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What happens to solar panels and batteries at the end of their life? Australia's booming residential PV and storage market means this a problem we have to solve.

The post How to avoid the looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham captures close-up portraits of some of the world's most dangerous snakes.

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) opted Monday to dismiss a case challenging Virginia’s House of Delegates re-drawn voting map, potentially giving Democrats an upper hand as they hope to capture a majority in the chamber and give the state a path to join the northeast US RGGI carbon market.

Ireland’s centre-right government has unveiled a climate plan that includes increasing non-ETS carbon taxes to €80 from €20 per tonne by 2030 in an effort to avoid a hefty EU compliance bill.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and the state legislature forged a compromise this weekend on an omnibus climate bill that now features weaker GHG targets, stronger zero-carbon electricity requirements, and softer language related to implementing an ETS or CO2 tax.

Australia's enjoyed nearly three decades of economic growth, but a new report from the CSIRO warns we face a slow decline if we don't tackle our biggest economic, social and environmental challenges.

Councils are demanding urgent action to address the growing stockpiles of waste after last year China toughened standards for the recyclable materials it imports.

Yes, Australia's greenhouse emissions are a small part of the global total. But we're a rich, emissions-intensive country that could and should be setting a much better example to the world. Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Concerns have been raised over the suitability of a site in Sutherland aiming to become the UK's first major spaceport.

Countries also raise concerns about rise in Australia’s transport emissions and the use of Kyoto carry-over credits

The Morrison government has been challenged by the European Union and by China about whether it can meet its Paris commitments given rising emissions, and about growing pollution from vehicles, ahead of a progress meeting about climate commitments in Bonn next week.

Nineteen countries, including Australia, will gather in Bonn on 24 and 25 June for a multilateral assessment of progress made under international climate commitments, and ahead of that session countries have submitted a range of questions about the performance of signatories in meeting their climate targets.

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The incoming environment minister has a clear opportunity to tackle this debilitating disease. Wildlife carers and conservationists want it to be a priority

Last month Grasso wasn’t doing well. The bare-nosed wombat, dubbed Fatso in Italian, was infected with mange. The devastating skin disease caused by parasitic mites had left his skin crusted, bleeding and constantly irritated. His eyes and ears were so affected he could barely see, hear or even smell. The nocturnal animal was out grazing during the day, desperate for nutrients because of his raised metabolic rate but he was gradually wasting away. Untreated, he faced a certain and agonising death.

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European carbon prices ended little changed on Monday despite early weakness on a bearish auction result, as EUAs face a full week of sales.

New Jersey on Monday approved its RGGI regulation with few changes from a prior draft, enabling the state to rejoin the northeast US power sector carbon market next year.

Tally of deaths makes it one of most dangerous fields for journalists after war reporting

• Jagendra Singh: the Indian journalist burned to death

Thirteen journalists who were investigating damage to the environment have been killed in recent years and many more are suffering violence, harassment, intimidation and lawsuits, according to a study.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which produced the tally, is investigating a further 16 deaths over the last decade. It says the number of murders may be as high as 29, making this field of journalism one of the most dangerous after war reporting.

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‘Writing the truth is weighing heavily on my life,’ the veteran reporter wrote before his murder

• Environment reporters facing harassment and murder, study finds

Shortly before his death, the independent journalist Jagendra Singh wrote a social media post about the threats he believed he faced for investigating sand mining in northern India.

“Politicians, thugs, and police, all are after me. Writing the truth is weighing heavily on my life.”

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A failed Queensland solar thermal project has become the latest target of the post-election facts-don’t-matter campaign against renewables in Australia.

The post Pauline Hanson’s anti-solar rant confuses panels with mirrors, facts with falsehoods appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Redshaw Advisors has a Business Development vacancy based in our London office. This is an opportunity to work at the front line of the EU Emissions Trading System, Europe’s premier emissions reduction tool, at a crucial moment in its history.

Victoria is home to 20% of the main grid's coal and gas generation capacity, but is the source of 35% of all power station outages.

The post Brown coal generators rated least reliable in the country: report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced sales manager/director within the voluntary sector to set up, grow and manage a business with the support of Europe’s leading ETS consultancy.

China has for the first time laid out rules for carbon neutralising major events and activities, including defining which types of carbon credits would be eligible, a first step towards creating a voluntary GHG market in the world’s biggest-emitting nation.