WITH EXTREME HEAT DAYS set to become a more common summer occurrence in Adelaide due to climate change, the city’s plan to combat heat has been praised by the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Cities Power Partnership director Alix Pearce said that...
SEARING HEAT IN MELBOURNE this week should be a wake-up call to city leaders to take action on climate change to protect vulnerable residents, according to the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Vulnerable low-income residents in suburbs such as Sunshine and...
WITH TEMPERATURES SET TO soar above 40 degrees today, Melbourne councils are helping vulnerable residents to beat the heat with solar power. The Solar Savers program, originally developed by City of Darebin council, helps pensioners to install solar systems with no...
This article first appeared in the Bega District News on October 19 2018 The Bega Valley Shire Council says it is delighted to be involved in a partnership that has taken out top honours for knowledge sharing at the inaugural Cities Power Partnership National Summit...
A council’s floating solar farm and a museum’s energy upgrade project are among local government climate change initiatives recognised in awards. Since Newcastle Museum underwent an energy upgrade project, which saw new lighting and a 100kW solar panel installed, the...
Californian Rex Parris is part mayor, part sheriff, part lawyer and part preacher. And his main evangelistic cause is renewable energy. Under Parris’s leadership his city – Lancaster, north of Los Angeles – has transformed from being named the “worst city in LA...
