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By Jo Muller In my first article I showed that using the comparison rate is a much better method for comparing an investment in solar PV system than just using the payback period. (The ‘PV’ in solar PV stands for photovoltaic which means making electricity from light.) The comparison rate […]
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By Jo Muller As mentioned in part 1 of this article, the estimation of the third value (the savings on electricity) is a bit complicated to determine. It comprises the estimated savings in shoulder and peak period and the income from the feed-in tariff for feeding solar electricity back into […]
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By Jackie Pearson and Harry Mulholland ‘Love trees, Love COSS’ was an event that brought together a variety of community and environmental groups at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle recently. Groups who exhibited included everyone from the Lisarow-Ourimbah CWA through to The Central Coast Greens and the […]
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Over half of Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems occur within the urban fringe which is why a project created by Macquarie University encourages Australians, no matter where they live, to add food, water, and shelter elements to their outdoor space to act as wildlife stop overs. By Tracey Hawkins* The […]
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Doing something good for the environment – and for the hip pocket at the same time. Is that really possible? By Jo Muller* Due to the mass production of solar panels, investing in a domestic solar PV (photovoltaic) system or in some energy savings measures, can be a positive financial […]
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According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, sustainable investing is on the rise with sustainable assets under management growing to a global $35.3T in 2020, rising 15 per cent from 2018. By Harry Mulholland This rise has been even higher in Australia with the GSIA reporting a 25 per cent […]
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Harry Mulholland speaks with the two award-winning artists whose latest sculpture is now in place at the Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre in Terrigal – they want it to promote their goal of building awareness of the importance of marine conservation in Australia. The sculpture, which is called Pacifica Australis, […]
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If you are as passionate about ESG as we are, perhaps you’d like to be a contributor. The Point ESG News Site is looking for contributors. We need experts in social justice, environmental justice or governance to write for us. We are committed to public interest journalism so you need […]
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The scathing NSW Audit Office report into the state government’s Biodiversity Offsets Scheme chronicles exactly how the scheme has failed to protect nature and benefited developers. The scheme failed to meet 96 per cent of developer demand for species credits and 97 per cent of species credits have never been […]
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Australian businessman and politician Clive Palmer has proposed a new coal mine that environmental groups are saying will most likely impact the Great Barrier Reef prompting the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, to propose blocking the coal mine. By Harry Mulholland The Central Queensland Coal Project […]
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