Lots of extra good news this week with links to the articles – hydrogen buses in Adelaide, world leading microgrid, no need for red bin, quolls come back, more plastic bans in Queensland, golden lion tamarin monkeys rebound, ancient tree excites scientists and an offshore floating solar demonstrator launched.
NSW government buys remote Comeroo Station for land conservation ABC News
Power from fossil gas plunged by 50% in June on Australia’s main grid Renew Economy
Australian electric vehicle sales in first half of 2023 already higher than all of 2022 The Guardian
Billie Eilish to utilize solar-powered ‘zero-emissions battery systems’ to reduce carbon emissions of live music Yahoo Finance NZ
German supermarket trials charging true climate cost of foods The Guardian
World leading King Island microgrid adds 1.5MW solar farm to mix Renew Economy
Hydrogen buses to hit the streets of Adelaide this month Glam Adelaide
‘Garbologist’ Belinda Chellingworth has so little waste she’s ditched her landfill bin. Here’s how ABC News
Threatened western quolls breeding at Wheatbelt site for the first time in 100 years ABC News
Balloon releases, cotton buds with plastic stems to be banned in Queensland from September ABC News
Once nearing extinction, golden lion tamarin monkeys rebound from yellow fever outbreak, habitat loss ABC News
Ancient clonal tree, King’s lomatia, excites scientists in Tasmania’s remote south west ABC News
SeaVolt to launch “first of a kind” offshore floating solar demonstrator Renew Economy