Good News May 17, 2024

It doesn’t get much more ‘nanna’ than making battery parts out of used hair and wool! Clean industries are clear winners from the Budget, and whale numbers are blowing research estimates out of the water!

Budget good news: Billions for clean industries (Climate Council)

Charles Sturt University researchers turn wool and hair off-cuts into graphite for lithium batteries (ABC News)

Australia back in the global race for green hydrogen with game-changing production credit (Renew Economy)

Fin whales making strong comeback in the Southern Ocean (Institute of Marine Science)

Finnish town will use a sand battery, not oil to heat homes (Popular Mechanics)

The man who took on the coal industry to save a forest – and won (BBC News)

New government grants to help business ditch gas for efficient electric alternatives (One Step off the Grid)

Cost of “just transition” from coal cheaper than cost of carbon (Renew Economy)

The man who took on the coal industry to save a forest – and won! (BBC News)

“World leaders” South Australia and California agree to collaborate on final stretch to 100 pct renewables (Renew Economy)

The farm that grows vegetables in the middle of the desert (Positive News)

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