If you are thinking of relaxing about the state of the globe, don’t. This article reporting on the views of serious analysts regarding climate change, disease, technology and financial crises is bleak. ‘The gap between the challenges and the institutions meant to deal with them continues to grow’. Hanrahan might have been right, we will all be rooned.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/opinion/global-trends-intelligence-report.html
The ‘Prince of Paradox’, McGuiness’s claimed conservationist shot a tiger and mountain sheep and was a dedicated deer stalker and grouse shooter. The Duke of Edinburgh reportedly also hated wind turbines. She takes up column inches but what is in them is of no consequence.https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/duke-of-edinburgh-the-prince-of-paradoxes-offers-a-clue-on-how-to-bridge-the-great-climate-divide-20210416-p57jui.html
Pity the distinguished gentleman from Engadine Maccas didn’t do a more useful Honours thesis than a study of his peculiar then-branch of God-bothering. I mean, what have the Exclusive Brethren got to teach us about resource extraction, the carbon content in natural gas or the importance of setting targets to drive action?https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/scott-morrison-s-net-zero-target-will-not-be-at-the-expense-of-mining-profits-20210416-p57jus.html
Anyone want to argue for ramping up a nuclear industry in Australia? Japan plans to release one million tonnes of radioactive water into the sea while the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant will take another 20 – 30 years.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-13/fukushima-japan-dump-contaminated-radioactive-water-ocean/100065724
I’ve been told that the circulation, all on-line of course, of Guardian Australia is over 7 million. That is a big and so pleasing number of consumers of high-quality journalism. But they’d be largely people who accept that we are in a climate emergency, where is NewsCorp in the list of media companies prepared to do their part? Yes, silly question.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/covering-climate-now-guardian-climate-emergency
From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 12 April 2021 at 8:16:59 am AESTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links Apr 12 And a Postscript from Maelor – perhaps the State Bank Of India is showing …
‘Developed wilderness’ is an oxymoron. Tasmania is one of the few places on this planet where there are genuine wilderness experiences available to other than than the very well-heeled. Taking a helicopter into an upmarket ‘Eco-lodge’ in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area of the Walls of Jerusalem Is not a genuine wilderness experience.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/10/privatising-the-wilderness-the-tasmanian-project-that-could-become-a-national-park-test-case
Fossil fool to head Climate Change Authority? This is not just stacking Boards with your mates or handing out sinecures as superannuation to those who’ve already suckled on the public …
When these wins happen, they need to be celebrated. Congratulations to the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and World Wide Fund for Nature. For everyone wanting to know which species can be eaten with a conservation conscience (and that is everyone), download GoodFish, the Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide app, developed by AMCS.https://www.miragenews.com/fishing-industry-appeal-on-orange-roughy-fails-541123/
Off-list with this fascinating article by George Monbiot discussing the ideology that ate society. Importantly, what is the progressive response to neo-liberalism?https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot