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Environment
Last year saw the official launch of Scotland's Hywind Project - the first floating windfarm to successfully generate energy. The project hopes to power 20,000 homes, and is part of a broader Statoil initiative in the UK to power as…
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As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are not building the slums of the future by making buildings so tall and tight they turn our streets into stark canyons. Sydney's Wolli Creek, where buildings dominate and…
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California just became the first state in the United States to require all new homes to be built with rooftop solar panels. The California Energy Commission hearing room was packed full as the commission voted unanimously in favor of the…
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Local councils affected by China's ban on importing recyclable waste have been given a short-term reprieve, with the Victorian Government chipping in $13 million to help them manage their rubbish. Last year China announced it would stop taking what it…
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Cape Town has been able to postpone "Zero Day" out to 2019 now. The actual estimate is now August 2018, but since this falls within the normal rain period it is now safe to expect that the city will not run…
The city of Cape Town, South Africa is set to be the first major city in the world to run out of water. Usually fed fresh water from heavy rainfalls in the nearby Table Mountain, Cape Town is now in…
In a previous article, we reported how entrepreneur and visionary Elon Musk came to the aid of South Australia and its highly problematic power supply. The series of events began when SA experienced a statewide blackout in September 2016. Shortly…
The Australian Threatened Species Day was marked earlier this month (7th September) by a $5 million fund boost from the Federal Government towards the preservation and protection of vulnerable native flora and fauna. This year, Threatened Species Day represented…
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