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From Greece, to the UK, to Japan and even Sweden, a slew of places in the Northern Hemisphere are suffering extreme heat. And the chances of extreme heat records tumbling are growing all the time. Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ESB modelling is false and misleading, claiming credit for projects already in pipeline. The latest NEG outline also penalises rooftop solar and large scale solar, does crazy things with offsets and will end up lifting prices.

Decision by energy market rule-maker could pave way for Tesla and others to develop virtual power plants, demand response, and combine electric vehicle load that can compete in the wholesale market with traditional peaking power plants.

Answer: It's not renewables, or the lack of them. Most are caused by network problems or failing fossil fuel plants.

Sandy, Bedfordshire: As with mosquitoes, the female is deadlier than the male, seeking a meal of animal blood so that she can grow her eggs

Many a fly has landed on my bare limbs this long summer, stretching out its minesweeper mouthparts to dab at my skin for something edible. Not thinking too hard about where those dirty feet have been, I tolerate them pattering about, sucking up, until the tickling sensation gets too much, and I shake them off.

What I worry about is the flies that don’t walk.

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Japanese car-maker behind world's biggest selling EV has quietly launched an all-electric camper van.

Japan’s biggest utility reveals plans to develop up to 7GW of new renewable energy capacity, in effort to "gain the competitive advantage."

Tesla owner gives his EV its very own climate change makeover to start a conversation about global warming.

Australian Renewable Energy Agency backs pioneering project aiming to turn biosolids from sewage into crude oil.

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The current hot conditions could become the new normal for British summers within 30 years, MPs say.

The Canadian government may relax industry production benchmarks under its output-based carbon pricing system (OBPS), which forms part of its backstop carbon pricing plan, as well as introduce a similar metric for the power sector, it said at a workshop on Wednesday.

UK offshore wind capacity set to double following govt announcement of competitive auction in May 2019, and every two years after that.

Polish adventurer drives Nissan LEAF 13,000km across Europe and Asia to dispel myths about range capabilities of electric vehicles.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests $150m in alternative asset manager Morrison & Co, to boost energy efficiency of key social and economic infrastructure assets.

Want to know why you've had weeks of sleepless nights? The BBC's Science editor looks at the cause of our numerous heatwaves.

A US Congressional subcommittee on Wednesday heard several experts testify on issues regarding the function and transparency of the biofuels credit market under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which has experienced significant market and policy volatility this year.

How can a policy that is designed to do something that will happen anyway causes prices to be any lower than they would be anyway?

California state regulator ARB distributed 94,800 compliance-grade offsets this week to livestock projects, while Quebec's environment ministry awarded 23,100 credits in the agency's second issuance this month.

The Ontario government on Wednesday introduced a bill to formally repeal the province’s cap-and-trade programme, earmarking compensation equivalent to a tiny fraction of the nearly C$3 billion raised through allowance sales and effectively establishing compliance obligations for the scheme's emitters.