Good News August 28, 2026

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Spanish town doing capitalism better (Reasons to be Cheerful)

India is refilling its aquifers with an engineering technique that long predates the arrival of the British (BBC)

Children’s lungs in London are getting healthier thanks to its low emissions zone (Euronews)

NSW Planning rules changed to stop long distance agitators hijacking wind, solar and battery approvals (Renew Economy)

Renewables will overtake global coal in electricity generation this year (IEA)

Network of community-scale batteries to help Western Sydney suburbs power through extreme heat (Renew Economy)

Coral is growing back on the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS)

Brazil is handing land back to Indigenous people, and paying reparations to right decades of wrongs (Mongabay)

Farmers turn to wind and solar to make fertiliser, and change dialogue about renewables (Renew Economy)

Ditching diesel for renewables could save Pacific nations nearly $1 billion a year, study finds (Renew Economy)

From pumps to power systems: Guide launched to help farmers go electric and assess renewable and storage (Renew Economy)

A former British coal town is now a geothermal success story (Reasons to be Cheerful)The

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