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Our farm caught fire on New Year’s Day, and helpers poured out of the scrub. It’s given me fresh hope for 2025

The Guardian, 14 January 2025

2024 declared hottest year on record

Australian Conservation Foundation, 11 January 2025

LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?

The Conversation, 9 January 2025

The invisible ways your heat health risks can change based on your postcode this summer

ABC News, 5 January 2025 Check out the HeatWatch tool.

2025 tipped to be bumper year for EVs as emission laws change and new models arrive

The Guardian, 29 December 2024

Low-interest electric vehicle loans offered for workers earning less than $100k

ABC News, 19 December 2024

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Why not fix it yourself! It behooves us to repair our own busted machines wherever possible

The Guardian, 13 December 2024

Renewable Energy Domination

Just Have a Think, YouTube, 9 December 2024

The maps that could ‘revolutionise’ how Australia handles bushfire risk

ABC, 8 December 2024

‘Let things go feral’: how to do carbon-positive gardening in your own back yard

The Guardian, 8 December 2024

South Australia has the most wind and solar and no baseload: So why is it the only state not fretting about a vulnerable grid?

RenewEconomy, 8 December 2024

Five weeks remaining for the 2024-25 Volunteer Grants

  The 2024 – 2025 Volunteer Grants are open! Expressions of interest will close on Wednesday 8 January 2025, in just 5 short weeks! Volunteer Grants recognise the valuable role volunteers play in building more […]

SHASA’s Latest Newsletter Out Now

SHASA Newsletter – December 2024 – January 2025

Home batteries discounts up to $2400

Read more Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS)

SHASA to host NESTWELL

Repair Cafe summer break

Our wonderful repairers will be taking a break over the summer. Our final day for 2024 will be 13 December. Thanks for all your help & support this year. See […]

Here’s an actual good news story! (unless you are a rodent)

The Guardian, 29 November 2024

‘It’s gang-gang country’: the landholders restoring farmland to forest in the Victorian alps

The Guardian, 10 November 2024

Extensive logging of native forest on Old Mill Road, Turlinjah

Friends Of The Forest Mogo, 25 November 2024 Photos by Gillianne Tedder. Over 40 local residents gathered to express their anger and dismay at the extensive logging of native forest […]

Solar Insiders Podcast: Four million and counting – the race to make the PV puzzle pieces fit

Renew Economy, 21 November 2024

Is inequality a natural phenomenon? Thomas Piketty argues it isn’t – and proposes a way forward

The Conversation, 18 November 2024

Webinar: Electrify your Home and Eliminate your Energy Bills

Topics covered in this webinar: 💸 How much could you save with solar and household battery storage? ⚡ Heat pumps, induction cooking, and getting off gas 🚗 What about V2G […]

Solar farm and four-hour big battery get green light in NSW, after seven years in the pipeline

Renew Economy, 15 November 2024

South East Local Leaders

A rural leadership development program building community, industry andgovernment leadership capacity for resilience and sustainability.

NSW solar owners can secure up to $2400 off the upfront cost of a new behind-the-meter battery

Many solar citizens will already be familiar with this incentive – known as the ‘Peak Demand Reduction Scheme’ – because it was your advocacy and campaigning throughout 2024 that made […]

A race against time: ‘Uniquely vulnerable’ Australia’s climate crisis battle

SBS News, 31 October 2024

Moruya SLSC the latest bushfire haven opened as other promised upgrades are yet to be delivered

About Regional, 31 October 2024

Save power, save money

You could be saving more on your electricity bill.   Changes big or small can add up to bring down your energy use. Follow these tips to reduce your bills […]

SHASA’s Latest Newsletter Out Now

SHASA Newsletter – October-November 2024 Out Now Click here for October-November newsletter

Climate Action Pays Off

The Investor Group on Climate Change IGCC has showcased real people from different parts of Australia whose stories affirm we’re benefitting from the transition to clean energy and Net Zero. […]

World Energy Outlook: renewables surge and global gas glut as we enter the ‘Age of Electricity’

AIMN, 16 October 2024

Proposal for largest coal project in NSW withdrawn after emissions concerns raised

The Guardian, 11 October 2024 The proposal isn’t dead, but the approval process now requires that the future emissions of greenhouse gas are taken into consideration.

If motorists knew more about electric cars, they’d be more willing to buy them

The Driven, 2 October 2024

Insect abundance tripled over five years at two Minnesota solar sites. Native bee populations skyrocketed twentyfold

The Cool Down, 1 October 2024

Sensor trial hopes to empower managers to monitor bushfire risk

AIMN, 3 October 2024

Drive electric NSW Spring edition

Read the latest NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) newsletter here

Reduce food waste

ABC SE radio interview with Kathryn Maxwell, SHASA President, 30 September 2024. SHASA strongly supports efforts to reduce food waste.  Producing food is very resource intensive – water, fuel, fertiliser.  […]

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline

ABC News, 21 September 2024

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline

ABC News, 21 September 2024