Good News August 7, 2026

Huge Native Title win, fast fashion regulation, and green iron on the way in this week’s good news!

High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting Northern Territory water licence (ABC News)

Solar rebate scheme expanded to cover factory and farm rooftops (Renew Economy)

The EU is taking on fast fashion, banning retailers from destroying unsold clothes (DW)

Australian green iron invention heads to US as plans for biggest plant advance (Renew Economy)

Australian sodium battery start-up claims major milestones as storage industry starts to look beyond lithium (Renew Economy)

Yellowstone-to-Yukon initiative is creating a giant wildlife patchwork from Wyoming to Canada’s Yukon Territory (Mongabay)

Renewables and electrification help build farm resilience amidst the fuel and fertiliser crisis (Renew Economy)

NZ set to legalize plug-in solar (Renew Economy)

EVs take 21.7 pct of new car market in July, as BYD and Tesla lead continuing surge in electric car sales (The Driven)

Global wildfires are actually at their lowest level ever recorded (AP News)

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