Date: 7 March 2021 at 8:28:00 am AEDT
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Getting to net zero isn’t all pain and expense – there are huge opportunities for Australia
Warren Entsch
The warming of the planet is not some arbitrary political concept one either subscribes to or doesn’t — it is a scientific reality that we have to deal with
On This Day
Ecological Observance
National Groundwater Awareness Week
Climate Change
Antarctic seals reveal worrying threats to disappearing glaciers
More Antarctic meltwater is surfacing than was previously known, modifying the climate, preventing sea ice from forming and boosting marine productivity- according to new research.
Climate change is opening the Arctic up for business — and China wants in
Greenlanders are weighing up the delicate balance of economic growth, foreign influence and their environment as an election campaign largely centred on a Chinese-backed rare earth mine ramps up.
Climate activists take aim at former finance minister Mathias Cormann
More than two dozen groups have rallied to take down former Liberal MP Mathias Cormann as he edges closer to landing a high-profile new job.
National
Sport set to reckon with impacts of climate change, and encouraged to act now
Sport in Australia is set to imminently face the impacts of climate change, a new report states, as calls strengthen for sporting bodies in the country to lead the way on the issue.
‘Falling behind’: Climate challenge looms for Rio Tinto’s new CEO
Jakob Stausholm will face his first public test over the pace and extent of the miners’ emissions cuts at its next investor meetings.
Anjali Sharma breaking new ground in climate fight
This 16-year-old student activist turned her grief and anger over climate change into action.
Getting to net zero isn’t all pain and expense – there are huge opportunities for Australia
Warren Entsch
The warming of the planet is not some arbitrary political concept one either subscribes to or doesn’t — it is a scientific reality that we have to deal with
A shocking glimpse of renewables power future [$]
Terry McCrann
If we want electricity, as Britain has shown so emphatically this last week, it has to come, it can only come, from coal, from gas and from nuclear.
The slow life and city living are more compatible than you think
Sarah Berry
One in five Australians wants to move away from the stress of the city, but we can learn to live slower and more connected lives in the big smoke too.
Animal protection laws in Australia have been set up to fail
Emma Hurst
Animal protection laws have been set up to fail in Australia, and the RSPCA is just a symptom of a much greater conspiracy of oppression.
Victoria
Melbourne’s traffic to be worse than pre-lockdown levels [$]
Melbourne’s roads will soon be busier than before the pandemic — but it’s hoped a $340m blitz will keep traffic flowing as more people return to work.
One in six Victorian households at high or very high risk of climate hazard
One in six Victorian households is at a high or very high risk of climate hazards such as bushfires or flooding, new research shows.
Coal-fired power stations not forced to reduce greenhouse gases
Victoria’s environmental watchdog will not force the state’s heavily-polluting brown coal power stations to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, following a review and renewal of their licences.
‘Logging the lifeboats’: Locals raise alarm over Snobs Creek
Most Victorians have never heard of Snobs Creek Falls but in the past week this river and the surrounding forest has become a flashpoint for concerns over logging in the state’s Central Highlands.
New South Wales
Clover Moore’s plan to shrink Sydney golf course stuck in the rough
Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore’s controversial proposal to halve a popular golf course to provide more parkland for inner city residents appears to be stuck in the rough amid opposition from the NSW government and golfers.
ACT
‘Very disappointing’: Critically endangered habitat to make way for Belconnen big battery [$]
A big battery storage facility earmarked to be built at west Belconnen would need to have more than five hectares of critically endangered habitat cleared in order for it to proceed.
Queensland
A Logan social enterprise is turning electronic trash into a global treasure, repurposing old laptop batteries to create a solar-powered solution for poverty-stricken families across the world.
Jump in tip trips sparks call for return of hard-rubbish collections
Residents have paid “through the nose” to dump rubbish since the collection scheme’s suspension, with trips to rubbish dumps and the use of tip vouchers rising sharply.
Push for compost council bins [$]
Vegetable scraps, coffee grinds and egg shells could have their own dedicated bin for council collection, according to a new policy to be unveiled by Labor Brisbane.
South Australia
Tracking ‘quoll-ars’ reveal promising signs for vulnerable mammal’s survival
A group of western quolls — including Macchiato, Blue’s Clues and Hundreds and Thousands — have just been released outside a nature reserve in remote South Australia to see if the species can survive in competition with feral animals.
Tasmania
How Australia’s real Jurassic park is saving ‘dinosaur’ plant species from extinction
A Tasmanian garden wins international funding to create a Noah’s Ark of ancient plant species, some of which have existed for 150 million years.
Sustainability
Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources
Researchers call for revisions to air-quality monitoring guidelines to consider the sources of emissions
What can stream quality tell us about quality of life?
Findings reveal that demographics such as race and population density, as well as health indices such as cancer rates and food insecurity, show strong correlations with water quality across Virginia.
The CSIRO claims a seaweed additive can reduce emissions from burping sheep and cattle, but a leading marine ecologist is not convinced it’s commercially viable.
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