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  (QLD) - Home battery rebate gets major boost as demand for solar storage surges - One Step Off The Grid

  https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/home-battery-rebate-gets-major-boost-as-demand-for-solar-storage-surges/
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  Untapped rooftop solar: Australian homes could save $9.3 billion a year, UNSW study finds - One Step Off The Grid

  https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/untapped-rooftop-solar-australian-homes-could-save-9-3-billion-a-year-unsw-study-finds/

  Australian households could save $9.3 billion on energy bills each year by investing in the untapped solar potential of residential rooftops across the nation, a new report has found. ... read full post

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  melbaboutown in environment

  Australia’s back yard chicken owners urged to implement biosecurity measures in case of bird flu outbreak

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/12/australias-back-yard-chicken-owners-urged-to-implement-biosecurity-measures-in-case-of-bird-flu-outbreak

  This is paraphrasing and may need fact checking. However from what I've seen of the situation in America this can have a greater than 50% mortality rate, affects humans cats and other animals, and is spreading through cows. It seems to be global however Australia seems to be one of the few places still free of it so far. ... read full post

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  Australia’s fossil fuel dominated grid to have hefty shadow carbon price, starting at $66 a tonne

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-fossil-fuel-dominated-grid-to-have-hefty-shadow-carbon-price-starting-at-66-a-tonne/

  Australia’s electricity grid – still dominated by fossil fuels – is to have a hefty “shadow” carbon price that will guide regulatory and policy decisions, and help meet the country’s ambitious renewable energy goals. ... read full post

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  vividspecter in environment

  Could spending a billion dollars actually bring solar manufacturing back to Australia? It’s worth a shot

  https://theconversation.com/could-spending-a-billion-dollars-actually-bring-solar-manufacturing-back-to-australia-its-worth-a-shot-226809
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  A town like Alice. How a complex, isolated solar grid could provide blueprint for rest of Australia

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-town-like-alice-how-a-complex-isolated-solar-grid-could-provide-blueprint-for-rest-of-australia/
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  Labor unveils watered-down fuel efficiency standard that eases emission rules for large SUVs

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/26/labor-new-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-standard-emission-rules-suvs
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  If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool - One Step Off The Grid

  https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/if-youve-got-a-dark-roof-youre-spending-almost-700-extra-a-year-to-keep-your-house-cool/
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  If we’re going to electrify everything, we’ll need finance that works for everyone

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/if-were-going-to-electrify-everything-well-need-finance-that-works-for-everyone/
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  Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/18/great-koala-national-park-logging-habitats
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  First Nations communities solving long standing energy security problems with clean energy projects

  https://switchedon.reneweconomy.com.au/content/first-nations-communities-solving-long-standing-energy-security-problems-with-clean-energy-projects
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  dillekant in environment

  We went to a council meeting about blocking housing. It was...weird

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZM5ugPpGeI

  Great video on building new housing supply, and also covers how the Greens are duplicitous about building new housing while opposing housing in their councils. Labor is right on this one.

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  Councils from Paris to the Yarra want to use parking fees to clamp down on big SUVs. What are they doing and will they succeed?

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/14/melbourne-yarra-city-council-parking-fees-suvs-utes
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  maniacalmanicmania in environment

  ‘I don’t like to lose’: Businessman Geoff Cousins is using his wallet and contact book to end native logging in NSW

  https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/i-don-t-like-to-lose-well-connected-warrior-geoff-cousins-is-gearing-up-for-one-last-battle-20240307-p5faho.html

  archive.org linky link.

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  Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy”

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-slow-and-expensive-renewables-fast-and-cheap-bowen-slaps-down-coalition-fantasy/

  Federal climate and energy minister Chris Bowen has again slammed the federal Coalition’s “nuclear fantasy”, describing it as a deliberate distraction and the latest “desperate effort” to keep the culture war over energy and climate alive. ... read full post

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  zero_gravitas in environment

  Truck blocks West Gate Bridge during peak-hour climate protest

  https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/west-gate-bridge-blocked-with-truck-during-peak-hour-climate-protest-20240305-p5f9v1.html

  De-paywalled archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240304220528/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/west-gate-bridge-blocked-with-truck-during-peak-hour-climate-protest-20240305-p5f9v1.html

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  'Thrown to the wind' -- are wind farms really killing whales?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KfoH32p3GY

  cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/7289659

  'Thrown to the wind' -- are wind farms really killing whales?

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  Four reasons rooftop solar will grow to dominate Australia’s electricity market

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/four-reasons-rooftop-solar-will-grow-to-dominate-australias-electricity-market/
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  Wind and solar are delivering an energy transition at record speed

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-are-delivering-an-energy-transition-at-record-speed/
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  AGL and AEMO search for answers on Loy Yang outage, but “woke” energy not to blame

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-and-aemo-search-for-answers-on-loy-yang-outage-but-woke-energy-not-to-blame/
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  trk in environment

  Rebates of up to $4,000 on offer for solar batteries in new Queensland scheme

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-12/queensland-solar-battery-rebate-program-begins/103450660

  In short: The Queensland government will give out rebates of between $3,000 and $4,000 for households to install solar battery storage systems. ... read full post

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  Nineteen Tasmanians banned from public native forestry estate after logging protests | ABC News

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4C4FS5SDi8

  19 Tasmanians have received indefinite bans from entering any of the state's public native forestry estate — an area covering 812,000 hectares.
  It follows protests against native logging near Takayna/Tarkine, but most of the protesters live locally, and say the bans will impact their lives.

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  seimastorta in environment

  New Vehicle Efficiency Standard—Cleaner, Cheaper to run Cars for Australia

  https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/have-your-say/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-cleaner-cheaper-run-cars-australia
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  zero_gravitas in environment

  Gas producer 'committed' to controversial drilling project despite NSW government opposition

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-06/gas-producer-stands-firm-drilling-project-government-opposition/103434190

  • In short: Asset Energy Pty Ltd says it's committed to a drilling project to extract gas off the NSW coast, despite government opposition. ... read full post

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  vividspecter in environment

  Used solar panels could supply Australia’s next resource boom: study

  https://reneweconomy.com.au/used-solar-panels-could-supply-australias-next-resource-boom-study-finds/

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