Post of the Day
Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are symptoms of the same disease
Rhiannon Moore
As much as eight per cent of global oil goes directly to plastic production.
Today’s Celebration
Birthday of King Sobhuza II – Swaziland
Revolution Day – Gambia
Climate Change
Does Extinction Rebellion have the solution to the climate crisis?
A group of British activists, whose mass campaign of civil disobedience has commanded attention for the climate crisis, hopes to spread its success across the globe.
July 2019 is ‘shaping up to be the warmest month ever’
It’s not just this heat wave. July 2019 is likely to be the hottest month ever measured.
National
Landcare celebrates 30th, looks to future
Landcare brought farmers and conservationists together 30 years ago – and now the movement is looking to attract new volunteers to help care for the environment.
Make nuclear power free, Barnaby Joyce says
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says free nuclear power could be offered to residents living close to a reactor to help build support for the controversial technology, as an analysis pinpoints which Australian towns are best placed to host a nuclear plant.
Energy ‘what if’s are no basis for running a country [$]
Peta Credlin
When it comes to powering our nation, Australia’s problem is not that demand is too high, the problem is that supply is too low. It’s time our nation’s leader have a serious conversation about the issue once and for all.
Victoria
Vic govt moves to avoid recycling backlog
The Victorian Government is working with local councils and alternative players to prevent recycling going to landfill, with a firm expected to close its doors.
Plastics putting us all in landfill hole: MP
He wants landfills closed within 10 years, but the state MP chairing an inquiry into Victoria’s waste management crisis is so angered by one form of plastics use he wants it banned now. What’s in the firing line?
Lifting gas ban could save ‘thousands of jobs’ [$]
Victoria’s temporary ban on conventional gas exploration needs to be lifted to save thousands of jobs and prevent winter shortfalls, Resources Minister Matt Canavan says.
Labor must prepare itself for trash talk [$]
Matt Johnston
Opinion Waste management is an issue the state government must confront sooner rather than later. It’s time for trash talking.
New South Wales
‘We don’t want sky-high slums of the future’ [$]
Developer lobby the Urban Taskforce has created a projection of what the Liverpool metropolis will look like in 2036, incorporating the current 93m tall Liberty Tower. But the local mayor doesn’t want the area to turn into city slums.
Queensland
Big flood, but next to no rain — welcome to the Channel Country
Floodwaters more than 50 kilometres wide came through Queensland’s Channel Country earlier this year, but the extended weather forecast is not promising a return to average rainfalls.
Yellow crazy ants found at gateway to pristine Whitsunday Islands
A north Queensland council is working with the State Government to stamp out an invasive crazy ant species — capable of causing devastation to native wildlife — before it reaches the Whitsunday Islands.
Brisbane business targeted over Adani work [$]
Anti-Adani protesters have announced they’ll block trucks accessing a northside business in reaction to the company’s continual support of the Adani coal mine.
South Australia
Beach drills down to fuel gas bill relief
While high gas prices threaten to push some businesses to the brink, construction has begun on a new gas processing plant – which could help to lower consumer costs.
Easy to be confused about what’s allowed on an e-scooter
Amy Nikolovski
Despite the obvious dangers, the high demand for e-scooters suggests they are here to stay. It is imperative that we get the rules right to prevent serious injuries.
Tasmania
Richard Di Natale adds to Bob Brown’s controversial opposition to a Tasmanian wind farm.
No word on recycling shutdown [$]
Councils are in the dark about a potential shutdown of the company that processes much of Hobart’s kerbside recycling.
Greens finally come clean on truth about wind turbines [$]
Andrew Bolt
Call Bob Brown a hypocrite, but at least he’s now drawing attention to something our green groups have for too long ignored.
Northern Territory
Uluru climbing ban won’t kill tourism, rangers say
The Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park has rejected criticism from commentators that closing Uluru to climbers will kill tourism in the area.
‘The caviar of shark fins’: One of world’s most threatened fish seeks safe haven in NT waters
Almost all the world’s species of rhino rays are critically endangered, based on devastating declines of more than 80 per cent over the past few decades due to the shark fin soup trade in Asia. But the rays have been sheltering in the safe and shallow waters of the Top End.
Where’s the water? The problem with the push for an agricultural precinct in the outback
The NT Government has been pushing for more agricultural development in the Red Centre, but farmers are now getting told there’s not enough water.
Western Australia
Electric vehicle owners still waiting for the spark in WA
‘We cannot fathom that the government isn’t setting aside $10 or $20 million to have DC fast chargers in every WA town.’
From trash to cash: Recycling arrives in Perth with reverse vending machines
A trial reverse vending machine that could form the backbone of a Perth-wide container deposit scheme has taken off in Bull Creek, giving customers a feel for the technology before the state government rolls out its recycling initiative next year.
Sustainability
Fukushima beach reopens years after tsunami, nuclear meltdown
A beach near Japan’s Fukushima shuttered nuclear plant has re-opened for swimmers, eight years after the devastating tsunami and nuclear meltdown.
Silent, no gears and cheaper every day: electric cars aren’t so hard to get used to
An EV test drive reveals they’re not so radically different – except for the sense of future-proofing
Exposed to extreme heat, plastic bottles may ultimately become unsafe
In hot environments, before you reach for a plastic water bottle to keep hydrated, you might think twice about whether it too has been wilting under a hot sun.
Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are symptoms of the same disease
Rhiannon Moore
As much as eight per cent of global oil goes directly to plastic production.
Nature Conservation
New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation
Over the past decade there has been a rise in corporate zero-deforestation commitments, but very few companies have shown progress in meeting their goals of reducing deforestation in their supply chains by 2020.
How to save the Amazon rain forest
Countries in the Amazon Basin are falling behind on their targets to cut deforestation. Environmental enforcement combined with economic incentives could provide a way forward.
Cocoa and gunshots: The struggle to save a threatened forest in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve provides important habitat for animals such as forest elephants, as well as drinking water for the city of Lagos.But the reserve has been severely deforested.
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