The completion of the 9.4MW Robinvale solar farm last week marked a milestone not just for the project’s developer Suntech, but also for a company called WePower and its plans to open up Australia’s renewable energy procurement market to a potentially huge market of small businesses. As RenewEconomy reported last week, Suntech’s 9.47MW(AC) Robinvale solar […]
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options strengthening the global response to
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The Climate Council’s report, ‘Climate Cuts, Cover-Ups and Censorship’ provides a detailed overview of the Australian government’s approach to climate change since the election of the Liberal-National Coalition government in 2013.
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States and territories are leading the transition to renewable energy in Australia, as the Federal Government not only fails to lead but obstructs progress.
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For the Walker Who Seeks By Sarah Cains. Surprisingly close to Bowral town is a hidden bush track with a story… The Steps can hardly be called a secret, being hidden, as they are, in plain sight. They snake up the south-western flank of the mountain, zig-zagging through the bush to moderate the steepness
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Around and About Box of Tricks By Sarah Cains. Given the vast range of things we have to worry about these days, this could be said to come in low on the scale, but I need to let you know that presently, I’ve got it in for toothpaste. How does this compete with worries about
How I am Helping the Planet By Sarah Cains. Today, when out riding on my bike in knee-length pants, I felt the breeze ruffling hairs on my unshaven legs. ???? Letting this piece of information out is taking lots of my courage; it feels deeply shameful. (I promise I have not given up showering).
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Wingecarribee Shire Council Declares a Climate Emergency Wingecarribee Shire Councillors have voted to declare a Climate Emergency following Wednesday evening’s meeting of Council. A majority of Councillors supported the Notice of Motion put forward by Councillors Whipper and Markwart. The declaration recognises the latest climate change science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and
How should organizations cope with climate change? How should organizations cope with climate change? As president and executive director of the Woods Hole Research Center, Dr. Philip Duffy has spent much of his career translating climate science for business leaders and policy makers and fostering awareness of how climate change affects society. His colleague, former
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French president Emmanuel Macron has announced France will seek to jump-start the local auto industry decimated by the Coronavirus pandemic with an €8 billion ($A13.2 billion) plan that includes a major boost for electric vehicles. Speaking at a press event in northern France on the site of an auto parts factory, Macron said the French
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