Filter

Highlighted or identified as “good”

The rumours were true: China’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling

Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.

23/05/2025

‘Not science specimens’: Remains of dozens of Aboriginal ancestors begin journey home

The Natural History Museum in London – which holds about 20,000 human remains from across the world – wants to address the historic wrongs of the past.

11/04/2025

If cars become batteries on wheels, cities become power plants

Australia’s energy system now offers vehicle-to-grid charging, which will make the concept of traditional baseload power redundant.

11/11/2024

Victoria turns on what will be world’s biggest onshore wind farm

The vision of a small group of sheep farmers is set to deliver nine per cent of the state’s energy requirements and a windfall for the local community.

11/10/2024

Households surge ahead in rooftop solar as renewable projects break bottleneck

Consumers installed four times more electricity generation through rooftop solar in the first half of this year than all commercial projects combined.

24/09/2024

The simple fix that could reduce bird deaths from wind farms

Painting one blade black, or using contrasting stripes, on wind turbines is proven to dramatically reduce bird strikes. There are also more high-tech solutions working for endangered Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles.

17/07/2024

These plastics were ‘unrecyclable’. An Australian invention is changing that

Groundbreaking technology developed by University of NSW researchers transforms hard plastics from old office equipment into 3D printer feedstock.

06/07/2024

Island as energy ecosystem: Mallorca leads the charge on green hydrogen

From Jules Verne to Christopher Skase, Rafael Nadal’s native Mallorca has long had a powerful pull on the rich and famous. Now its natural assets of sun and sea are fuelling power itself.

25/07/2023

How 35 kilometres of pipe helped Opera House win a 6-star green rating

Architect Jorn Utzon included plans for a state-of-the art heating and cooling system using seawater, which became crucial to the building earning the highest possible environmental certification.

17/05/2023

Healing seagrass ‘scars’ to make Sydney Harbour cleaner and clearer

The world’s biggest harbour restoration project is focusing on an ancient, self-cloning species of seagrass.

24/04/2023

‘Totally pristine’: Researchers discover new coral reef in the Galapagos

Until now, scientists believed the only Galapagos reef to survive El Nino weather in 1982 and 1983 was Wellington reef, along the coast of Darwin Island.

19/04/2023

‘Marriage made in heaven’: Awnings that shade car parks can power cars

Solar awnings over car parks that are becoming compulsory in France and are under consideration in California could save emissions, water and lives in Australia.

18/02/2023

load more
▲