Don’t blame renewables for blackouts, energy experts say

A new Grattan Institute report says fears that rising levels of renewables will cause blackouts are misplaced, and by trying to fix the wrong problem we may risk more blackouts.

The power problem doesn't lay with coal or renewables as
 much as the poles and wires, the Grattan Institute said.

The report Keep Calm and Carry On said the conversation on reliable power had been wrongly focused on coal against renewables to keep the lights on instead of correcting problems with network reliability and how to create incentives for more investment in new generation.

Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Cole Latimer - “Don’t blame renewables for blackouts, energy experts say.”

Environment ministers endorse plan to make all packaging recyclable by 2025

Australia's environment ministers have backed a plan for all packaging to be "recyclable, compostable or reusable" within eight years as part of an effort to fix the nation's waste crisis.

State and territory environment ministers meeting on Friday.

The target was among a series of measures endorsed in a Friday meeting focused on boosting recycling in Australia after China recently decided to restrict imports of foreign waste.

The plan to transform packaging by 2025 or earlier is a "monumental call to action," said Brooke Donnelly, chief executive of industry body the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation, which will lead the effort.

Read the story by Fergus Hunter from The Age - “Environment ministers endorse plan to make all packaging recyclable by 2025.”