Our last good news for the year is a ripper: Nannas Dom and Helen (with the EDO) have had a win against the anti-protest laws in NSW – LEGENDS!!! Plus – COP28 isn’t a complete disappointment; and a potential future-nanna has designed a water saving device for your shower that’s not a bucket!!!
Court rules parts of NSW protest laws are ‘invalid’ after challenge by Knitting Nannas activists (ABC)
‘The age of fossil fuels will end’: Australia’s Chris Bowen hails Cop28 agreement (The Guardian)
Award-winning high school student designs shower water-saving device for Australian homes (ABC)
This German start-up can convert your petrol car into an EV in as little as 8 hours (EuroNews)
More local councils move to ban new gas connections (Switched On)
People Living in Green Areas Seem to Age Slower at The Cellular Level (Science Alert)
Solar costs are now nearly 30 per cent lower than cheapest fossil fuel option, EY says (Renew Economy)
Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal (Renew Economy)
EVs and heat pumps can make 10% of German electricity demand flexible by 2035 (Renew Economy)
Battery storage grabs growing share of peak supply in world’s most renewable grid (Renew Economy)
Landmark study finds negative impact of wind farms on real estate values is temporary at worst (Renew Economy)
Tasmania’s first solar farm to host 2000 sheep as agrisolar takes off (Renew Economy)
Used EVs will soon become much easier to get. This is how to choose a reliable one (ABC)
Tesla shifts manufacturing focus to long awaited $25,000 EV in Shanghai (The Driven)
Circles of hope: the Guatemalan women reviving Indigenous concepts of mental wellbeing (Positive.News)
‘It reaches deep inside people’: the climate choirs singing for the planet (Positive.News)
Cultivated meat approval progresses to the next stage (News.com)
Queensland government to give out rebates for solar battery systems (ABC)
Floods and environmental flows a boon for south-east Australia’s waterbirds, survey shows (The Guardian)
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry (The Guardian)
Reduce carbon footprint if you want cheap finance: NAB (Sydney Morning Herald)