Post of the Day
Ozone layer hole will ‘totally heal within 50 years’
The hole in the Earth’s ozone layer is expected to fully heal by sometime in the 2060s, climate change experts predict in a new UN report.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/health/ozone-healing-scli-intl/index.html
Today’s Celebration
Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Birthday – Taiwan
National Memorial Day – Liberia
Santa Cruz Massacre – East Timor
Birth of Bahaullah – Baha’i
National Adoption Awareness Week
Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week
International Week of Science and Peace
Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week
Climate Change
Ozone layer hole will ‘totally heal within 50 years’
The hole in the Earth’s ozone layer is expected to fully heal by sometime in the 2060s, climate change experts predict in a new UN report.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/health/ozone-healing-scli-intl/index.html
National
Energy industry warns power plans would disrupt market
Energy companies have urged the government to delay its program to back new electricity generators over concerns it would deter investors.
The number one recycling mistake Australians are still making
The most common recycling mistake made by Australians is to throw soft plastics, such as bread bags, into the kerbside recycling bin.
Labor slams Coalition power plan [$]
Labor’s Treasury spokesman Chris Bowen says a Coalition power proposal is worthy of Venezuela.
Green activism fuels coal demand[$]
Nick Cater
As with Prohibition, coercive attempts to shut down fossil fuel will just backfire.
New South Wales
Electric bike share launches in Sydney despite failure of other schemes
US company Lime has dropped about 300 bikes around the city and has plans to expand to Brisbane and Melbourne
Rainbow Warrior launches Bight offensive
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior boat has moored in Sydney to launch a campaign against drilling in the Great Australian Bight.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/rainbow-warrior-launches-bight-offensive
NSW turbocharges grid to tap wind and solar power surge
“There are serious bottlenecks at the moment and in some parts of the state there is such limited transmission capacity that they can not bring on new projects,” NSW energy minister Don Harwin said.
https://www.afr.com/news/nsw-turbocharges-grid-to-tap-wind-and-solar-power-surge-20181108-h17oaf
ACT
Folklore should not play a part in environmental destruction
Canberra Times editorial
A group of ANU scientists are right to criticise the NSW decision to reverse a planned cull of alpine brumbies.
Queensland
Adani faces questions over who will pay for Aurizon rail link upgrade
Sticking point in negotiations likely to be increasing the capacity of the existing Goonyella to Abbot Point line to carry coal from Galilee Basin
Job risk from $100bn mine rehab [$]
Sixteen Queensland mines may shut and 2500 jobs be lost under a rehabilitation plan proposed by Treasurer Jackie Trad.
Climate change will make QLD’s ecosystems unrecognisable – it’s up to us if we want to stop that
Sarah Boulter
It’s not just about the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland’s rainforests – particularly in the mountains – will also change thanks to a warming climate. Shutterstock
Tasmania
Forestry Tas building plans cut down [$]
An award-winning architectural project set to be partially demolished for the new Tasmania Police headquarters at Melville St will now not go ahead.
Northern Territory
‘Economic powerhouse’ or pipe dream: What happened to developing northern Australia?
The Northern Australia white paper set out a slew of ambitious policy ideas for the next 20 years. But three years on, as investment is blocked by red tape and policy uncertainty, some fear it is a case of more talk than action.
Historic court ruling recognises native title rights over Jabiru [$]
A Two decade fight for recognition by Jabiru’s traditional owners has concluded for Kakadu’s Mirarr
Western Australia
Perth set for a busy snake season
Wildlife experts are warning people to mow grass, tidy up their backyard, get rid of scrap metal laying around, clean up aviaries and chicken coops, and use traps to reduce rat and mice populations.
Sustainability
Fracking firm boss says it didn’t expect to cause such serious quakes
Drilling at Preston New Road site in Lancashire has triggered 37 minor quakes in three weeks
UK retailers to pay up to £1bn for recycling under waste strategy
Ministers seeking to make firms pay more towards recycling their own waste
Keystone XL pipeline: judge rules government ‘jumped the gun’ and orders halt
District court judge Brian Morris rules Trump administration did not consider environmental consequences before pushing ahead
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-judge-environment
Scientists develop liquid that can store Solar energy for more than a decade
Researchers in Sweden have developed a specialised fluid that absorbs sunlight’s energy, holds it for months or even years and then releases it when needed.
Plans to turn America’s Rust Belt into a new plastics belt are bad news for the climate
An expanding petrochemical industry, thanks to fracked shale gas, could have big consequences for a warming planet.
https://therevelator.org/plastics-fracking-climate/
Election results 2018: Democrats vow rigorous environmental oversight
Back in power after eight years, Democrats aim to block President Trump’s deregulatory agenda and pr the administration’s industry-friendly moves.
Midterms go eco-AWOL
Peter Dykstra
Climate and environmental issues were deeply impacted by the midterm elections, but once again, were absent from any prominent discussion
https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-midterms-go-eco-awol-2618863933.html
Nature Conservation
Next generation ‘may never see the glory of coral reefs’
Undersea forests, bleached and killed by rising ocean temperature, might disappear in a few decades, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/11/next-generation-may-never-see-coral-reefs
Now for something completely different …
The incontrovertible truth about World War I
Peter FitzSimons
Our starting point for all commemorations thus must be deep sorrow, not only for the lives lost, but the effects on those who remained – survivors and families that lasted for generations after the war was over.
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