Post of the Day
A path from the left to nuclear power [$]
A grand compromise could end the climate wars and provide clean, reliable power in perpetuity.
Today’s Celebration
Labor Day – USA and Canada
National Day – Vietnam
Umhlanga (Reed Dance) – Swaziland
Anniversary of the End of WWII – Russia
Victory over Japan Day – USA
Ceuta Day – Spain
Ganesh Chaturthi – Hinduism
National Child Protection Week
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Climate Change
Inspired by teen climate activist Thunberg, Latin American activists converge in Chile
Inspired by Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, a group of young activists from several Latin American countries have converged in Chile to exchange ideas on how to battle climate change.
New ocean-centric approach for detecting climate change
Scientists have developed a roadmap for detecting changes in ocean as the result of climate change. Already climate change is impacting on sea temperature rises; however other effects are likely to occur this century.
Pope urges politicians to take ‘drastic measures’ on climate change
Pope Francis challenged governments on Sunday to take “drastic measures” to combat global warming and reduce the use of fossil fuels, saying the world was experiencing a climate emergency.
A new strategy on climate: Try to outlast Trump
The world leaders who are still committed to addressing climate change are now looking beyond Trump’s tenure.
National
$20 million committed to new Murray-Darling climate change study
Water Minister David Littleproud has unveiled a $20 million study into climate change, ecology and hydrology in the Murray-Darling Basin.
EU to push Australia to clean up petrol standards as part of free trade deal
The European Union wants Australia’s Paris climate commitments enshrined in new FTA
Basin cop vows to tackle water corruption
Federal Water Minister David Littleproud has backed former top cop Mick Keelty to clean up potential corruption in the Murray-Darling Basin water market.
A path from the left to nuclear power [$]
A grand compromise could end the climate wars and provide clean, reliable power in perpetuity.
Labor must dump Green shackles [$]
Australian editorial
Alliances with the far-left minor party alienate the ALP base.
Victoria
Victoria won’t cop ‘half-baked’ airport rail link, says state opposition
Opposition transport spokesman David Davies says a cut-price proposal would not be what Victorians were promised.
Victoria’s energy plan is a ‘leap of faith’ [$]
Victoria’s aggressive wind and solar push will shut down coal power stations and could send electricity prices skyrocketing, EnergyAustralia has bluntly told the state Labor government.
Chinese behemoth makes North East Link short-list [$]
Victoria’s biggest road project could be built by a consortium with a key state-owned, Chinese player. It comes as the final shortlist for the $7-9 billion contract is revealed.
Nick Cater
But Victorians are happy to plug into other states’ systems to keep their own lights burning.
Brush-tailed rock wallaby on the brink of extinction
Ted Roker
The brush-tailed rock wallaby is critically endangered in Victoria but only listed as vulnerable in Queensland.
New South Wales
How the fight over brumbies is making the NSW Liberals and Nationals go feral
The powerful moderate faction of the Liberals and the Nationals were already at odds on many environmental issues
NSW’s ‘ecosystem in crisis’ will need to wait a little longer
A fix to the river crisis in western NSW will be delayed after a key report was put on hold.
Tourism offers an ‘essential’ economic lifeline for parched NSW inland
Tourism has historically taken a backseat to agriculture in regional NSW, but the hard times brought on by the drought are prompting a rethink.
Climate report sets precedent [$]
Whitehaven is likely to become the world’s first pure-play coal company to report against the global climate framework.
Queensland
Environment Department approved clearing of Greater Glider habitat despite its own warnings
The Federal Government approved woodland clearing on a Queensland cattle station despite internal advice. Now a conservation group is alleging the owner has burned the small section set aside for the Greater Glider.
AgForce backs calls for review of consensus science on Great Barrier Reef
Top Queensland farmers’ group supports controversial scientist Peter Ridd’s questioning of climate science
Water restrictions tighten in southern Queensland as money also dries up
The drought has left one-third of ratepayers in the Southern Downs Regional Council area without a viable income.
Arriga west of Mareeba – vegetation fire
Multiple Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) crews are currently on scene at a vegetation fire burning near Springmount Road, Chewko Road and Chettle Road, Arriga.
Brisbane, you haven’t seen anything yet [$]
If you think we’ve seen the worst when it comes to flooding in Brisbane then you need to think again. There will be another flood and it will be a disaster. Here’s why.
Government needs to get behind mining now [$]
Courier Mail editorial
Annastacia Palaszczuk says she’s all for “good decent” mining jobs, so let’s get a move on with providing the people what they want.
Tasmania
NRM North enacting grants to help farmers with water catchment contamination
Efforts to help keep farmer’s water supplies and the Tamar River clean are underway through the Tamar River Health Action Plan Catchment Works Program by NRM North.
TerraCycle and BIC issue pen recycling challenge
Pens might be a commonly misplaced item, but Tasmanian schools, businesses and organisations have been challenged to collect used pens, markers and highlighters to help build new gardens and playgrounds.
Western Australia
Alinta to expand Pilbara power plant to feed energy-hungry miner
Alinta Energy is planning on spending $100 million to expand the Newman Power Station to meet the needs of increasingly energy-hungry Pilbara miners.
Sustainability
Miners face higher bar to maintain ‘social licence’, report warns
Mining companies face the loss of their social licence, conflict with communities and potentially costly lawsuits if they are unable to demonstrate they are going beyond their required stakeholder and environmental obligations, warns a report from Deloitte.
Why you should think twice about using fake grass
Vic Sutton couldn’t face the idea of looking out onto “green plastic” daily.
Greener home doesn’t have to cost the earth
Four years ago, we bought a modest 1980s ex-government house. We deliberately bought a small property, as we had the idea to spend the rest of our budget on retrofitting our home along sustainable lines.
Researchers create eco-friendly, non-toxic ‘paint’ using rice husk at Delhi-based university
Researchers at Delhi-based Shiv Nadar University have developed an eco-friendly alternative to paint that is no-toxic and non-corrosive on household items. It is made from rice husk and can be an alternative to crop residue burning by farmers.
Sediments on glaciers act as sponge for contaminants: UNBC research
Researchers out of UNBC have found that sediments on the surfaces of a glacier in BC, and glaciers around the world are acting as a sponge; absorbing large amounts of contaminants contained in glacial meltwater.
Recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers and beaches – Saudi Gazette
Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment.
Nature Conservation
Trump to miners, loggers and drillers: This land is your land
From Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, the Trump administration wants to despoil, not preserve, America’s resources.
Do the Brazil Amazon fires justify environmental interventionism?
Lawrence Douglas
All the reasons that support the project of humanitarian intervention apply with equal, if not greater force, in the case of the environment.
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