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Climate Change
Where Climate Change Is Most Likely to Induce Food Violence
While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests that the strength of a country’s government plays a vital role in preventing …
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm
Climate change, hope, and revolution: Notes for dark and gloomy times.
John Foran Resilience.org
When we are dealing with something scary, unprecedented, wicked, and huge – something which causes a lot of anxiety, depression, and despair – hope seems integral to our future.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468972945
What is a pre-industrial climate and why does it matter?
Andrew King, University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, University of Melbourne, and Ed Hawkins, University of Reading
The Paris climate agreement aims to keep restrict global warming to within 2? above ‘pre-industrial levels’. But what does that mean, exactly?
http://theconversation.com/what-is-a-pre-industrial-climate-and-why-does-it-matter-78601
Why is climate change such a hard sell in the US?
Firmin Debrabander
Only a decade ago, a majority of American voters accepted the threat of climate change, and were prepared to take action. Opinion polls quickly changed.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/18530169838849666
National
Murray Darling Basin Plan: PM, premiers to meet
ENVIRONMENT and indigenous groups are renewing their call for the Murray Darling Basin Plan to be delivered in full, with no changes to water recovery targets.
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/murray-darling-basin-plan-pm-premiers-to-meet/news-story/2d1126a6929e9a07a538804c2d909761
Finkel report calls for new clean energy target
Chief scientist Alan Finkel is calling for a new clean energy target that could bring Australia closer to ending a decade of bitterness on climate policy.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/finkel-report-calls-for-new-clean-energy-target/8601844
Explaining the lingo behind the Finkel report
You might have heard about this big government report called the Finkel review — here’s what we know and what it could mean Australia’s energy sector.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-09/finkel-energy-report-explained/8602524
Businesses push for political parties to compromise on climate change
Big Australian businesses plead with both sides of parliament to stop arguing about climate change policies, ahead of the release of a report by chief science Alan Finkel expected to call for a low emissions target.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/businesses-push-for-compromise-on-climate-change/8600486
Bid to open ‘climate war’ talks
Bill Shorten has cleared the ground for talks with Malcolm Turnbull to end the “climate wars” with a letter.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/finkel-review-butler-warns-against-abbott-dictating-on-climate-policy/news-story/99c2cadfbd4ea47ad69d191a9da3d42d
Rush for water shares
THE value of the Southern Murray Darling Basin’s lowest-yielding water entitlements has tripled as irrigators scramble to buy storage space in the Hume, Dartmouth and Eildon dams.
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/water/water-shares-irrigators-rush-to-buy-dam-storage-space/news-story/cb5c74cd378df788230a33aa9c8d7f64
More too poor to pay power bill
EnergyAustralia has boosted relief funding for customers unable to pay their power bills.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/more-customers-struggling-to-pay-rising-power-bills/news-story/b7fb2b7de4ede25788a6033d0ad35ae9
Coal clash a threat to Turnbull
A clash over coal power threatens to wreck Malcolm Turnbull’s energy reforms.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/coalition-coal-clash-to-stymie-turnbulls-energy-plan/news-story/5ed72393970a4cd0e8d255250b12448b
‘Pinch year’: Power price surge set to knock out smaller energy retailers
http://www.theage.com.au/business/energy/power-price-surge-set-to-knock-out-smaller-energy-retailers-20170608-gwn421.html
Electric car chargers to be rolled out at shopping centres
http://www.theage.com.au/business/innovation/stockland-to-install-tesla-charge-points-at-31-shopping-centres-across-australia-20170608-gwnghn.html
Finkel needs to cut through myths about “baseload” power
Giles Parkinson
Finkel report likely to puncture myth that the only form of energy security is “base-load coal”. How a new concept of “base-cost” renewables is embraced will likely decide the path of Australia’s energy and climate policy.
http://reneweconomy.com.au/finkel-needs-to-cut-through-myths-about-baseload-power-76486/
Explainer: what is a ‘low emissions target’ and how would it work?
Frank Jotzo
http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-a-low-emissions-target-and-how-would-it-work-78927
LET the fight begin — Turnbull must defeat Abbott over energy
Bernard Keane
https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/06/08/let-the-fight-begin-turnbull-must-defeat-abbott-over-energy/
Clock is ticking on our energy future
Mary Aldred
AUSTRALIA’S national conversation about energy is being reduced to a 140-character Twitter campaign divorced from reality
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/mary-aldred-clock-is-ticking-on-our-energy-future/news-story/21113b9c717de05eb355544c6dc7b794
Ten wasted years, now time to play catch-up
Phillip Coorey
When Chief Scientist Alan Finkel recommends on Friday that the nation adopts a Low Emissions Target, also known as a Clean Energy Target, it will be almost 10 years since John Howard promised the very same policy. Only his was tougher.
http://www.afr.com/news/ten-wasted-years-now-time-to-play-catchup-20170607-gwmv8g
Beware Bill‘s low-emissions ‘gifts’
Dennis Shanahan
Malcolm Turnbull is in dire trouble. He needs to be wary of ceding political ground to an ideologically driven Labor.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/dennis-shanahan/beware-shorten-bearing-his-low-emissions-gifts/news-story/e808bdf8e674f1443f7e377f33e153e4
No magic bullets in Finkel review
Graham Lloyd
There is a danger the response to today’s energy market blueprint will be clouded by climate change ideology.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/no-magic-bullets-in-alan-finkels-review/news-story/9809d37c400a471b86097d1da4a57669
Energy is the test they all fail
David Crowe
It is not about convictions, they are just wrestling with what the politics will allow.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/turnbull-shorten-abbott-square-up-for-brawl-over-energy/news-story/d84d3068a7c57950bb352652b4cee2f6
One report could mean peace in climate wars
Tory Shepherd
ON Friday, the Finkel Report will be released, to the nation and into the hands of the state governments and the Federal Government. And it could mean a ceasefire in the climate war
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/tory-shepherd-finkel-reports-recommendation-for-low-emissions-target-could-receive-bipartisan-supports/news-story/267583f87045b52b9846f5848fcae3ba
Victoria
One Planet Living: summary report
City of Greater Geelong
http://apo.org.au/node/93646
New South Wales
Lucy goes to town on trees
Greater Sydney Commission head Lucy Turnbull is backing a massive tree planting program in western Sydney.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/lucy-turnbull-goes-to-town-on-massive-tree-planting-out-west/news-story/c82311981fa4ec6f7d1d3f2377e7a599
ACT
The cafes reducing – or banning – disposable cups
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/the-canberra-cafes-reducing-or-banning-coffee-cups-in-the-war-on-waste-20170606-gwm09d.html
Queensland
Water of Origin: Qld beats NSW in the water stakes
Queensland might have lost on the footy field last week, but the state’s been quick to bounce back by winning the annual Water of Origin competition.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/queensland-beats-new-south-wales-in-water-of-origin/8597984
208-day delays costs project millions
A QUEENSLAND-based coal exporter, known to be struggling financially, has been ordered to pay one of its former contractors $4 million amid claims of a 208-day delay on a project.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/wiggins-island-coal-export-terminal-ordered-to-pay-4-million-to-civil-mining-and-construction/news-story/9341f1419f8dbe50c6bfed69e9137b58
Divers find themselves among 70 critically endangered sharks
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/divers-find-themselves-among-70-critically-endangered-sharks-20170607-gwmqu5.html
Adani Board ‘decision’ a con: Why the Carmichael coal mine must be stopped
Basha Stasek
The Adani’s Board announcement of a new ‘decision’ to proceed with the Carmichael coal mine is nothing more than smoke and mirrors to attract a $1 billion …
https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/adani-board-decision-a-con-why-the-carmichael-coal-mine-must-be-stopped,10377
Greens’ deceit threatens all Australians’ future
Nyunggai Warren Mundine
MARCIA Langton was spot on in her speech where she said Green groups were undermining the interests of Aboriginal people by deception, often funded by wealthy foreign interests
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/nyunggai-warren-mundine-greens-deceit-threatens-all-australians-future/news-story/f4761e0e279e857acafa91335ea11089
South Australia
We bought a zoo: WA couple to revive Warrawong Sanctuary in Adelaide Hills
New owners from WA have big plans for reopening Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills, describing the bush setting as beautiful and like the land that time forgot.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/warrawong-sanctuary-to-reopen-with-new-owners/8601664
Expert: Waste timber to power our hopes
PROCESSED plantation timber waste could provide baseload electricity in South Australia when renewable energy rules are overhauled after the Finkel report is released on Friday.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/plantation-timber-waste-from-sas-green-triangle-could-provide-a-new-source-of-renewable-energy-for-the-national-power-grid/news-story/287ea875345fb12e1474d81487623d17
In the dark over power price rise
THE State Government has refused to delay plans to purchase a new gas generator, despite AGL’s announcement it will build a new $295 million power station.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-government-wont-delay-plans-to-buy-new-gas-generator-despite-agl-building-new-power-station/news-story/6a8a52e0a47afb7b922ada13a3d98837
Tasmania
Salmon farm expansion banned in Mercury Passage beyond Tassal lease
The Tasmanian Government bans fish farm expansion in Tasmania’s Mercury Passage, but the new restrictions will not affect contentious farming plans by Tassal.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/how-salmon-farming-got-to-push-macquarie-harbour-to-the-limit/8349342
Mercury Passage fish farming ban
THE ban on the expansion of fish farming into the Mercury Passage beyond Okehampton Bay has been welcomed by the region’s mayor but criticised by environment groups.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/no-more-fish-farming-beyond-okehampton-bay-says-state-government/news-story/cfa84ae057426344a6f189916f3f2982
How salmon farming pushed Macquarie Harbour to the limit
Despite assurances of “world’s best practice”, salmon farming has turned Macquarie Harbour into a battleground over stocking levels, pollution, regulation and corporate oversight.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/salmon-farming-expansion-ban-imposed-on-mercury-passage/8599582
High price for Basslink outage and drought
The National Energy Regulator has released its report for the 2015-16 period.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4717934/high-price-for-basslink-outage-and-drought/?cs=5312
Wind farm needs second Basslink cable
PLANS for a $1.2 billion wind farm in North-West Tasmania will rely on the addition of a second Bass Strait electricity cable.
http://www.themercury.com.au/business/proposed-12-billion-wind-farm-on-robbins-island-would-need-a-second-basslink-cable/news-story/f96d28bf9a703af92a8461b6802d0500
TasWater inaction alleged
Labor has claimed the government refused to help TasWater develop a business case for its planned upgrades.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4717520/taswater-inaction-alleged/?cs=5312
Northern Territory
‘It’s scaring us’: Locals fear for environment as Glencore pushes to expand burning mine
Glencore wants to expand its McArthur River lead and zinc mine, but it hasn’t put forward a new method of controlling three years of reactive rock burning. It also proposes leaving waste on the river bank forever, worrying local residents.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/mcarthur-river-mine-environmental-concerns-over-expansion-plan/8600394
Sacred site dispute could block McArthur River Mine expansion plan
A bitter dispute over whether an expansion of a mine would damage a sacred site is ripping apart Indigenous families in the Northern Territory’s Gulf of Carpentaria region.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-09/sacred-site-dispute-could-block-mcarthur-river-mine-expansion/8600614
Western Australia
Asthmatics struggling to breathe while Perth is covered in smoke
Winter fire hazard reduction burning underway in the Perth Hills has filled city with smoke, leaving some residents struggling to breathe.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/smoky-days-hit-perth-asthma-sufferers/8598216
Give Adani cash, but fund WA too
The WA government has broken ranks with its Queensland counterpart over taxpayer funding for the Adani coal mine.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/if-youre-handing-out-cash-to-adani-well-have-some-too-wa/news-story/9e2bf4e3fc0894bf7b3fdff722bc6a2e
WA Government says Abrolhos Islands won’t become national park
The WA Government abandons plans to develop the state’s newest national park within a coral archipelago, drawing ire from local tourism bodies.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-09/wa-government-reveals-plan-future-of-the-abrolhos-islands/8602722
Surfers riding next renewables
Surfers in south-western Australia are watching their community take the next step in renewable energy.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/surfers-riding-the-next-wave-of-renewables/news-story/37076b1f93e65a9dacf1dcad693b3358
Pilbara locust swarm meets deep fryer in bid to deal with pests
A community in remote WA is leading the pack in food trends, turning swarms of locusts into tasty treats.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/locust-cooking-in-the-pilbara/8602114
Sustainability
How we can stop antibiotic resistance.
It’s been dubbed “the end of modern medicine.” BBC Future asked experts to explain how we might avoid the worst effects of antibiotic resistance – a grand challenge of our age.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/18530169838851441
America’s toxic prisons: The environmental injustices of mass incarceration.
Mass incarceration in the US is hurting the environment and prisoners.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468972959
Record ‘green’ energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges — UN-backed report
The world is now adding more green energy capacity each year than it adds in new capacity from all fossil fuels combined, a United Nations-backed report revealed today, showing that the “renewables train has already left the station” and those who ignore this will be left behind.
http://www.enn.com/energy/article/51465
Sustaining Ourselves Sustainably – Tips for the Environmentally Conscious Foodie
Josh Appelboom
The nation’s food system has a significant impact on the environment, with everyone having a role to play to help steer the planet in the direction of sustainability, writes advocate Josh Appelboom who offers his top tips on being an environmentally conscious foodie.
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/06/sustaining-sustainably-tips-environmentally-conscious-foodie/
Nature Conservation
‘We cannot afford to fail’: Pacific leaders appeal for action on World Oceans Day
Pacific leaders are tabling their environmental concerns for World Oceans Day at this week’s first ever UN Oceans Conference in New York.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-08/pacific-leaders-set-the-agenda-for-world-oceans-day/8597994
Peat moss: Good for plants but bad for the planet
http://www.afr.com/business/environmental-services/peat-moss-good-for-plants-but-bad-for-the-planet-20170515-gw52mt
Maelor Himbury