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Welcome to the worst drought in an estimated 1,200 years

If water is the lifeblood of planet Earth, the American south-west is in big trouble.

John Wesley Powell, the one-armed US army civil war veteran who led the first white expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon – a daring boat run in 1869 – later became an ethnographer who wrote a prescient 1878 government paper titled: Report on the Lands of the Arid Regions of the United States. In it, he unflinchingly described the scarcity of water, and summarized that much of the American south-west, if it must be settled, should be settled lightly and modestly. Overpopulate it, and it will be unforgiving.

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The Philippines Department of Finance is backing an intensity-based emissions trading scheme initially limited to the power industry, rather than a carbon tax, according to reports in local media.

Three weeks of talks see little movement amid worries about the impact of Covid on poorer nations.

Networks expert and consumer advocate Mike Swanston shares his vision for Grid 3.0, and the central role that solar will play in it.

The post Great Solar Business Podcast: Grid 3.0 – What will the grid look like? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Company hopes to repair cracks in the embankment next to the Yallourn mine by the middle of next week, but didn't reveal plans for river diversion.

The post EnergyAustralia has three options to avert Yallourn mine collapse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

LONGI Solar has unveiled it’s new Hi-MO N module, and launch a new “Lifecycle Quality” standard and showcase further module efficiency gains up to 25.21%.

The post LONGi launches N-type TOPcon bifacial module at SNEC 2021 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can the electricity grid prepare for more events like this?

The post Three weeks without power? That’s the reality for thousands in Victoria – and it will happen again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coalition controlled committee asks Angus Taylor to explain how new regulations issued for a key renewable energy funding body are not illegal.

The post Coalition controlled committee questions legality of new ARENA regulations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Research sheds more light on the giant ‘living fossils’ once thought extinct but which have survived since the age of the dinosaurs

The coelacanth – a giant, mysterious fish that has survived since the time of the dinosaurs – can live for 100 years, a study has found.

The slow-moving fish, which grow to be the size of a human, are nicknamed a “living fossil”, and also grow at a very slow pace.

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The Paraceratherium linxiaense was taller than a giraffe and weighed as much as four large African elephants.

Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can we prepare for more events like this? Anthony Richardson, Researcher and Teacher, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Federal environment minister uses National Press Club speech to warn Australia's solar industry to get cracking on panel recycling. Industry says, "we tried!"

The post Solar industry put on notice for “landfill nightmare” by federal environment minister appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Nationals have said no to net zero targets of any sort in an extraordinary assault on climate action and renewables, and their own electorates.

The post Nationals say no to net zero in extraordinary assault on climate and renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

the oil and gas industry has a role to play in the net zero future is completely up to it.  But we all know what happened to Kodak.

The post Is the oil and gas industry part of a net zero emissions  future?   appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New investment commitments for Australian wind farms stalls, as a surging global market looks offshore for future growth.

The post Australian wind projects grind to a halt in face of grid hurdles and falling prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California and Quebec regulated entities are expected to turn in a lower number of offsets than previously forecast for the upcoming third compliance period of the WCI cap-and-trade programme, analysts said Thursday.

Dominion Energy has asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to approve its RGGI rate request next month, while an environmental group continued to advocate for more long-term analysis of carbon market compliance options despite the utility’s pushback. 

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices set a new all-time high this week before retracing slightly on lower activity, while RGGI permits inched up on thin trading volumes despite few near-term drivers.

Three suburbs in Victoria have been warned against drinking tap water — even if they boil it first. Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.