Dark echoes of the past have surfaced with calls from the Coalition’s far right to scrap the renewable energy target. The timing coincides with the newly installed backwards-looking US administration which, with a sweep of the pen, is dismantling clean energy initiatives as fast as it is ushering in a series of dubious coal and gas projects. The last thing Australian industry needs is a return to uncertainty over clean energy targets caused by a marginalised, embittered past PM with a small band of flat earth supporters.

The next residential energy revolution is about to really kick into gear, with the value of the global smart home market expected to more than double over the next five years.

On Tuesday, Badlands National Park took to Twitter to share facts about climate change. Normally, this wouldn’t be news. National parks and the people who maintain them frequently communicate the threat climate change poses to natural resources.

A recent survey in Australia revealed 34% of respondents were considering installing solar panels and 27% are contemplating battery storage.