Flow Systems has chalked what’s believed to be a first in Australia in sharing recycled water with a neighbouring property

NSW is barely off the starting blocks in the race to transition to renewable energy, with Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia leading the pack.

A project to remove dangerous level crossings on railway lines in Melbourne has taken out the top award at the prestigious Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards announced in Melbourne on Thursday…

As the world grapples with the findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and its renewed emphasis of our need to rapidly decarbonise, talk will inevitably turn to the challenges of taking action and the merits of delaying the inevitable.

Demand for lithium-ion battery storage is still strong despite the dangers – and expense – of its component parts. Fortunately, there is a growing stable of storage alternatives that could see our dependence on lithium-ion taper off.

Feeling a bit like a frog in a heating pot? If not you’re not paying attention, which is the point really. Read a round up of what needs to gain some oxygen this week, from a boom in solar energy to deforestation, rising emissions and why India won’t need so much coal in future.

Australian corporates, such as Telstra, Carlton United Breweries and BlueScope, are driving their own low carbon energy transition.

Lots of companies can show impressive long-term trends of reducing annual emissions, but while they still have emissions, these are accumulating in the atmosphere, slowly increasing the impact of climate change.

THE OXYGEN FILES – A new column from associate editor Willow Aliento on what’s happening in sustainability this week and why it’s important to give these stories a clean low-carbon airing.

For anyone who has bought fresh fruit or vegetables from the side of the road, how rewarding was it?

An aged care company’s reduced reliance on coal and other fossil fuels and increased reliance on renewable energy can have a positive economic impact while improving the health of our environment.

State and territory governments are leading the charge on the renewables transition while the Commonwealth is falling short. Latest news in the sector is the Queensland government’s launch of the state’s new publicly owned renewable energy generator last week.

Vicinity Centres is pouring an extra $50 million into phase two of its rooftop solar program, which according the retail property management company will make it Australia’s largest-ever property solar program.

Bathurst Burr: “We only learn by our own experience”, Mum used to say to us. These words were sometimes explanation, sometimes encouragement for the tears we cried, hurts we suffered,…

All eyes are on the manufacturing sector to clean up its carbon emissions act, and now that gas prices are high there’s optimism for serious action.