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This year's national conference of the Australian Marine Science Association is a plastic-free zone, as marine scientists aim to reduce the environmental burden of throwaway plastic. Elizabeth Sinclair, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and The UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia Charlotte Birkmanis, PhD Candidate, The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia Robert Pemberton, Business Support Manager, UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Risen begins construction of biggest solar farm in West Australia, adding to that state's renewable resurgence.

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EnergyAustralia's upgrade for Mt Piper disguises deeper problems in the market, and raises questions about its future ownership.

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"Electrical fault" will see Mortlake power station operate at half capacity until Christmas, exacerbating an already stretched Victorian grid heading into summer.

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The Project is expected to meet the electrical needs of 40,000 homes by generating 200,000 MWh of renewable energy per year. It is also one of the first large-scale solar projects to begin generating power in South Australia.

The post JinkoSolar Supplies 95MW of Monocrystalline solar panels for the Tailem Bend Solar Project in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Export market for NSW coal faces further pressures as Japan cancels two-thirds of planned new coal power.

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Water for the environment will be used in the River Murray throughout winter and spring to ensure native fish have the water they depend on to survive, feed and breed.

Water for the environment will be used in the River Murray throughout winter and spring to ensure native fish have the water they depend on to survive, feed and breed.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list the Coastal Floodplain Eucalypt Forest of Eastern Australia as a threatened ecological community. Consultation closes on 21 August 2019.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list the Coastal Floodplain Eucalypt Forest of Eastern Australia as a threatened ecological community. Consultation closes on 21 August 2019.

Hackers stole 6,000 emails and other documents from a climate research centre almost 10 years ago.

It's 50 years since the first ever manned landing on the Moon - what was involved?

People with a rare condition called mirror-touch synesthesia could help scientists understand empathy.

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The UK-led attempt to break the land speed record will conduct 500-600mph trials later this year.

The UK government isn't cutting emissions fast enough to tackle global heating, its advisers say.

Grantham Research Institute found half do not factor climate crisis in decision-making

About a quarter of the world’s highest-emitting publicly listed companies fail to report their greenhouse gas emissions and nearly half do not properly consider the risks from the climate crisis in their decision-making, new research has found.

The findings show the distance even the world’s biggest companies still have to cover to meet the goals of the Paris agreement on climate change, according to the group of investors coordinating the report.

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The Alberta government opened a consultation Tuesday on its proposed overhaul next year for the Canadian province’s carbon trading programme for large emitters, with the ruling United Conservative Party offering input on the CO2 regulation’s excess emissions charge and usage limits for offsets and performance credits.

"There is a massive amount of new, very large dams that are capturing water that used to be surplus to irrigation," says Maryanne Slattery from the Australia Institute.

The British Columbia government is floating the incorporation of a credit clearance market that would act as a hard price cap for the Canadian province’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), while also considering the possibility for new alternative fuel types to generate credits.