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Young patients with respiratory problems are a regular sight for doctors due to air pollution crisis

• Parents ‘worryingly unaware’ of damage from air pollution
  

Sixteen-month-old Madalena grins and throws her flashing ball across the consulting room, oblivious to the conversation going on around her.

Her mother, Patricia Correia, is explaining to the doctor that the family is thinking of returning to Portugal after a series of “wheezing episodes” that have forced the toddler to be rushed to A&E five times in the past six months. Once she was so ill, she was kept in for four days.

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The money from David Harding is the biggest single British donation to a UK university.

An international commodity trading company this week cancelled 100,000 CERs from a project owned by a subsidiary of China’s state-owned power giant Huaneng, making it the latest Chinese CDM project to get some drops of comfort from the voluntary market.

New Zealand carbon allowances on Tuesday fell below the NZ$25 ($17.21) threshold for the first time in nearly three weeks as small batches of supply from forest-owners became available.

Increase in extreme weather due to climate change is damaging fruit and vegetable growing

The British chip has been left an inch shorter by the 2018 heatwave, according to a report on the risks to UK fruit and vegetable growing from climate change.

The spell of baking summer weather was made 30 times more likely by global warming and left spuds substantially smaller than usual. Yields of carrots and onions were also sharply down.

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The flood zone around Townsville extends for hundreds of kilometres, making monitoring difficult even from the air. But scientists are testing a new satellite method that can peer through the clouds. Linlin Ge, Professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Two more international energy companies join near unanimous condemnation of the Coalition's "divestment" proposal as Taylor plunges headlong into 24/7 power tender.

The post Coalition energy plan “unworkable”, as Taylor charges into coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After a particularly harsh summer of extremes, climate change is emerging as a key battleground in the upcoming election. But our PM doesn't want to talk about it.

The post Morrison refuses to discuss climate change as Tasmania burns, Townsville floods appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has the resource, our Asian neighbours and trading partners need it. The opportunity to store and ship renewable energy in bulk, liquid, transportable form exists now.

The post Will Australia seize opportunity to lead region’s renewable hydrogen market? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK’s CO2 emissions peaked in the year 1973 and have declined faster than any other major developed country. Here's how.

The post Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

TransGrid today announced the appointment of Jason Conroy to its Executive team as Chief Financial Officer, effective on 4 March 2019.

The post TransGrid appoints Jason Conroy as Chief Financial Officer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Elliott Green Power formally opens Susan River solar farm, the 20th large scale renewable energy project to come on line in Queensland in the last two years.

The post Elliott Green Power opens Susan River solar farm, two more being built appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hundreds of residents in Townsville have been evacuated and two men are missing as the area is hit with a year’s worth of rainfall in nine days

• Townsville flooding: two missing as questions mount over dam release

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Germany posts record energy exports in January as France looks for more power to heat homes in absence of eight nuclear plants.

The post France relies on German coal to heat homes in cold winter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UNSW Sydney's $3m deal with Providence Asset Group will accelerate research into reliable energy networks and fund a new centre supporting global development of renewables markets. 

The post $3m deal charges UNSW drive for an integrated renewables future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ICE has asked the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to approve several new carbon market products, including California Carbon Offsets (CCOs).

The UN has awarded two contracts to buy a total 140,800 Gold Standard CERs to offset the organisation’s annual emissions.

Carnegie Clean Energy illustrates the benefits of using single axis tracking in large-scale solar projects.

The post Changing shape of solar power: How tracking technology killed the solar bell curve appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Massachusetts gave out almost 570,000 additional carbon allowances last year to power plants capped by the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) market, and emissions data suggests those allocations likely flipped the programme’s overall position from short to long.