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ARENA boss Darren Miller says Australia has an opportunity to build 700GW of wind and solar for the global renewable hydrogen market, and be guaranteed cheap green power as a result.

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ARENA chief executive Darren Miller discusses potential of renewable hydrogen if it can replace the LNG market, and the transition to a decentralised, democratised and consumer-focused grid.

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Australian firm Vast Solar takes out SolarPACES technology innovation award for concentrating solar thermal and energy storage technologies.

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Siemens-backed project targets up to 5,000MW of large scale wind and solar near Kalbarri to fuel hydrogen production for export market.

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Democracy is not perfect. Sometimes it produces policies that are undemocratic and unjust. In those cases, breaking the law may be justified. Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Going on foot, by bike or by car? Three Sheffield families took part in a test to find out.

It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.

Electric kettles are cheap as chips these days, so if yours breaks, you don’t need to wait long for a cuppa. But years ago, people used to repair broken appliances, rather than replace them. Could we go back to that approach? Hilary Harper took her bung kettle to one of the many volunteer repair cafes that are springing up around Australia.

Electric kettles are cheap as chips these days, so if yours breaks, you don’t need to wait long for a cuppa. But years ago, people used to repair broken appliances, rather than replace them. Could we go back to that approach? Hilary Harper took her bung kettle to one of the many volunteer repair cafes that are springing up around Australia.

The ABC has conducted the Australia Talks National Survey, where 54,000 Australians were surveyed to find out how they are feeling on a range of topics and issues. When it comes to the future, Australians are generally optimistic about our individual futures, less optimistic about the future of the country and generally pessimistic about the future of the world. But why is that? And should we reframe how we think about the future?

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Even with immediate cuts to carbon emissions, scientists expect sea level rise of 30cm-60cm by 2100, exposing millions of people to flooding

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Quebec's regulated entities largely channelled their final 2018 allocations for WCI cap-and-trade obligations into compliance accounts during the third quarter, as more than 4 million V18 allowances left jurisdictional accounts, data shows.

Federal government's strategy of “picking winners” - Snowy 2.0 and its underwriting program - has failed, and flogging the life out of coal plants is not the answer.

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A new report released by the Australia Institute today is questioning the value of dams built in the Murray Darling Basin in recent years.

Australia's entire coal fleet will retire in the next few decades. The federal government's response to the Hazelwood coal plant closure has left a mess – it must do better. Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California fuel consumption edged lower for the fifth consecutive month in June, but state data revealed the trend is easing as lower retail gasoline and diesel prices may be incentivising additional consumer demand.

Jupiter had been the "moon king" for some 20 years.

Researchers produce cattle that lack horns, meaning they cannot use them to injure other animals or humans.

Two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines posted a month-on-month decline in their carbon emissions in September.