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Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?

Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?

Winemakers spruik the environmental credentials of canned wine, but retail sales suggest drinkers are yet to be convinced to give up the bottle.

  • by Andrew Taylor

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Zen Energy's Tunnel Project to Power Half a Million Homes
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Zen Energy's Tunnel Project to Power Half a Million Homes

An eight-metre wide tunnel connecting Lake Burragorang to a reservoir built into the pit of a disused coal washery will create hydropower for 500,000 homes.

How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees

There’s a new trend in fashion: sustainability, with many shoppers no longer trying before they buy, merely renting.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
How humans are taking whale food and feeding it to cats and dogs

How humans are taking whale food and feeding it to cats and dogs

“It’s like a dystopian, post-apocalyptic David Attenborough documentary where you have penguins swimming on one side and a massive trawler on the other.”

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons