Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih Comoros
Ascension of Bahaullah Baha’i
White Wreath Day – In Remembrance of All Victims of Suicide http://www.whitewreath.com/coming-events
Wear White at Work http://www.whitewreath.com/coming-events
International Day of UN Peacekeepers http://www.un.org/en/events/peacekeepersday/
Learn About Composting Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/learn-about-composting-day/
Paper Clip Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/paper-clip-day/
Biscuit Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/biscuit-day/
More about May 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_29
Climate Change
Trump tells confidants U.S. will quit Paris climate deal.
President Trump has privately told multiple people, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave the Paris agreement on climate change, according to three sources with direct knowledge.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/-4426583696647305595
National
WorleyParsons flags energy answer
Engineering group WorleyParsons is deep in discussions with oil and gas companies about the nation’s energy shortage.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/worleyparsonss-andrew-wood-flags-solution-to-gas-crisis/news-story/18320bbf20010f71200ca3b62fd204ab
Kids sign up as citizen scientists with new app that feeds Australian species database
Kid are becoming keen players of an online app that aims to make science fun while adding to a national database of Australian species, one of a rising number of online projects and websites that are making science more accessible.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-28/kids-citizen-scientists-new-app-feed-aust-species-database/8557814
The coral in the direct action coalmine
Age editorial
It’s time the government listened to calls for a carbon pricing scheme.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/government-must-address-emissions-reduction-in-any-moves-to-save-great-barrier-reef-20170528-gwetky.html
We can unlock remote wealth
Jessica Lovering
It is a dry idea to harvest nuclear power in the arid outback.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/australia-can-play-a-big-role-in-safer-cheap-nuclear-development/news-story/75455a837c2d63263b13bb1588857539
Victoria
‘Traditional burning’: Reviving Indigenous cultural burns for bushfire management
A fiery centuries-old Indigenous custom is slowly being revived in Central Victoria, providing a welcome return-to-culture for the local community.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/05/24/traditional-burning-reviving-indigenous-cultural-burns-bushfire-management
Seven seeks Bass Strait deal
Kerry Stokes’s Seven Group Holdings says it has Bass Strait gas that could supply domestic users including Visy Group.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/stokess-seven-seeks-infrastructure-help-to-ease-gas-crisis/news-story/a09a24d427400e9b5d2d9c1067d5a82c
Royalties worth $87.5m up in smoke
THE closure of the Hazelwood power station has left the Victorian Government out of pocket by $87.5 million in lost royalty payments.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/hazelwood-power-station-closure-costs-victoria-875m-in-lost-royalties/news-story/d00a50894b2387fe0e7d24d6726be572
‘Stagnant’ water concerns at hot springs
THE popular Peninsula Hot Springs is in hot water after an inspection of “stagnant” water stores on site revealed contamination concerns.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/peninsula-hot-springs-in-hot-water-over-contamination-concerns/news-story/ca9197a17c07175df06222b457627236
2000 people per train: Metro’s standing room-only future revealed
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/2000-people-per-train-metros-standing-roomonly-future-revealed-20170528-gwettp.html
New South Wales
The fight for public spaces steps up a notch
SMH editorial
By now many of us have had the dismaying experience of being shut out of a favourite piece of park because it has been hired out for the day or the week for private use. That will keep happening until a sustainable way is found to pay for maintaining and improving our parks.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/the-fight-for-public-spaces-steps-up-a-notch-20170525-gwczj4.html
ACT
Designer’s green award reflects Canberra’s spirit
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/canberra-wooden-pallet-furniture-designers-win-actsmart-sustainability-award-20170526-gwdold.html
Queensland
Conflict of interest concerns raised over billion-dollar Adani loan
Conflict of interest concerns are raised about two board members of federal government bodies involved in the consideration of a billion-dollar loan to Indian mining giant Adani.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-29/conflict-of-interest-concerns-over-adani-rail-loan/8564368
GetUp! targets MPs over Adani
GetUp! made 50,000 scripted calls into Queensland marginal seats in a bid to undermine support for Adani’s coalmine.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/getup-phone-campaign-targets-marginal-mps-to-bury-adani-coalmine/news-story/44c7b11178f2e7d4554096fc5961c769
Footage to cover coastline
MORE than 1000km of mangroves along the Far Northern coastline will be filmed by scientists in the wake of an unprecedented dieback of the trees in the Gulf of Carpentaria last year.
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/huge-1500km-aerial-survey-of-mangroves-underway-in-far-north/news-story/f11f2151cb686de0d02042119270fae9
Adani bungle exposes weakness
Courier Mail editorial
FINALLY, the Palaszczuk Government can agree with itself on the royalty deal to be offered to Indian miner Adani. Now it needs to resurrect its reputation.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/palaszczuk-government-needs-to-get-on-after-exposing-its-weakness-in-the-adani-bungle/news-story/c900dddbf459466564e6b10c73d5f831
South Australia
Power struggle over multi-million-dollar Kangaroo Island underwater cable
The Kangaroo Island Council and SA Power Networks [SAPN] are at loggerheads over the replacement of the island’s ageing power infrastructure.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-28/kangaroo-island-power-supply-struggle/8562662
Tasmania
Relocated devils off to good start in north-east Tasmania
After a week in their new home on Tasmania’s north-east coast, six Maria Island devils give researchers hope for success.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-28/maria-island-tasmanian-devils-released-into-new-park-home/8566594
Stop Gutwein’s attack on TasWater
Greg Barns
Tasmanians would face substandard water infrastructure as a result of the Treasurer wanting politicians to set water prices.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/treasurers-attempt-to-take-over-taswater-must-be-stopped/news-story/49b047e5e748b9fdfb4a6f1cc7b8290e
New data has coastal communities all at sea
Nathan Eaton
Revised modelling shows significant sea level rises are now definitely on the cards.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4689488/new-data-has-coastal-communities-all-at-sea/?cs=97
Western Australia
Biggest recycling plant in southern hemisphere opens in WA
The new South Guildford plant will process more than 4000 tonnes of recyclables each week – with 97 per cent of it being re-used.
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/biggest-recycling-plant-in-southern-hemisphere-opens-in-wa-ng-b88489902z
Groundhog Day for WA’s iron ore ATMs
Matthew Stevens
Another year, another government, same old tax grab on Australia’s biggest miners.
http://www.afr.com/business/groundhog-day-for-was-iron-ore-atms-20170528-gwew49
Time to deliver for Woodside
Angela Macdonald-Smith
http://www.afr.com/business/energy/oil/woodside-petroleum-makes-commitment-20170525-gwdca4
Sustainability
DOE: No leak in Hanford tank where contamination found.
The Department of Energy does not believe there is a leak in another one of Hanford’s double-shell tanks holding radioactive waste, it announced Wednesday.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-1786170265303041500
Why you’re almost certainly wasting time rinsing your recycling
Trevor Thornton, Deakin University
Many people are confused about what they can and can’t recycle, and whether they need to clean everything before it goes in the bin. The best plan is to check the details with your local council.
http://theconversation.com/why-youre-almost-certainly-wasting-time-rinsing-your-recycling-78189
Nature Conservation
A warming planet jolts the iconic creatures of the Galápagos.
Species that inspired Darwin’s theory of natural selection are facing new challenges to adapt
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-4426583696647307647
Plants the strong silent types that play an important role
Gweneth Leigh
Being aware of plants’ advantages can help us connect with and value our leafy counterparts.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/plants-the-strong-silent-types-that-play-an-important-role-20170528-gwergx.html
Maelor Himbury