Source of oil spill impacting seabirds unknown

Environmental authorities are "urgently" trying to determine the source of an oil spill impacting seabirds that are being pulled from waterways in Perth's south "waterlogged" and "starving". The first oiled pelican was spotted in late May, and volunteers have been out searching every day for the source since.

Transport accounts for a staggering quarter of global greenhouse emissions. Globally renowned movers and shakers are now using the regional town of Bendigo and international case studies to re-imagine how we live and move, from electric vehicles through to bike-friendly buses.

And the first big battery to be built at an Australian coal site has gone live in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne. The 150-megawatt battery at the site of the former Hazelwood power station will take advantage of existing grid infrastructure installed to service the coal industry to feed power into the grid, with the same infrastructure also set to connect offshore wind farms currently planned for waters off the Gippsland coast.

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Urgent search for Perth oil spill amid contamination and rescue of 'distressed' seabirds
Environmental authorities are "urgently" trying to determine the source of an oil spill impacting seabirds that are being pulled from waterways in Perth's south "waterlogged" and "starving".

On ya bike or not? Global movers, shakers, and city shapers reimagining car culture
Transport accounts for a staggering quarter of global greenhouse emissions. Could one Australian town lead the way and hit zero transport emissions by 2030? What would that look like? 

The first big battery at an Australian coal site goes live at Hazelwood power station
The Hazelwood battery will take advantage of existing grid infrastructure installed to service the coal industry to feed power into the grid. That infrastructure will be used to connect offshore wind farms planned for waters off the Gippsland coast.

Western Australia's controversial forest burning regime comes under the microscope
Conservationists have compiled images of charred wilderness in a report aimed at convincing the West Australian government of the need for an independent review of the state's prescribed burning practices. 

Victoria Park to become urban forest in massive ‘rewilding’ vision
Brisbane’s Victoria Park will be transformed into an urban forest as part of a massive “rewilding” project for the inner-city precinct, while two urban quarries will become green space.

Government pledges $20M to rideshare electric vehicle fleet
Launching a new “Parliamentary Friends of Electric Vehicles” group at Parliament House this morning, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen committed $20 million of concessional finance to the car hire platform, Splend, to buy 500 new EVs.