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Extreme fire risk will overlap with weather patterns to create fire tornadoes more often under climate change. Giovanni Di Virgilio, Research associate, UNSW Andrew Dowdy, Senior Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Jason Evans, Associate Professor, UNSW Jason Sharples, Associate Professor, School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW Australia, UNSW Rick McRae, Researcher, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, ACT Emergency Services Agency Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EDL launches first stage of hybrid micro-grid project that will integrate solar, wind and battery storage to power remote gold mine in WA.

The post First stage of unique solar-wind-battery hybrid project opens at Agnew gold mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More than 150 local, national and international business and industry leaders attended Queensland’s first regionally based Hydrogen Industry Forum in Townsville today.

The post North Queensland set to unlock hydrogen export potential appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New reports from market operator and the market regulator point to changing shape of the grid, lower emissions and falling costs - partly driven by growth of rooftop solar.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: When will the rooftop solar boom subside? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bloomberg's Michael Liebreich points to the killer graph that makes new investment in coal generators almost impossible.

The post The chart that shows why the market for new coal generators is dead appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Higher California hydroelectric production and lower natural gas generation will ease the WCI programme’s 2019 emissions total and lead carbon allowance prices lower, analysts said Tuesday.

Researchers examined more than 100 studies on the impact of human-produced noise

Noise produced by human activities should be better regulated to protect wildlife, say the authors of a study exposing how sound pollution affects myriad creatures from fish to birds.

Related: Seals are deafened in noisy shipping lanes, say scientists

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World’s largest “green” hydrogen production facility begins operation at a steel mill in Austria, where it seeks to demonstrate that fossil fuels can be replaced for industrial uses.

The post World’s largest “green” hydrogen pilot commences operation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Regulatory violations at a Michigan-based WCI livestock project under investigation by California's ARB do not directly pertain to offset-related functions, rendering them irrelevant for any invalidation-related concerns by the state regulator, the project developer told Carbon Pulse.

Bushfires are spreading across Australia's east coast, ravaging the marsupial's main habitat.

Renewables reach 30 per cent of demand on Australia's main grid for whole week for the first time.

The post Renewables supply 30% of NEM demand over entire week for first time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) stakeholders are offering further changes to regulatory amendments that the state regulator ARB's board will vote on this week, according to recent public comments.

EU regulators should not isolate an upcoming review of the EU carbon market’s potent MSR if they are still seeking to modify the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument, a think-tank said this week.

Pennsylvania state lawmakers on Tuesday announced mostly GOP-led legislation to mandate the General Assembly's sign-off for linking with RGGI, possibly creating some roadblocks for Governor Tom Wolf’s (D) desire to join the Northeast US carbon market.

The Prime Minister once labelled South Australia's big Tesla battery the 'Hollywood solution', but now the Federal Government is tipping in money to increase its capacity by 50 per cent.

For every ten centimetres of sea level rise, the chances of a 100-year coastal flood increase three-fold. This means we'll have to build flood defenses or retreat from the coast. James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Region of Peel recently approved its Climate Change Master Plan (CCMP). The CCMP has 5 key outcomes, the most important for this role is Reduce GHG emissions. The master plan sets ambitious targets of reducing GHG emission by 45% by 2030 against the 2010 baseline.

Labor’s health spokesman says the country and the world have not moved quickly enough to reduce emissions

Australia needs to develop policies and structures to prepare for the health impacts of climate change because we have not moved quickly enough – domestically or internationally – to reduce emissions and mitigate the risk, Labor’s health spokesman, Chris Bowen, believes.

Bowen will use a lecture at Sydney University on Wednesday night to argue a health response to climate change would not be necessary if there was a robust international policy response to emissions. “But the world, and Australia, has failed to act with appropriate seriousness and haste, and so we will need specific policies to deal with the health impacts of climate change,” he will say.

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The director of non-governmental organisation and CO2 pricing consultancy Carbon Trust’s Mexico office will take on a new role at information provider IHS Markit, Carbon Pulse has learned.