Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) welcomed the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s announcement that its Climate Change Policy and Plan had been finalised.
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Offshore gas licence may still have pep in its step
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministries saga may give Asset Energy a legal lifeline to go ahead with gas exploration off the NSW coast between Newcastle and Wollongong
Great weather for waterbirds
“This is the third La Niňa year in a row and there has been a boom in breeding, despite relatively few waterbirds across the area. On top of this we are seeing an increase coming through from previous years’ breeding.”
Companies banned for human rights breaches
Daily news…Doing business with Myanmar or selling spying equipment to countries who will use it to monitor journalists are two of the latest reasons companies might get excluded from ESG investment funds. The December edition of IP&E Magazine, a globally-recognised pension fund publication, reports that the manager of Norway’s huge […]
Getting Australia off the gas
The Federal Government is essentially giving people a fish when they need to be teaching them how to fish
Woytopia 2022 – what a great day
Congratulations to the organisers of Woytopia 2022 for turning on the sunshine and creating such an amazing community event dedicated to sustainability. The crowds were amazing, the food delicious, the market stalls eclectic and the whole day was totally enjoyable. Who was it that said Woy Woy was the world’s […]
Life during the climate crisis
The NSW Government has responded to the crisis by creating the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation.
Ursula and the forest – a tale of endangered species and woodchips
Up to 60 per cent of the biomass from logging is burnt back into the atmosphere, or left behind to become a fire hazard
Calculating the benefits of your solar PV system part 1
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 […]
Calculating the benefits of your solar PV system part 2
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 […]