Can green energy lead our Covid recovery?

Councils says investment in green energy makes sense as Covid batters the economy.

6 July, 2020

Behind the economics of net zero

Given the economic opportunities for Australia and costs of inaction, addressing climate change is the economically rational choice.

22 June, 2020

Consortium plans to roll out hydrogen buses

The H2OzBus project hopes to have hydrogen buses in public transport within 18 months.

25 May, 2020

Clean energy agency fails to show it’s delivering

A report says the renewable energy funding agency isn’t showing it’s increasing supply.

30 April, 2020

Newcastle becomes face of ‘climate revolution’

The City of Newcastle is being used as the face of the ‘climate revolution’ in a new video.

23 April, 2020

Council paves way for transition to EV

Lake Macquarie City Council is adopting a new electric vehicle charging strategy and rolling out four electric fleet cars.

22 March, 2020

Proposal floated for council-owned energy retailer

Councils would become renewable energy retailers under an innovative proposal.

2 March, 2020

Councils get ‘green’ star for emissions initiatives

Local councils are all taking steps to reduce operational and community emissions, an analysis has found.

6 February, 2020

Commonwealth announces ‘landmark’ energy deal with NSW

The PM says he hopes for more energy deals with the states after a $2 billion gas agreement with NSW.

31 January, 2020

City of Newcastle wins top environment award

Newcastle was named overall winner at the LGNSW environment awards.

5 December, 2019

City of Sydney to go totally renewable by 2020

All of City of Sydney’s pools, libraries and council buildings will be powered by wind and solar under a $60 million clean energy deal.

22 October, 2019

Heated debate as climate emergency motion scrapes through

A motion to declare a climate change emergency has narrowly passed at the LGNSW conference.

17 October, 2019

Discovery could generate biofuel from wastewater

Scientists have discovered a high-tech filter used to purify water can also extract biogas.

14 October, 2019

ACT sets sight on zero-emissions government

The ACT government plans to cut emissions by more than a third by 2025.

23 September, 2019