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Trivess Moore et al
Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard
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Climate Change
Police injured in climate change protest at German mine
Climate change protesters broke through police lines and entered a mine in western Germany, with eight officers injured in the action.
Police arrest 70 climate-change protesters outside the New York Times headquarters
Seventy protesters have been arrested at a rally calling for the New York Times to boost its environmental coverage and start calling climate change “climate emergency”.
UN builds climate of scepticism [$]
Australian editorial
The green gliteratti’s agenda is wider than the weather.
National
Should I buy an electric car? All you need to know about prices, technology and range
As big global carmakers electrify their models, we ask experts about how things could shape up in Australia
Which animals should live or die on Australia’s long list of threatened species?
There are more than 500 animals on Australia’s threatened species list, but scientists warn only a handful of them are getting the funding they need to survive.
Cat videos to climate justice: The changing face of Australia’s youth publishers
Cat videos, lists and celebrity gossip have become the content du jour for millions of Australia’s youngest digital natives, but the companies behind the clickbait have faced a turbulent two years.
How world’s biggest green group plans to reverse conservation’s retreat
The Nature Conservancy is quietly making its impact felt in Australia and its role is only likely to get bigger.
Nationals urge nuclear rethink [$]
Queensland Nationals MPs Keith Pitt and James McGrath have urged the Prime Minister to back a review of nuclear policy.
Culture shock: politics upended in era of identity
Clive Hamilton
Two worldviews face each other uncomprehendingly – and the flashpoint is the climate emergency
Rain fails to run the course to dry rivers
Ashish Sharma
We are getting more intense rain but our rivers are drying. Why is that?
With a fuel crisis looming, Australia’s tank is nearly empty [$]
Jim Molan
With at most 23 days of liquid fuel in reserve, Australia’s economy and national security is dangerously exposed to tensions in the Middle East and the Pacific
Australia, we’re rubbish at dealing with waste [$]
Rex Jory
In Japan, there are no rubbish bins — or litter. Can you imagine that in here? As recycling costs soar, and the State Budget raises the waste levy, we have to rethink our rubbish.
Trivess Moore et al
Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard
Victoria
Regent honeyeaters disappear for months and we’re hoping to find out where
Conservationists are hoping new, tiny satellite tracking tech can show where these critically endangered birds hide each and every year.
Contamination fears over construction of wind farm next to Fiskville
The plumes of dust started drifting over the paddocks as work started on a $300 million project to build a 107-turbine wind farm in the countryside surrounding the Country Fire Authority’s former Fiskville training college.
‘We can’t keep pretending they aren’t there’: Roo mob stuck in bureaucratic battle
Up to 40 kangaroos have been left stranded on a block of land at a busy intersection in Melbourne’s north for well over a year, as an ongoing bureaucratic battle on how to relocate the mob continues.
The tiny possum which cost Victoria $20m [$]
Don’t be fooled by its adorable good looks — the tiny leadbeater’s possum is claimed to have cost Victoria more than $20 million in revenue. And a fresh decision is set to hit one of Victoria’s ailing industries hard.
The growing traffic surge choking Melbourne’s roads [$]
Feel like the amount of time you spend sitting in gridlock is increasing? Melbourne’s peak-hour congestion is no longer limited to the inner city, with traffic snarls now extending to suburban streets. These are our worst affected roads.
Dodgy electricians caught out over unsafe solar panel installations
Dodgy electricians have been caught out over dozens of unsafe solar panel installations amid rampant demand to claim generous rebates from the government’s $1.3 billion scheme.
New South Wales
Santos demands ‘clear timeline’ on Narrabri gas project
Australian energy giant Santos has ramped up pressure on the New South Wales government to provide a clear timetable for the approval of its $3 billion Narrabri gas project, which could supply up to half of the state’s gas needs.
‘Political football’: controversial NSW coal project granted mining licence
The controversial Wallarah 2 coal project has been granted mining licences by the NSW government.
How navigating Sydney’s transport networks will change for commuters
Detailed information about how many parking spaces are still free at a train station well before commuters drive there or, if train services are disrupted, advice about alternative journeys tailored to people’s circumstances, instead of generic messages from a train guard.
The Sydney suburbs with the most electric vehicles
Drivers on the north shore and eastern suburbs are leading the uptake of electric cars in NSW, which are a small but growing part of the motor vehicle market.
New vaccine could help save critically endangered orange-bellied parrot
Researchers say beak and feather disease might soon be a worry of the past, with the potential to see the first vaccine approved for use by 2021.
Mayor declares climate emergency [$]
The mayor and city council have declared Sydney is in a state of ‘climate emergency’ and blamed federal government inaction.
AGL to tweak Bayswater output [$]
Power giant AGL Energy will consider tweaking output from its NSW Bayswater coal plant during the day as cheaper solar and wind challenges the long-term role of fossil fuels in the grid.
Why I’m voting that we have a ‘climate emergency’ [$]
Jess Miller
You might not believe in a “climate emergency” but how will you face the financial one?
ACT
Tram speeds development, property prices in Northbourne corridor
The Gungahlin tram line is speeding development in the Northbourne corridor, the government says, pointing to about 2500 extra apartments
Growth is not a dirty word. We need a larger population
Canberra Times editorial
Australia is growing, and Canberra is growing even faster. Last year, the country added about 405,000 people, surpassing 25 million.
Queensland
Should Brisbane glue protesters pay the cost of unsticking them?
Seven climate change protesters glued themselves to roads in the heart of Brisbane this week, causing commuter chaos and taking emergency services several hours to unstick them.
Mixed messages on coal costly [$]
Labor was guilty of mixed messages on coal and using the wrong language in the election campaign, Jim Chalmers has admitted.
Feedback open on $1b coal mine [$]
A $1 billion coal mine planned for Queensland’s Bowen Basin has identified a host of endangered species that could live on the site but the State Government wants to know how they will protect the animals.
Tasmania
Break O’Day Council to vote on adding its voice to ‘climate emergency’ action
A second Tasmanian council could soon declare a state of climate emergency.
Lake Malbena dispute hearing kicks off [$]
Hearings begin today in the appeal against the Central Highlands Council’s decision to knock back a proposal for a luxury standing camp at Lake Malbena within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
EPA steps in to fix poor water quality [$]
Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority has committed to helping solve the River Derwent’s poor water quality which shut down a number of southern beaches over summer.
Northern Territory
Secret plans for new port outside Darwin to accommodate US Marines [$]
Secret planning has begun for a new port facility just outside Darwin which could eventually help US Marines operate more readily in the Indo-Pacific.
NT predicted population set to boom [$]
The Territory’s population could increase by a massive amount, by 2046, according to a new projection by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with one place alone set to grow by 21,000
Pollies charged: Solar farm the talk for the town [$]
A splar farm proposed to occupy 15,000ha of the Territory’s Barkly region has charged politicians and investors, eager to get behind and support the project
Western Australia
A powerful turning point as electricity use forecast to fall for the first time amid solar surge
Demand for electricity from WA households and businesses is predicted to fall for the first time, bucking long-held assumptions linking power use to an economy’s size, as the extraordinary uptake of solar panels reshapes the system.
The forest gave us life, now it’s time to save what’s left
The world’s only native tuart forest, which helped to kickstart a state’s economy, is down to just 3 per cent and time is running out to preserve it.
ScoMo’s Trump-style plan to boost mining industry
The Prime Minister will use a speech at the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry to announce a scheme to bust “outdated regulation”
Sustainability
Year after year, centimetre by centimetre, Rudi Suwandi’s home in north-west Jakarta is being swallowed.
Businesses would gain $2.1 trillion by embracing low-carbon tech
A report by CDP has illustrated how climate impacts could damage businesses and how adapting to climate change could also create a range of opportunities. Over the past 15 years, the CDP has asked companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions publicly.
Nature Conservation
Great Pacific Garbage Patch: giant plastic trap put to sea again
Floating boom is designed to trap 1.8 trillion items of plastic without harming marine life – but broke apart last time
Hundreds of endangered vultures die after eating poisoned elephant carcasses
More than 500 endangered vultures are found dead in northern Botswana, with poachers believed to be responsible as they sometimes poison elephant carcasses to ensure the birds don’t circle the sky and help rangers track their position.
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