Good News Nov 24, 2023

The government’s new investment scheme should get big renewable projects online faster – yay! Ecocide is now very close to being a punishable thing in the EU. And a beautiful story of bison returning to indigenous lands in Texas. 

Albanese government to rapidly expand investment scheme for clean energy projects (The Guardian)

EU criminalises environmental damage ‘comparable to ecocide’ (The Guardian)

Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots (Texas Tribune)

Seven Clean Seas removes 2 million kg of ocean plastic (Sustainable Plastics)

Macquarie launches new renewables business with 4GW of wind, solar and battery projects (Renew Economy)

Why tackling biodiversity loss could solve the climate crisis (Positive.News)

Ditching fossil fuels improves health: Deaths from particulate pollution have dropped 16% since 2005 (El Pais)

Northvolt hails sodium-ion battery breakthrough for storage and electric vehicles (Renew Economy)

Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low (Renew Economy)

5B begins work on solar and battery project to get Tiwi Islands to 50 pct renewables (Renew Economy)

Giant community batteries capture excess rooftop solar from Queensland’s electricity grid (ABC)

Another super fund joins green energy wave by sinking $1 billion into Quinbrook projects (Renew Economy)

12 obvious ways to reduce emissions that nobody is talking about (Positive.News)

Isis sugar mill plans to use wastewater to grow algae for human food and fuel (ABC)

Yasmeen Lari on track to build a million flood-resilient Pakistan homes by 2024 (DeZeen)

Dominica to create world’s first sperm whale reserve (BBC)

Bringing back California’s redwood forests (BBC)

Tasmanian woman tells office she can’t come in as 600kg ‘Neil the seal’ is blocking her car (ABC)

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