Post of the Day
Why environmentalists don’t talk much about population
Caitlin Fitzsimmons
It’s important to reverse the global population growth, but it doesn’t let us off the hook for reducing consumption.
Today’s Celebration
Independence Day – Georgia
Independence Day – Guyana
Battle of Sardarabad Day – Armenia
Mother’s Day – Poland
Mother’s Day – France, Sweden
Prince Fredrik’s Birthday – Denmark
Turkmen Carpet Day – Turkmenistan
Martyrdom of Imam Ali – Iran
Children’s Day – Hungary
National Arbor Day – Venezuela
National Paper Airplane Day – USA
Climate Change
Greta Thunberg: Is a future too much to ask for?
Sixteen-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg along with thousands of children, teenagers and adults in Stockholm joined a global protest demanding climate action from leaders.
Marching for climate change may sway people’s beliefs and actions
Americans have a long tradition of taking to the streets to protest or to advocate for things they believe in. New research suggests that when it comes to climate change, these marches may indeed have a positive effect on the public.
Climate change may make the arctic tundra a drier landscape
With climate change, the Arctic tundra is likely to become drier. Lakes may shrink in size and smaller lakes may even disappear according to a new Dartmouth study. In western Greenland, Kangerlussuaq experienced a 28% decrease in the number of smaller lakes (those less than 10,000 square meters) and a 20% decrease in total area from 1969 to 2017. Many of the lakes that had disappeared in 1969 have since become vegetated.
National
Survival of the fattest: why the country birds are coming to town
Treating our feathered friends has had a major effect on the variety and numbers in our gardens. But not all species feel the benefit
Josh Frydenberg: low-emissions future is inevitable and a huge opportunity
Treasurer signals new infrastructure for renewable zones, and says Coalition will pursue climate policy it took to the election
Bob Brown didn’t lose the election for Labor — Shorten did
James Norman
Blaming Bob Brown for Labor’s election loss isn’t just wrong, it would be a sad indictment on the state of our democracy.
Election lessons from regional Australia: why Labor got the push in the bush
Gabrielle Chan
There were stark differences between the messages of the two main parties, and as it turns out, only one hit the right buttons
Election heartbreak: voters begged to be duped
Elizabeth Farrelly
We’ll remember it as the election that put the coal back into Coalition.
War on wind and renewable energy must end
Andrew Bray
Six years ago Australia’s climate policy went from global leader to laughing stock.
Climate propaganda campaign was no match for Morrison [$]
Miranda Devine
Labor and the Greens drunk their own Kool-Aid when they told us this was the climate change election, writes Miranda Devine. Thankfully the Coalition knows what Australians really want.
Victoria
By gum, Victoria’s Tree of Year won by a eucalyptus facing hard road
Could a beloved River Red Gum in Bulleen put the brakes on the North East Link after it was voted our favourite tree?
Farmers blame investors on water [$]
Enraged farmers say investors are forcing them to pay big prices for precious water, with prices skyrocketing as resource firms pocket huge windfalls.
New South Wales
National parks volunteers make a wild difference
This year NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) volunteers have made a world of difference in our own back yard.
Opening day for Sydney’s new metro trains to be free for passengers
Thousands are expected to converge on Sydney’s first metro line on Sunday after the state government decided to make the opening day free for passengers.
‘Low-hanging fruit have gone’: Big dry could trigger desal expansion
The Berejiklian government is facing calls to accelerate the shift to water restrictions to slow the decline in Sydney’s dam levels rather than flicking the switch to expand the city’s $2.3 billion desalination plant.
Queensland
The small Queensland town banking on approval for Adani’s Carmichael mine
If approved, Adani’s Carmichael Mine will add paypackets to the streets of the little town of Clermont, the closest town to the mine. Or will it see one of Australia’s ancient artesian springs run dry?
Adani royalty deal to be settled next month as key dates announced
Adani chief executive Lucas Dow said Adani would settle its long-running royalties dispute after the Coordinator General releases further project details on Friday.
South Australia
Potentially life-changing discovery made in outback valley
Outback drillers find water 90 metres below the surface of SA’s APY Lands in an underground valley millions of years old and remote communities are hoping it will provide a much-needed economic boost.
Down the gurgler: RecFish SA’s funding pulled [$]
The State Government has finally made good on its promise to spear recreational fishing body RecFish SA by pulling its funding.
Tasmania
Tasmanian Tourism Conference hears of climate change concerns
The state’s tourism industry has been warned not to become complacent about climate change.
LGAT call for waste management funds, welcome reform funding
The local government sector was disappointed there was no new funding to support waste management and resource recovery in the state budget announced on Thursday.
A new cable car foe emerges [$]
One of Hobart’s driving forces has pitched himself firmly against the cable car, saying there are no tests or studies that will convince him of the merits of developing Mt Wellington/kunanyi.
Northern Territory
From guiding safaris in Zambia to managing land in arid Central Australia
Rangers at Watarrka National Park have come from all over to look after the remote Central Australian country — and they really love their jobs.
Sustainability
100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing
While 160 companies around the world have committed to use ‘100% renewable energy,’ that does not mean ‘100% carbon-free energy.’ The difference will grow as power grids become less reliant on fossil power, according to a new Stanford study. Entities committed to fighting climate change can and should measure the environmental benefits of their renewable strategies accurately, the authors write.
Why environmentalists don’t talk much about population
Caitlin Fitzsimmons
It’s important to reverse the global population growth, but it doesn’t let us off the hook for reducing consumption.
Nature Conservation
Soil communities threatened by destruction, instability of Amazon forests
A meta-analysis of nearly 300 studies of soil biodiversity in Amazonian forests found that the abundance, biomass, richness and diversity of soil fauna and microbes were reduced following deforestation.
How to prevent mosquitofish from spreading in water ecosystems
Preventing the introduction of the mosquitofish and removing its population are the most effective actions to control the dispersal of this exotic fish in ponds and lakes, according to a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Climate change affects the genetic diversity of a species
What effects does climate change have on the genetic diversity of living organisms? In a new study, researchers studied the genome of the alpine marmot. Results were unexpected: the species was found to be the least genetically diverse of any wild mammal studied to date. The alpine marmot has lost its genetic diversity during ice-age related climate events and been unable to recover its diversity since.
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