WEATHERWATCH: WALLS CANNOT KEEP OUT CLIMATE CHANGE

THE GUARDIAN

The collapse of the Akkadian empire after a 300-year drought is a pertinent lesson from history

ELITES' RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE MUST BE FAIR, SAYS EU OFFICIAL

THE GUARDIAN

Gilets jaunes’ anger shows that companies must do their bit, says Frans Timmermans

INVESTORS URGE KFC, MCDONALD'S AND BURGER KING TO CUT EMISSIONS

THE GUARDIAN

Coalition worth $6.5tn challenge fast food chains over lack of low-carbon plan

GERMANY EYES COAL EXIT BY 2038 IN BID FOR CLIMATE-FRIENDLY ECONOMY

RENEWECONOMY

If adopted by government, the proposal would make Germany the largest economy with concrete plans to end use of coal to produce electricity.

WATER DONATIONS FLOW FOR DARLING RIVER COMMUNITIES

ABC NEWS

More than 100,000 litres of drinking water has been donated to communities along the Darling River.

EXTREME HEAT KILLS MORE THAN 2,000 ENDANGERED FLYING FOXES

ABC NEWS

Heat wipes out almost a third of a Victorian town's native flying fox population.

FURY OVER GENERATOR BIDDING: “THIS TIME THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR”

RENEWECONOMY

Outrage at withdrawal of capacity and bidding practices in lead up to last week’s heat-wave. Did the fossil fuel generators go too far?

GREAT BARRIER REEF LEGAL CHALLENGE AIMS TO STOP KILLING OF SHARKS

THE GUARDIAN

Humane Society will argue shark control measures conflict with authority’s responsibility to protect reef

YURIKA! QUEENSLAND TO INSTALL TESLA BIG BATTERY IN TOWNSVILLE

RENEWECONOMY

Queensland government-owned Yurika to manage a Tesla big battery in Townsville to allow more solar, defer network spending, and add to virtual power plant capacity.

BUSINESS PREPARED TO POWER DOWN AGAIN FOR SUMMER

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Businesses are expecting to power down more in the summers ahead after the energy market operator leaned heavily on large energy users in its failed attempt to avoid rolling blackouts in Victoria last week.

DANIEL ANDREWS SLAMMED FOR ‘TRASHING’ GRID RELIABILITY

THE AUSTRALIAN

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has accused the Andrews government of “deliberately trashing” the reliability of the Victorian electricity grid by encouraging investment in variable renewable generation without backup and storage.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR PLASTIC RECYCLING WHEN IT GOES OFFSHORE

THE CONVERSATION

Since China stopped accepting Australia's recyclable plastic, the majority of exported plastic waste is now going to developing nations in South East Asia.

ADANI MINE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS DESIGNED TO PROTECT BLACK-THROATED FINCH LED TO BIRD'S DECLINE

THE GUARDIAN

Of 775 projects overlapping bird’s habitat that government assessed over two decades, only one was refused, study reveals

SCIENTISTS WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF MORE CORAL BLEACHING

7.30

High sea temperatures across the Pacific Ocean this summer have scientists worried about the possibility of another mass coral bleaching event.