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Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California

Renew Economy

Remember when the first “Tesla big battery” at Hornsdale was connected to the grid in South Australia in 2017? It was the first of its kind in the world, but few would have predicted the astonishing growth of the technology across the world in the years since.

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Pet sustainability, or the truth about cats and dogs

GreenBiz

One of the biggest environmental impacts is associated with the food for meat-eating pets, a product category that contributed at least 64 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually as of 2017.

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The Palisades Fire is the first big test for California's new home insurance scheme

Corporate Knights

Following a rash of historic wildfires in 2017 and 2018 , insurance companies have fled the state , dropped tens of thousands of customers in flammable areas, and raised prices by double-digit percentages. A requirement to expand insurance coverage Until recently, elected officials have taken few major steps to address the crisis.

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From protection to promotion: The new age of industrial policy

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Government subsidies, investment incentives, and other industrial-policy actions have almost quadrupled since 2017. Heres how business leaders can navigate the impact of industrial policy on their markets.

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Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables

Renew Economy

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules. The post Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it

Renew Economy

Musk's big battery tweets set Australia on a path to a renewables revolution in 2017. His utterings on X in this election could help shape the future of energy in Australia. The post Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Voting rights advocate Jerome Foster is raising youth climate awareness

GreenBiz

In 2017, Foster created his second entrepreneurial venture in digital media, The Climate Reporter, a collection of international youth writing about climate change, global warming and environmental justice,