This Week's Good News: almost half of eastern Australia powered by renewables, Earth gets its largest protected tropical forest reserve and more!

 

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Positive Environment News

13 Feb 2025

 

 

 

Almost half of eastern Australia powered by renewables

According to recent energy market reports solar power reached new records recently, the first time coal-fired energy failed to supply the majority of the region’s electricity.

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Australia’s rarest bird of prey spotted in Central Australia after 30 years

After three decades, the unique red goshawk has made a return to Central Australia, a significant record for the region.

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Earth gets its largest protected tropical forest reserve

A new initiative by the Democratic Republic of Congo aims to protect one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, covering an area as large as France.

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Dutch cities introduce new zoning to reduce road pollution

Zero-emission zones have been introduced in the Netherlands to help decarbonise urban logistics and reduce the environmental impact of polluting freight vehicles.

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Delhi’s ‘Garbage Cafés’ fight against plastic pollution

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Planet Ark acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and work. 

We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

 

 

 

Planet Ark Environmental Foundation Suites 3.16 & 3.17, 22-36 Mountain Street, Ultimo NSW 2007

RENEWABLE ENERGY IS REDUCING ENERGY COSTS, CLEANING THE ENVIRONMENT AS US FALLS BEHIND!

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China opens World’s Largest offshore Solar Power Facility, as U.S. Falls Farther Behind

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CHINA IS LEADING as are other nations regardless of what the Dim Wit believes. Please read & SHARE the article below. There are others that I'll post.

A bullet train for power': China's ultra-high-voltage electricity grid THE FALSE RIGHT WING ARGUMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN 'WHY SHOULD WE REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WHEN CHINA ISN'T?' THAT'S JUST ANOTHER RIGHT WING LIE! CHINA IS LEADING AS THE US FALLS BEHIND! TRUMP WRONGLY BELIEVES THE SOLUTION IS 'DRILL BABY DRILL!' WHICH WILL PUT THE US FURTHER BEHIND! THIS IS A MUST READ FROM POLITICO! ELECTRIC FEEL — In the middle of a sleepy suburb of Shanghai, surrounded by farmland, a canal and small buildings, sits a giant, hulking structure. In operation since 2010, the Xiangjiaba-Shanghai transmission link is meant to send high voltage energy around the country. And with China producing more green energy than any other country, they’re now betting big onFelectrical grid. The concept is a “bullet train for power” that can remake the grid. Xiaoying You reports on how this big bet is going, issues R  

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241113-will-chinas-ultra-high-voltage-grid-pay-off-for-renewable-power 

The US Should Follow Australia Into the Sun

Here, in a country 13 times the size of Australia, only 4.5 million households have rooftop solar; to be at the same level as Australia, we’d need 47 million households with rooftop solar.

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Morocco to double Green Energy in Sahara in anticipation of 2030 World Cup

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Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels

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