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Chinese PV leader Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (300118.SZ) disclosed its financial results for 2019 on the evening of April 17, 2020.

The post Risen Energy achieves strong results for 2019 with revenue increasing over 47% appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former PM says his biggest regret was a failure to secure meaningful climate policy, but that the Snowy 2.0 expansion is core to his legacy.

The post Turnbull says his biggest leadership failure was on climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sunwiz director Warwick Johnston on the uptake of battery storage by Australian homes. And we ask the question: Has Covid-19 killed crap solar?

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: What drives Australians to install battery storage? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean energy stimulus could help meet net zero emissions goals of Paris Agreement and generate more than $A159 trillion in benefits to global GDP above business-as-usual.

The post Renewables could add $A160 trillion to post Covid-19 economic recovery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

When the coronavirus crisis ends, let’s demand a right to roam in cities, the countryside and on golf courses

In the name of freedom, we have been exposed, to a greater extent than any other European nation, to a deadly pandemic. In his speech in Greenwich on 3 February, Boris Johnson lambasted governments that had “panicked” about the coronavirus, inflicting “unnecessary economic damage”. His government, by contrast, would champion our right to “buy and sell freely among each other”.

But as always, the professed love of freedom among those who represent the interests of the rich in politics is highly selective. If the government valued freedom as much as it says it does, it would do everything in its power to maximise the liberties we can safely exercise, while protecting us from harm.

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Past 12 months were nearly tied for the warmest 12-month period on record, and near-record sea surface temperatures have driven extensive coral bleaching in southern hemisphere.

The post State of the climate: First quarter of 2020 is second warmest on record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's rooftop solar market maintains "very healthy levels" of growth despite the uncertain start to 2020, with just the usual Easter lull over the past fortnight.

The post Australian rooftop solar continues to weather Covid-19 storm – at “very healthy levels” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Team of Japanese researchers from Yokohama University develop new electrode for lithium-ion batteries that could see them cost less, deliver longer driving range for EVs, and even last longer.

The post Nano-particle battery research could give EVs longer range and life appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Last year's failed attempt to locate one of the world's great wrecks has lessons for future efforts.

Environmental crises must not be forgotten amid the pandemic, says the UN Secretary General.

Latest AEMO modelling suggests South Australia Liberal government goal of reaching net 100 per cent renewables could be achieved five years early.

The post South Australia could meet state Liberals’ 100 pct renewables target 5 years early appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 50th annual call for environmental reform falls at a time when the health of people and nature has never been more urgent

Fifty years ago today, the first Earth Day was marked in the United States as a peaceful call for environmental reform, following a massive oil spill off the coast of California. Half a century later, this annual day unites millions across the globe, drawing attention to the huge challenges facing our planet.

Now more than ever, Earth Day offers an opportunity for us all to reflect upon our relationship with the planet, amid the most powerful possible message that nature can surprise us at any moment, with devastating consequences for pretty much every individual. It is a time when the health of the planet and its people has never been so important.

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There are no drugs proven to help doctors treat the disease, but work is under way around the world.

China should pick a new growth strategy with decarbonisation at its centre as the country puts together its next five-year plan in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, according to two reports released Wednesday, just as industry pressure is building on Beijing to scale back on environmental efforts.

Tearfund NGO says drinks makers not doing enough to tackle their plastic pollution

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are not doing enough to reduce their plastic waste footprint globally, according to a report.

The charity Tearfund has compiled a league table of how the companies, and Unilever and Nestlé, are faring in their commitments set against a three-point plan.

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The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".

We are looking for a radical leader in corporate sustainability services. A motivated, passionate leader who wants to leave a legacy. A true leader who can drive forward our mission to enhance Climate Action for corporates so we can save our beautiful planet. How? By being the leading force in transitioning heavy industry to a low-carbon economy.

Efforts to protect the European eel, under threat from pollution and the damming of rivers, are having some success

This is the peak season for the arrival of what is hoped will be millions of glass eels swimming up Britain’s estuaries to reach fresh waters where they can grow into adults. The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a curious creature with a complex lifestyle that is still barely understood.

Eels are thought to begin life as eggs in the Sargasso Sea; drifting as larvae for about a year 4,000 miles north-east in the Gulf Stream before turning into tiny transparent eels. Their goal is to find a home in rivers, lakes and ponds while growing darker and larger for up to 10 years. When nearly a metre long they set off back across the Atlantic to breed.

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South Africa’s president on Tuesday announced a three-month delay to the deadline for the first payments due under the country’s carbon tax, as part of a wider package of financial measures to help companies cope with the coronavirus pandemic.