Good News May 1st, 2026

Indigenous Australians restoring all over the place in this week’s good news!

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock (The Guardian)

Ravensworth Homestead on the State Heritage Register, a win for First Nations community (Lock The Gate)

US predicts stunning 80 GW increase in big solar, wind, and battery storage in next year – despite Trump (Renew Economy)

Indigenous Australians are restoring Earth’s largest organism in Shark Bay (Conservation International)

Tennis balls rescued from landfill turned into sound absorbing materials (YouTube)

Batteries both big and small have reshaped the grid and forced wholesale prices down, AEMO says (Renew Economy)

Australia could already be on track to reach 80 per cent EV sales by 2030 (The Driven)

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025 (The Guardian)

Traditional owners relieved as mining prohibited ‘in perpetuity’ from culturally significant reserve (ABC News)

Germany turns former coal pits into vast lake district (EuroNews)

Arena backs new model for low-cost EV charging in apartment buildings (The Driven)

Bunnings extends zero up-front home solar and battery deal to three new states (Renew Economy)

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