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The Water Trade Is Booming — and Sucking Australia Dry

On the day the trucks took away Meghan Campbell’s cows, she wept. Campbell, 23 at the time, had helped build her family’s herd of 500 dairy cattle since grade school. She ordered her first cow embryos ...
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Thirsty future: Australia’s green hydrogen targets could require vastly more water than the government hopes

James Cook University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Green hydrogen is touted by some as the future – a way for Australia to slowly replace its reliance on fossil fuel exports.
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Using electric water heaters to store renewable energy could do the work of 2 million home batteries – and save us billions

David Roche works for the Institute for Sustainable Futures, which received funding for this work from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). About half of Australian households use electric ...