Good News 5 June 2026

Happy World Environment Day! Here’s some good news for baby turtles, the ocean floor and native plants!

$225million funding to support low-carbon manufacturing in the Hunter (Renew Economy)

Solar recycling: WA tips $17.8 million into waste PV and battery collection, processing (Renew Economy)

Uralla forum tackles growing native seed shortage (New England Times)

Thousands of baby green sea turtles head to sea after successful egg relocation (ABC News)

To block illegal bottom trawlers, Cambodia is building concrete towers (Oceanographic)

EV sales hit record 20 pct share in May – and diesel utes slump (The Driven)

Big batteries scoop the pool in grid-firming tender that was also open to gas generators (Renew Economy)

Large flock of critically endangered swift parrots seen near Port Macquarie (ABC News)

British beavers stop underground station flooding (NPR)

Birds return to Little Dog Island in Bass Strait after feral cats eradicated (ABC News)

Berkeley require emissions-reducing upgrades any time a home is sold (Daily Californian)

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