Household battery sales ‘grind to a halt’ as consumers await savings

Household battery sales ‘grind to a halt’ as consumers await savings

The NSW government will offer an incentive of up to $2400 to buy a household battery from November 1. The solar industry welcomes it,but wants it brought forward.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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Hundreds of new kerbside chargers coming. Here’s where you will be able to power up your EV

Hundreds of new kerbside chargers coming. Here’s where you will be able to power up your EV

One Sydney council area is set to get more chargers for electric vehicles than most,and only one regional area is part of the latest rollout.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Even before Eraring was extended,NSW was set to miss climate targets

Even before Eraring was extended,NSW was set to miss climate targets

The state is forecast to fall short of legislated targets to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2035. What can be done to get back on track?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW

Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW

The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years,and habitat loss from land clearing especially in the agricultural industry is the biggest cause.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Keeping the lights on at Eraring could cost taxpayers $150 million a year

Keeping the lights on at Eraring could cost taxpayers $150 million a year

The Minns government has so far not disclosed the terms of its negotiations with Origin Energy ahead of a likely extension beyond 2025.

  • byMichael McGowan
‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park,just south of Sydney,last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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‘I don’t like to lose’:Giant-killer Geoff Cousins declares war on controversial NSW industry

‘I don’t like to lose’:Giant-killer Geoff Cousins declares war on controversial NSW industry

The man who stopped the Gunns pulp factory is turning his attention to this state’s hardwood forests.

  • byNick O'Malley
What stays and what goes in the race to build Sydney’s housing

What stays and what goes in the race to build Sydney’s housing

Amid the housing crisis,policymakers,activists,home owners and local councillors are all putting the heritage framework under the microscope and asking:do things need to change?

  • byMichael Koziol
Crossbench MPs take aim at ‘ornamental’ laws

Crossbench MPs take aim at ‘ornamental’ laws

The Minns government may need to accept amendments to pass its net zero emissions bill after crossbench MPs raised concerns the legislation is not strong enough.

  • byMichael McGowan
Aerial shooting of feral horses approved by NSW government

Aerial shooting of feral horses approved by NSW government

It’s been more than 20 years since aerial shooting of brumbies was allowed in NSW,but that all changed on Friday in a bid to protect native species from extinction.

  • byLaura Chung
Logging suspended in proposed Great Koala National Park

Logging suspended in proposed Great Koala National Park

Logging has been suspended in koala hubs inside the Great Koala National Park,but activists fears the chainsaws will just relocate to other critical areas.

  • byNick O'Malley