Renewable energy
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UK hits clean energy milestone: 50% of electricity from low carbon sourcesNew wind and solar farms, alongside wood burning and nuclear reactors, helped to push low carbon power to a new high in the third quarter of 2016
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'Mad Alex': Donald Trump letters abuse Scottish ex-first ministerMessages sent before his White House campaign show US president-elect harassing Alex Salmond over windfarms
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Republicans and Democrats alike want more clean energyJohn Abraham: A new report finds strong support for clean energy, international climate agreements, and cutting carbon pollution - across the political spectrum
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Solar cooling systems take heat out of summer’s hottest daysA few Australian businesses are exploiting the searing heat of summer to create purpose-designed solar cooling systems whose benefits extend far beyond electricity savings
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Transforming waste into fuel with Australian innovations, from tyres to sugar cane and agaveThe emerging biofuel industry is casting the net wide to find solutions to two environmental problems: reducing waste and increasing fuel production
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Queensland's largest solar farm plugs into the grid a month earlyThe 20 megawatt plant in Barcaldine is one of first in the country to be funded by Australian Renewable Energy Agency
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Closure of Hazelwood power station to add $78 a year to power billsAustralian Energy Market Commission report finds wholesale energy prices will rise 36% due to shutdown of brown coal-fired generator in Victoria
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US advances on clean energy with first offshore wind farmOffshore wind farms are in development across the country, but the election of Donald Trump may weaken federal support and squelch an emerging industry
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While the government lags behind on climate change; consumers, local councils and energy companies lead the way to clean energy, according to new reportFossil fuel divestment is worth $7tn globally yet Australia still clings to coal
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Fossil fuel divestment funds double to $5tn in a yearUN secretary general Ban Ki-moon welcomes new total revealing concern over coal, oil and gas investments has entered financial mainstream
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On climate change, angels and demons are battling over Trump’s soulDana Nuccitelli: Trump is filling his administration with fossil fuel industry puppets; only Ivanka has a chance to preserve the climate
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Wind power key to curbing greenhouse emissions, study findsEdinburgh University researchers say windfarm energy prevented 36m tonnes of harmful coal and gas emissions in six years
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Will the internet of things sacrifice or save the environment?Some devices will power themselves but the more complex will contribute to the world’s huge data storage energy bill
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Windfarm in Barnaby Joyce's NSW electorate gets $120m CEFC loanClean Energy Finance Corporation loan comes three months after minister slammed SA’s over-reliance on wind power
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Ikea Group plans €1bn investment in recycling companies and forestsFurniture retailer nets €5.2bn from the sale of its product development and supply chain business to group set up by founder
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Emissions trading backflip a recipe for price rises, say business groupsLobbyists dismayed by Coalition ruling out carbon trading, warning those fighting it ‘are going to get almost exactly the outcome they’re trying to prevent’
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Drax moves away from coal to bid on Opus Energy and gas plantsProducer shifts focus to supplying end consumers and providing backup power to complement growing renewable output
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Australia's energy transmission industry calls for carbon tradingEmissions intensity scheme is the least costly way of reducing greenhouse gases, Energy Networks Australia and Csiro say
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We can't bank our future on Malcolm Turnbull's climate change magic puddingNot only is the government taking short cuts on climate change, it is setting future generations up for a massive cleanup bill
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Direct Action review: Coalition leaves carbon trading option openClimate policy review will look at possible changes to safeguard mechanism, which could convert to baseline and credit scheme
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Donald Trump supports 'clean coal' – but does it really have a future?Trump wants to bring back millions of coal jobs, but a technology that could help has struggled to become affordable
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Joy as China shelves plans to dam 'angry river'Environmentalists celebrate as Beijing appears to abandon plans to build giant hydroelectric dams on 1,750-mile Nujiang
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