environment

Australia came close to introducing a carbon emissions trading scheme two decades ago before John Howard swept in to scuttle the plan....

An original design for renewable power generation was developed in 2010 and relied mainly on wind generation with a couple of 100 kilowatts of solar....

Not exclusively Australia, of course, but I thought people here might appreciate this. Grabbed the extra pics of the Australia section below from the artist’s website (linked in the article). If you find better/more/complete pics, please share!...

tl;dr 75% emissions reduction by 2035, increased from 30% by 2030. Includes fugitive emissions from coal and gas mines.

It says something of the hopefulness that still binds human society that the world thought it could turn up to the home ground of the world’s biggest petrol-states and expect them to sign up to a deal that would end the gushing riches that flow from their fossil fuel pipelines....

Spotted at my local bushcare group last week. This trunk section has been sitting on the ground for months. The main tree (background) was hacked apart, drilled and poisoned by NSW Forestry, but it’s also happily sprouting everywhere again....

Can’t speak for others, but I’ll be taking it up. We’ve got so much solar going to waste because we’re export limited for quite a bit of the day. The stuff we do export gets sold at a whopping 5 cents, which is well and truly offset by buying back in the evenings....

The son of a farmer who shot and killed an environment officer involved in land-clearing prosecutions has been ordered to pay $405,000 by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court in Sydney today....

University of Tasmania currently have a Certificate in Climate Change Action and Awareness, and a Certificate and Diploma in Sustainable Living available with a HECS waiver - meaning that if you are eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place you can enroll and they will waive the student contribution. The courses are fully...

Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is attending the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates....

A bold plan to spend $30 billion over ten years on wind, solar and storage and drag at least one of Australia’s big energy utilities into the promised green energy future has been formally laid to rest – a triumph, if that’s the word, of greed over climate concerns....

cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/4578385...

Unfortunately there is no ‘reverse vending machine’ near me but here are the locations with an interactive map to check if you have a local. You can apparently get refunds through different methods including Paypal or cash vouchers