You don’t have to dig far to hit some gold in this week’s news. Fossil-free help is on the way for NSW renters struggling with energy bills. A hydro town is being reborn as a renewables hub. And globally, in 2025 renewables are set to overtake coal and wind will leapfrog nuclear!
$206m for energy upgrades to help poorer tenants, renters in NSW (Michael West Media)
Tripling of world’s green energy by 2030 within reach, IEA says (Financial Times)
Christian community switches former Tassie hydro town to renewables! (ABC)
The world’s largest mining excavator has arrived – and it’s electric! (Mining Times)
“World’s Ugliest Lawn 2024” competition won with a little help from bandicoots (ABC)
WA family hopes to use electric 4WD to tow pop-up caravan around Australia (ABC)
Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling (The Economist)
Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023 (BBC)
African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands (The Guardian)
International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case (AP News)
Poland to halt logging in 10 of its most ancient forests (The Guardian)
Dutch Auto giant backs sodium-ion EV battery technology (The Driven)
From heat pumps to pumped heat: Octopus backs tech that reuses data centre heat (Renew Economy)
Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition (The Guardian)
WA’s biggest wind farm proposesd as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience (Renew Economy)
Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries (Renew Economy)
Carnegie deploys wave powered barge concept in WA waters (Renew Economy)
Immediate climate threat on corporate agenda at Davos (Renew Economy)
Supermarket anger sees more shoppers finding alternative ways to buy food (ABC)