the UK, Craig Bennett said it was grassroots activism, not centralised politics, that was leading to change.

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The Ai Group is looking for an adviser on policy areas impacting industry, including climate, energy, and environment.

South Australia, and its growing wind, solar and battery resources, pass key test after storms tear down power lines and leave renewable-dominated grid operating as an island.

The post Wind and batteries saved the day when storm cut South Australia adrift appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmentalist was in charge when UN climate change panel shared 2007 Nobel peace prize but career was marred by harassment claims

The Indian environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, under whose leadership a UN climate change panel shared the 2007 Nobel peace prize, has died after recent heart surgery. He was 79.

Pachauri’s death was announced late on Thursday by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a research group he headed until 2016 in New Delhi.

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Smart Energy Council vows "ruthless and pointed” campaign, as maelstrom of grid constraints, connection delays and policy vacuum threatens to send big solar and wind investment over a cliff.

The post SEC vows “ruthless” political campaign to overcome big solar and wind gridlock appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison government set to spend $11 million on Vales Point upgrade, but is it unfairly raising community expectations of new coal investments?

The post Coal generator virtually given away by NSW to get $11m handout for repairs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

When it comes to love stories, what makes a great novel a classic rather than a guilty pleasure?

What is the impact of significant utility-scale storage volumes on the National Electricity Market? Who are the winners and losers, and where are the key risks?

The post Winners and losers of large-scale energy storage on the NEM appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Growing complexity surrounding connections to main grid causing more contractors to abandon large scale solar sector, with some warning of potential contractor shortages.

The post Connection problems push more contractors out of solar market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The federal government expands the 'default market offer' to all households with rooftop solar.

The post Government extends price controls to households with rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Department has released a National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset (NIAFED) on behalf of the Commonwealth Government that aggregates available fire extent data for the 2019/20 fire season, starting on 1 July 2019 and provides a...

The Department has released a National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset (NIAFED) on behalf of the Commonwealth Government that aggregates available fire extent data for the 2019/20 fire season, starting on 1 July 2019 and provides a...

The Department has released a National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset (NIAFED) on behalf of the Commonwealth Government that aggregates available fire extent data for the 2019/20 fire season, starting on 1 July 2019 and provides a...

The Minister for the Environment held a roundtable discussion today with ecologists, heritage experts, Indigenous land managers and community representatives at Parliament House to review bushfire impacts on natural and cultural heritage sites,...

The wildlife and threatened species bushfire recovery Expert Panel has released a communique.

The wildlife and threatened species bushfire recovery Expert Panel has released a communique.

The Australian Government has made an initial commitment of $50 million for emergency wildlife and habitat recovery. This is a down-payment to support immediate work to protect wildlife, and work with scientists, ecologists, communities and land...

Relatives and co-workers live in fear after two monarch butterfly activists were found dead in Mexico.

Stella Wedell astounded to spot tape in exhibition of art made out of plastic marine debris

A music fan has been reunited with a cassette tape she lost while on holiday 25 years ago after it washed up on a beach hundreds of miles away.

Stella Wedell was 12 when she took the tape on a Spanish holiday to listen to songs by the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Shaggy and Bob Marley on her Walkman.

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