Good News August 14, 2026

We love bilbies, Bob Brown, and batteries in this week’s good news!

VIDEO: Incredible milestone: 150 bilbies have been released into the wild in a national park outside the predator fence (ABC News)

Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter gets $2.5 billion to help transition from coal to wind and solar (Renew Economy)

Celebrating 50 years of the Wilderness Society with Bob Brown (Facebook)

“Transformational:” New data reveals millions in savings for heavy vehicle fleet operators going electric (The Driven)

Batteries the game-changer letting dairy farms go solar (Renew Economy)

Pakistan’s citizen-led solar rush: Where panels power education and health – and are gifted in dowries (Renew Economy)

China debuts world’s first electric mining trucks with huge sodium-ion battery packs (The Driven)

Reverse vending machines cut single-use coffee cups by 90% in Danish city (Reasons to be Cheerful)

India’s super-sniffer dogs crack tough poaching cases (Reasons to be Cheerful)

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