Exporters called to pay in local councils and new battery news this week!
Australia’s councils back call for fossil fuel exporters to pay climate costs instead of Aussie ratepayers (The Point)
NSW gov to fund 1700 new electric buses and 17 charging stations (The Driven)
California’s Canals Are Now Generating Solar Power — And Saving Water (Climate Central)
French Polynesia now protects 30% of its oceans – an area 1.5 times the size of the EU! (Mongabay)
Global mangrove forests are growing again (Tulane University)
DHL is putting cargo on wind-powered ships across the Atlantic (Electrek)
World’s first field-validated sodium-ion battery storage system (Renew Economy)
For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal (Grist)
Trade bans and local conservation helped save a dazzling blue gecko (Mongabay)
Asia is leading the electric age, powering its rise and reshaping the global order (Ember)
Electric truck battery-swap network to be built across Europe (The Driven)