Date: 15 October 2018 at 08:44:18 AEDT
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Subject: Daily Links Oct 15
Post of the Day
What will it take on climate change?
Peter Dykstra
Hurricanes, algae blooms, rising seas and melting ice. How much more before climate denial fades away?
https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-what-will-it-take-on-climate-change-2612030701.html
Today’s Celebration
Cayenne Festival – French Guiana
Evacuation Day – Tunisia
National Tree Planting Day – Sri Lanka
Rectification Day – Burkina Faso
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
National Smashed Avo Day – Brunch for a Cause
Climate Change
Al Gore calls Trump’s deregulation proposals ‘literally insane’
Former vice president and climate change activist Al Gore warns that climate change could be an “existential threat” and calls President Trump’s response an “outlier reaction.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/al-gore-calls-trumps-deregulation-proposals-literally-insane
It is almost too late to save our planet
Jeffrey Salkin
All of my friends are becoming grandparents.
I am thinking about the world that our grandchildren will inherit.
https://religionnews.com/2018/10/12/climate-change-global-warming-sea-level-rise/
What will it take on climate change?
Peter Dykstra
Hurricanes, algae blooms, rising seas and melting ice. How much more before climate denial fades away?
https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-what-will-it-take-on-climate-change-2612030701.html
National
Energy vacuum hurts AGL’s gas plan [$]
AGL Energy interim chief Brett Redman has appealed for customers to commit to long-term power purchase deals to help underpin new gas plants that will help lower prices.
Joyce backs coal over Snowy 2.0
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce is backing a coal-led energy policy over the Snowy Hydro 2.0 ahead of a federal government vote on the scheme.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/joyce-backs-coal-over-snowy-2-0-185435150–spt.html
Forget coal wars, says Alan Finkel – look at emission outcomes
Chief scientist says Australia must use all available technologies
Australia heading for a ‘battle royale’ on solar power
The sharply rising levels of rooftop and grid-level solar power will force difficult discussions as Australia reaches a solar peak, energy chiefs say.
Voters split on immigration as government trails Labor
Calls to cut the Australia’s migrant intake have split voters ahead of a federal cabinet decision on a new policy.
Coronado crowns coal’s comeback [$]
Matthew Stevens
Coal’s canaries have started chirping contentedly again and the anti-coal lobby’s conviction call is looking suddenly pretty fragile.
https://www.afr.com/business/mining/coal/coronado-ipo-to-crown-coals-comeback-20181013-h16ly1
Australia’s climate idiocracy must end – and there’s no time to waste
Greg Jericho
The Liberal party’s biggest con was the idea that reducing emissions could be done without pain and at little cost
Big firms voice lack of faith in ‘cumbersome’ and ‘impractical’ Emissions Reduction Fund
Jayanthi Kumarasiri et al
Many of Australia’s biggest emitters have not yet engaged with the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Victoria
Hundreds of millions more to plan rail loop, but not all on board
Transport experts have questioned why it would cost as much as $600 million to plan Melbourne’s proposed 90-kilometre suburban rail loop, or why the project’s creation was shrouded in such secrecy.
Why Melbourne’s commute is slowest in country [$]
Melburnians are driving slower than anywhere else in the country, with average speeds plummeting across the city. See how much slower your commute has got.
Why Melbourne should become a national park [$]
Melbourne should capitalise on its parks and gardens and bid to become only the world’s second national park city, according to the man behind London’s successful proposal.
Leek orchids are beautiful, endangered and we have no idea how to grow them
Marc Freestone
Scientists are racing against the clock to figure out how to propagate the rare leek orchid before it goes extinct.
New South Wales
NSW Labor pledges extra $280 million to upgrade train stations if elected
NSW Labor has sought to position itself ahead of the government before the state election by pledging to significantly increase funding to upgrade train stations across NSW.
ACT
Nine people who lived in this small area got cancer. Now they want answers
A group of Canberra residents who share a common cancer story are worried about the effects arsenic contamination at their homes in the 1970s and ’80s.
Make smart meters compulsory to bring bills down: new report
Smart meters should be rolled out across the country by 2023 a new report has said, and its author has called for the ACT to play a leadership role in the push.
Waste volume should be cause of concern, now and in the future
Canberra Times editorial
We should be thinking of ways to reduce our waste, rather than speculating about where it should go and how it should be used.
Queensland
How an acid wasteland was transformed into a natural gem for Cairns [$]
It once had soil so acidic, mangrove trees withered up and died and countless fish were killed, but this former cane property has now been transformed into a natural jewel of Cairns.
Croc population stable, but birds thriving in East Trinity [$]
A tour operator says the crocodile population of East Trinity has remained virtually unchanged for the past decade, but the birdlife is thriving.
Jobs, investment surge as coal refuses to die [$]
Queensland could be on the cusp of another mining boom, with demand for coal used in steel making forecast to soar over the next decade.
Tasmania
Hobart commute times on the rise [$]
A new report has found average speeds into the city have fallen, with commuters from Sorell the worst hit.
More on the pulp mill
Responses to the question: “Do you support the Tamar pulp mill project going ahead as currently proposed?” sent to Tas local government 2018 election candidates on 6/10/18.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/10/more-on-the-pulp-mill/
Stewardship Certification Removal for Macquarie Harbour Salmon Not Surprising
Rosalie Woodruff
News the last two salmon companies left farming in Macquarie Harbour are pre-emptively removing their Aquaculture Stewardship Council eco-branding from products as we head into a hot El Niño summer is not surprising – especially given 1.35 million fish died there last year.
Sustainability
How profit-driven inbreeding could bring the world dairy herd to its knees
The drive for genetic selection means cattle are increasingly vulnerable to deadly new epidemics that could emerge as the climate warms
‘I feel anxious about moving safely’: The dangers of silent, electric cars
The car was just centimetres from Chris Edwards before the driver slammed on the brakes.
Melting glaciers at Novaya Zemlya contain radiation from nuclear bomb tests
A science expedition to the area has discovered “big concentrations of radioactivity” in the ice – and concludes that the glaciers are melting into the sea at record speed.
The environment is on the US November ballot — Here’s where and what’s at stake
A handful of statewide ballot initiatives will test whether states can effectively counter environmental rollbacks coming from the federal government.
https://therevelator.org/environmental-ballot-initiatives/
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