Louisa Hearn

The weekly roundup: 🚜 Feeding an uncertain future

Australia’s agricultural and transport sectors are ripe for change as global disruptions threaten the supply of fuel and fertiliser.

Transport

Trucking towards zero

A growing EV ecosystem is working to wean the country's diesel-dependent freight sector off imported fuel.

The weekly roundup: 👀All eyes on methane

As researchers call for tougher action on methane, a South Australian startup is rolling out its own solution to food-based emissions.

Solving food waste on the fly

Small, transportable waste units aim to shift organic food waste away from landfill and into valuable waste streams.

Planet

Scientists urge swift action on methane

Researchers say more ambitious methane action worldwide could bring immediate benefits to the planet.

The weekly roundup: 🗣facing the facts

As geopolitical conflict exposes the fragility of energy supply chains, crumbling information ecosystems are undermining renewable alternatives.

Transport

Federal boost for electric freight

A zero-emission road freight depot has been named as one of four projects selected in a fast-track federal pilot.

Infotech

Fixes for a post-truth world

Now ranked as one of Australia’s key security threats, the race is on to limit the impact of coordinated climate disinformation campaigns.

The weekly roundup: ⚡️Power moves go local

In this week's news, a rural community switches on its new solar farm while cotton fibres go under the microscope.

The weekly roundup: 🏭 Industrial upstarts

This week's news offers a glimpse of how biomanufacturing is taking shape, from the industrial to the commercial.

Agtech

Fresh funds for future factory

This hyper-fermentation facility in Orange is gearing up to bring biomanufacturing into the mainstream.

Household

Sunnies made from seaweed in the works

Aussie tech collaboration will fashion Uluu's seaweed-derived biomaterial into zero-waste glasses.