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W.A. announces staged retirement of Muja C generator, saying it is “no longer viable” to keep the costly and unreliable coal units operating.

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‘SharkCam’ could shed light on sex lives of basking sharks in Sea of the Hebrides

Basking sharks off the coast of the UK are having their own Love Island moment: an underwater robot has been filming their interactions to shed light on everything from sex to group behaviour.

Researchers say the autonomous “SharkCam”, which was deployed in July around the Inner Hebrides, has captured wide-angle high-definition video of sharks that have been tagged, with the team now wading through the footage.

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AEMC to hear from energy market participants as debate over demand response mechanism ramps up ahead of final rule determination.

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Sungrow introduces the world's most powerful 1500V string inverter in 2019 -- SG250HX.

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Plans to combine wind, solar, battery storage and green hydrogen production in “24/7” energy generation facility in SA have won state development approval.

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Approval of the Wambo open-cut coalmine in the NSW Hunter Valley may be linked to the countries it exports to

Mining company Glencore could be forced to only sell coal from a new mine in New South Wales to signatories of the Paris climate agreement, under a proposal floated by the state’s independent planning commission.

Opposed by Glencore and its joint-venture partner in the mine, Peabody, the condition would see approval of the Wambo open-cut coalmine in the state’s Hunter Valley linked to the countries it exports to.

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Impoverished African countries are the most food-insecure, stemming from climate change, says a charity.

As the worst drought on record rages on, it's feared the southern Queensland community of Stanthorpe could become the first major Australian town to run out of water.

There's a new generation of meat alternatives, from plant-based "meat" that bleeds to lab-grown animal cells, but some US states are moving to stop them being marketed as meat.

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Former Howard government nuclear review head Dr Ziggy Switkowski says "let the market decide", ahead of an inquiry into nuclear power.

Windlab’s world-leading solar, wind and battery project at the Kennedy Energy Park in north Queensland has finally been connected to the grid and energised after an eight month delay. The construction of the Kennedy hub – combining 43MW of wind, 15MW of solar and a 2MW/4MWh Tesla battery – was completed in December but has...

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Production may skew towards Alberta's more highly carbon-intensive facilities if the Conservative government replaces its large emitter trading programme's sector-level output-based standards with facility-level benchmarks, a new report said.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should consider revoking a certificate granting utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) the sole right to distribute natural gas and power in northern California due to the company's recent safety record, according to the agency's Public Advocates Office.

Australian farmers are being encouraged to register soil carbon farming projects under the Federal Government's Emissions Reduction Fund.

Thirty-one people refusing to leave extended evacuation zone despite warnings

An elderly married couple who are among the Whaley Bridge residents criticised by police for refusing to leave their homes at risk of catastrophic flooding have rejected claims they are needlessly putting emergency crews’ lives at risk.

Malcolm Venton and Lorraine Ellis say they could not leave their two border collies, Meg and Amy. The couple were asked to leave on Saturday when the evacuation zone was extended but decided to hunker down, despite the threat of a huge wave rushing out of the damaged Toddbrook reservoir.

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Italian utility Enel advanced its forward power hedging considerably over the previous quarter as its coal-based output fell, likely giving a slightly bearish signal for EUAs.

Effort to stop 1.2m tonnes of water flooding town began with one man desperately trying to lower the water level

Last Thursday, as water rushed over the dam wall holding back the Toddbrook reservoir, a lone Canal & River Trust employee fought against the deluge, desperately trying to lower the water level.

Heavy rain had led to an excess of water cascading over the spillway above the town of Whaley Bridge in the Peak District. This would not normally be an issue, but as the torrent continued the spillway started to erode and concrete ballasts began to rip away.

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