Good News July 31, 2026

The Eastern Rosella ear worm will put a smile on your dial – as will US Nannas diving for trash!

Smile along with the Eastern Rosellas song! (Youtube)

Home battery rebates still adding 2,000 systems a day as total hurtles towards half a million installations (Renew Economy)

Wholesale power prices plunge as renewables surge, batteries boom, and gas hits 23-year low (Renew Economy)

Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage are cleaning up turtle habitat (Youtube)

Thermal drones and lightweight tracking collars help researchers monitor south-east Queensland koala populations (ABC News)

Wake steering: Researchers say turbine realignments could add double digit power gains to wind farms (Renew Economy)

“First of a kind” factory to mass produce wooden wind turbine blades wins critical EU backing (Renew Economy)

The Amazon rainforest just saw its lowest fire year on record, and deforestation has hit a ten-year low (Mongabay)

Africa is smashing all the solar records (African Energy)