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Solar, wind and hydro electric installations are often built in conservation areas.

New Zealand allowances edged up 30 cents in Wednesday trade after previously posting losses over six consecutive sessions, as some market participants said the rapid decrease had been an overreaction.

Auditor general predicts drought in 20 years as demand rises and climate crisis reduces supply

England is in danger of experiencing droughts within 20 years unless action is taken to combat the impact of the climate crisis on water availability, the public spending watchdog says.

The National Audit Office (NAO), in a report published on Wednesday, says some parts of England, especially the south-east, are at risk of running out of water owing to decreased rainfall and a need to cut the amount taken from natural waterways.

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A bubble has finally been burst – but will we now attend to the other threats facing humanity?

We have been living in a bubble, a bubble of false comfort and denial. In the rich nations, we have begun to believe we have transcended the material world. The wealth we’ve accumulated – often at the expense of others – has shielded us from reality. Living behind screens, passing between capsules – our houses, cars, offices and shopping malls – we persuaded ourselves that contingency had retreated, that we had reached the point all civilisations seek: insulation from natural hazards.

Now the membrane has ruptured, and we find ourselves naked and outraged, as the biology we appeared to have banished storms through our lives. The temptation, when this pandemic has passed, will be to find another bubble. We cannot afford to succumb to it. From now on, we should expose our minds to the painful realities we have denied for too long.

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Renowned scientist Terry Hughes says huge swathes of reef have been affected in a ‘severe’ situation

The Great Barrier Reef has experienced a third mass coral bleaching event in five years, according to the scientist carrying out aerial surveys over hundreds of individual reefs.

With three days of a nine-day survey to go, Prof Terry Hughes told Guardian Australia: “We know this is a mass bleaching event and it’s a severe one.”

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There is no longer time to take incremental action on climate change. What are the key actions policy makers must take in the next decade, and what’s needed to win the ‘fossil fuel word game’?

The post How to win the fossil fuel word game appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bomen solar farm dodges delays affecting other projects and begins production more or less on schedule.

The post Big new solar farm in NSW begins production, more or less on schedule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Environment Protection Authority has fined Origin Energy Eraring Pty Ltd $15,000 over alleged dust emissions from the Eraring Power Station at Lake Macquarie in October last year.

The post Eraring power station fined over dust appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Biodiversity is often highest in places with human activity. The fishing industry has shown we can often have it both ways: maintain important livelihoods while protecting precious marine life. Piers Dunstan, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Natalie Dowling, Researcher, CSIRO Simone Stevenson, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Skipton Woolley, Research scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought great uncertainty to the solar industry. Demand is up in some quarters, and down in others. But there is real fear of a brutal slowdown.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Can solar isolate itself from Covid-19 pandemic? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Siemens and ubitricity have converted all the lamp posts on a central London residential street into "hidden" electric vehicle chargers.

The post Siemens converts all lamp posts on UK residential street to EV chargers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Council writes to governments to seek clarification of clean energy sector's status as an essential service under Covid-19 response.

The post Clean energy industry seeks clarity on renewables as an essential service appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BJCE Australia says turbine component deliveries will begin this week, making 233km journey from Port Kembla to Biala wind farm site in the NSW Southern Tablelands.

The post Signs of life in industry as massive turbine blades head to Biala wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's energy companies have ramped up protections for key operational workers at Australia's largest power stations and may include the total isolation of staff in a bid to protect power supplies from the spread of Covid-19.

The post Major power stations consider isolation to protect workers from Covid-19 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New research from Radboud University in the Netherlands confirms that switching to EVs will reduce emissions in virtually every part of the world.

The post EVs will lower emissions – new research puts myth to bed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ICAO should not have unconditionally accepted the CDM or China’s GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program to supply the pilot phase of its global aviation offset system CORSIA due to environmental integrity concerns and a lack of transparency in their applications, according to public comments released Monday.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils e-Bulli electric bus, bringing T1 Samba into electric era to celebrate the classic Kombi's 70th anniversary.

The post Volkswagen reveals electric version of classic 1966 Kombi bus appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Creatures are intelligent and patient but have been declared an endangered species along south coast

Most of us are familiar with the remains of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, large chalky internal shells that are washed up on beaches and sold in pet shops as a source of calcium for birds.

This relative of the squid and octopus thrives in the seas around Britain and is caught in large numbers for our continental neighbours who regard them as a culinary delicacy. Europeans also use their ink as a colouring agent in food, ink and paint.

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) missed a deadline to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that found the California-Quebec cap-and-trade linkage did not violate the US Constitution’s Compact or Treaty Clauses, a lawyer involved in the case said.