Environment
Sustainability
Plastic bags, plastic straws, plastic cutlery? We never needed them!
Here’s the truth about the Australia of not so long ago: we didn’t have throw-away plastic, and we survived.
- by Richard Glover
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An orange flame will be the signal you’re cooking with (renewable) gas
Sooner than you expect, your stove or barbecue will be burning with a bright orange “sunflower” flame – a signal that you’re using carbon-neutral renewable hydrogen gas, whose only by-product is pure water.
Bee-killer mite found on Central Coast as authorities look to destroy more hives
The NSW Department of Primary Industries has established an emergency biosecurity zone around a property in Calga, west of Gosford.
- by Laura Chung
Race to stop spread of deadly mite found in Australian bee hives for first time
As NSW authorities race to stop the deadly varroa mite from wiping out the country’s European honey bees, Queensland has announced it will shut its borders to bees, hives and related equipment and products.
- by Laura Chung
Cold weather and power prices prompt record interest in batteries and solar
Frigid weather and the upheaval in the energy market has whetted consumer appetite for renewable technologies like home batteries and rooftop solar.
- by Miki Perkins