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Aussie AI, clean energy inventions need urgent funding

Aussie AI, clean energy inventions need urgent funding

Changing tax incentives, creating a spending target, and helping businesses work with researchers could help Australia make breakthroughs the world needs.

Price and policy changes redirect Uber's electric drive

Price and policy changes redirect Uber's electric drive

Price and policy changes redirect Uber's electric drive

Price and policy changes redirect Uber's electric drive

Australian ride-share drivers could be about to lose a long-time electric vehicle discount but gain another as Uber adapts to market changes.

Cool heads for kids as disasters stoke climate anxiety

Cool heads for kids as disasters stoke climate anxiety

Cool heads for kids as disasters stoke climate anxiety

Cool heads for kids as disasters stoke climate anxiety

An early brush with bushfires left a Victorian mother's boy anxious over climate change, so now she tries to help kids understand how their world is changing.

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Rare earths hopeful in eye of Greenland political storm

Rare earths hopeful in eye of Greenland political storm

A stalled rare earths project puts an Australian junior miner at the centre of an election in an Atlantic territory caught in a web of geopolitical tensions.

Biodiversity wins from 'high-integrity' carbon farming

Biodiversity wins from 'high-integrity' carbon farming

High-quality carbon farming projects could be used for landscape restoration and protecting biodiversity but investors could need a nudge to pay a premium.

Plea to save dinosaur fish from extinction

Plea to save dinosaur fish from extinction

Environmental advocates are calling for the United Nations to save an endangered dinosaur fish as a farming ban is under consideration.

Hot crocs struggling to keep cool as climate warms

Hot crocs struggling to keep cool as climate warms

Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, and higher body temperatures are changing their behaviour, researchers say.

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Big changes needed to connect cars to the power grid

Big changes needed to connect cars to the power grid

Big changes needed to connect cars to the power grid

Big changes needed to connect cars to the power grid

Most Australians want to turn their electric vehicle into a battery on wheels in future but there are still speed bumps to making the technology work.

'Triple threat' vapes littering streets and parks

'Triple threat' vapes littering streets and parks

'Triple threat' vapes littering streets and parks

'Triple threat' vapes littering streets and parks

More disposable vapes are ending up in streets, parks and waterways, underscoring the need for a nationally-consistent recycling scheme.

AGL slams nuclear option, doubles down on big batteries

AGL slams nuclear option, doubles down on big batteries

AGL slams nuclear option, doubles down on big batteries

AGL slams nuclear option, doubles down on big batteries

Australia's biggest emitter AGL Energy will build "a whole range of assets", but not nuclear reactors, to support the closure of 50-year-old coal power plants.

Doctors fear health fallout from nuclear energy plans

Doctors fear health fallout from nuclear energy plans

Doctors fear health fallout from nuclear energy plans

Doctors fear health fallout from nuclear energy plans

Doctors have warned of health harms for frontline energy workers, local children and the wider community from the coalition's nuclear power plan.

'Preferred' koala park opens door to major logging

'Preferred' koala park opens door to major logging

'Preferred' koala park opens door to major logging

'Preferred' koala park opens door to major logging

A state's so-called koala wars appear no closer to being resolved as spatial mapping highlights the possible impact on native forest of a national park plan.

Small cars show a big thirst for petrol in road tests

Small cars show a big thirst for petrol in road tests

Small cars show a big thirst for petrol in road tests

Small cars show a big thirst for petrol in road tests

Three popular small cars, including a hybrid model, are among the latest vehicles found using more fuel than expected in Australian road tests.

'Dutton-proof': no more clean energy money for uranium

'Dutton-proof': no more clean energy money for uranium

'Dutton-proof': no more clean energy money for uranium

'Dutton-proof': no more clean energy money for uranium

Clean energy incentives will not support uranium mining after parliament passed an amendment that could also hinder future attempts to establish nuclear power.

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Tesla slump and falling prices set to change EV market

Lower prices, more competition, and a market leader's fall in popularity could prove a tipping point for sales of electric vehicles in Australia.

Rise in lithium battery blazes sparks fire boss warning

NSW fire authorities are warning of the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a spike in potentially-lethal fires caused by the devices.

Foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home earns heavy fines

Three climate activists have copped heavy fines after counter-terrorism police stopped them in the tracks before painting the garage door of Woodside's boss.

Hive mind: vital survey to map the buzz on deadly mite

A national survey will map the impact of a deadly mite to safeguard Australia's honey bee population and the many growers that rely on pollination.

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Harvest celebrates native grains in community hands

At an annual harvest, community and university researchers are working together to harness the health benefits and possible paths to a native grain industry.

Kerbside charging boost to curb electric car concerns

Hundreds of electric vehicle chargers will be installed on power poles across three states in a bid to remove concerns about swapping to next-gen transport.

World clocks warmest January on record despite La Nina

Despite an emerging La Nina bringing cooler conditions to the tropical Pacific, last month has been deemed the warmest January on record.

Australia tops index as virtual power plants take shape

Australia is poised for virtual power plants that connect households and slash bills but an expert warns nuclear reactors could force users off rooftop solar.

One in three homeowners open to ditching gas

Enthusiasm for all-electric homes is building, though a rapid shift away from gas risks lumping those who remain with an expensive network to cover.

'Golden age of gas': households, manufacturers miss out

Households and manufacturers have been left worse off by the east coast gas bonanza, and exporters face new competition from cheaper sources, a report warns.

Electric vehicle sales brake as car market slows again

Australians bought fewer new cars in January, with electric car sales more than halving despite growing price competition and new limits on vehicle emissions.

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