This week saw goodbyes to Chinese dams, Swedish bottom trawling and a potential new Qld coal mine – and hello to World Heritage status for WA rock art, including the Burrup Peninsular!
UNESCO approves world heritage listing for WA’s Murujuga rock art (ABC News)
India has reached its target of 50% clean power capacity way ahead of schedule (Reuters)
China blows up 300 dams, shuts hydropower stations to save Yangtze River habitat (South China Morning Post)
Sweden takes action on Baltic Sea protection, bans bottom trawling in marine protected areas (We Are Aquaculture)
Fox Resources’s bid to develop coal mine on Qld’s agricultural land rejected (ABC News)
Australian printed solar tech used at Coldplay’s world tour among projects to secure NSW funding (Renew Economy)
California 40% less reliant on gas for electricity thanks to batteries (The New Yorker)
First Nations calendars boost solar forecasting accuracy by up to 26 pct, study finds (Renew Economy)
State backs business to “take a serious look” at switching to heat pumps (One Step off the Grid)
Giant WA gold mine switches off gas and diesel for first time after completion of largest off-grid hybrid system (Renew Economy)
World’s largest green hydrogen plant goes online, powered by off-grid renewables (Renew Economy)