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From Carbon Positive Australia (12/11/24)… Latest Report from Carbon Positive Australia As we approach the end of 2024, we want to thank you for your help in restoring Australia. Thanks to the support of our community, we’ve achieved remarkable results during this year’s planting season,…
From Cosmos (25/10/24)… Recycling wastewater to drive water security Water scarcity is becoming an urgent global crisis, affecting billions of people. According to the UN World Water Development Report 2024, approximately 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and half of the world’s population…
From Carbon Positive Australia (23/10/24) We’re all in this together … The Australian landscape faces unprecedented pressures: decade-long droughts, severe floods, and extreme bushfires that devastate millions of hectares. As bushfires increase due to global warming, they not only destroy native forests but also further…
From The Conversation (5/8/24)… Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year Australia’s south and east have seen freezing temperatures and wild weather this winter. At the same time, the continent as a…
From The Conversation (4/7/24)… How investing in green buildings, including cheaper home loans, is a win for banks, people and our planet Australia is facing dual crises: increasing climate change risks and soaring housing costs. Financial institutions have a crucial role to play in funding…
From BBC News (5/6/24)… Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it? Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”:…
From The Conversation (24/5/24)… Seaweed carbon sink power revealed Forests – under the ocean – are critical stores of carbon, a study has found. While it’s commonly known that the world’s terrestrial forests – trees on land – can lock away carbon, the role…
From Cosmos (5/5/24)… Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source The nuclear industry has been offering so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to large reactors as a possible solution to climate change. SMRs are defined as nuclear reactors with a power output…
From The Conversation (29/4/24)… No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had reached…
From The New Daily (28/4/24)… Alan Kohler: Australia’s future rests on net-zero promises and a global carbon price Last week I poured cold H2O on the prospects of hydrogen becoming a good business because it costs $7 to 10 per kilogram to make and…