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1 Jun 2021

Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more solar energy to be stored in...

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1 Jun 2021

Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more solar energy to be stored in...

An aerial photograph of a road with only two cars driving on it.

31 May 2021

Pandemic put handbrake on transport emissions and slowed economic activity, while an uptake in renewables also helped drive down levels

A photograph of the Dudney family standing next to their white car, in front of their beige brick house.

30 May 2021

The Dudney family of Perth are among a small but growing section of the Australian community taking climate change into their own hands.

A photograph of snow daisies in Kosciuszko National Park, with a view of the mountains behind on a clear, sunny day.

29 May 2021

Native alpine plants in Kosciuszko National Park are not keeping pace with rapid changes in the environment, according to a study by a PhD research scholar at...

A cardboard sign being held up at a climate protest, with a painting of the Earth in the middle.

28 May 2021

The International Energy Agency’s recent, landmark report put another glaring spotlight on Australia’s failure to act on climate change. On the same night the...

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27 May 2021

This morning, the Australian Federal Court delivered a landmark judgement on climate change, marking an important moment in our history. The class action case...

A photograph of a solar farm on top of a dusty, dry area, on a clear sunny day.

27 May 2021

The Queensland government is connecting the state's largest battery to the power transmission network at Wandoan in the Darling Downs.

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25 May 2021

The International Energy Agency confirmed last week what many already knew: the world is undergoing a huge transformation in global energy markets. Fossil...

Bushfire approaching wind turbines

25 May 2021

A diverse and dynamic EA role supporting the Institute team to help advance solutions to climate change, the energy transition and disaster risk.

A photograph of Scott Morrison sitting at a desk looking to the right of the camera, with a picture of the Sydney Opera House and two Australian flags behind him.

24 May 2021

A prominent public policy organisation has briefed a group of diplomats and foreign mission staff on what it says are misleading figures used by the federal...

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22 May 2021

The idea of Canberra being beautiful one day and the most sustainable city in the world the next is not necessarily the view held by some of Canberra’s thought...

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