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Effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere
Researchers have investigated the extent to which direct capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ambient air can help to effectively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The result: With careful planning, for example with regard to location and provision of the necessary energy, CO2 can be removed in a climate-effective manner.
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Assumption of Mary – Catholicism
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Climate Change
Effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere
Researchers have investigated the extent to which direct capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ambient air can help to effectively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The result: With careful planning, for example with regard to location and provision of the necessary energy, CO2 can be removed in a climate-effective manner.
The climate apocalypse is real, and it is coming
Thomas Reese
Concern for the environment can no longer be an optional or secondary aspect of Christianity. It must be central to who we are as Christians.
Climate doomism is the new climate denial [$]
Tim Hollo
“So, New Zealand looks like the best place to ride out the apocalypse. When are we moving?”
Humans’ fingerprints on climate change are becoming clearer
Peter Hannam and Mike Foley
Attaching human blame to the world’s climate chaos has benefits from increasing political pressure to cut emissions to better predicting weather.
Climate change report as bogus, unscientific as ever [$]
Piers Akerman
Empirical research doesn’t cut it with the Kumbaya crew protesting outside Parliament House as they are all barracking for an apocalyptic end to the world as we know it.
National
Commercial fishers are worried our lockdown passion for sinking a line may have gone too far.
Government committed to National Forest Plan
Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam said he looked forward to working with the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) to progress the National Forest Industries Plan.
Australia alarmed by China nuke site [$]
Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton has hit out at China for building silos capable of firing nuclear missiles.
Think Morrison was wrong about electric cars and weekends? Wait till you hear him on emissions
Greg Jericho
When it comes to facing up to the reality of combatting climate change, the Coalition has utterly failed
Morrison’s pledge on ocean waste – a shiny (plastic) distraction from climate policy
The Prime Minister has previously been vocal about not leaving our children an environmental disaster. He could extend that principle to climate change.
Net zero by 2050: why Liberal Party moderates believe they’ve won
James Massola
While the focus is on the Nationals’ objections, moderate Liberals say behind the scenes they have all but won the argument.
The Nationals are in the service of ‘the evil one’
Jack Waterford
Many students of the arts of war are given to admiring the military genius of those who were defeated, even where they were wicked men of evil causes – in every sense of the word servants of what Scott Morrison seems to call “the evil one.”
Victoria
‘They really stink’: Photographer makes dresses from Merri Creek waste
Daisy Noyes has for the past year been collecting litter from Merri Creek and fashioning it into dresses for her, her friends and her two sons to pose in.
New South Wales
Citizen scientists’ hope to save special gang-gang cockatoos after precipitous decline
Gang-gang cockatoos will soon be listed as endangered, but a passionate group of citizen scientists on the NSW South Coast hopes their project can save the precious bird.
ACT
Canberra battery system fires on the rise
ACT emergency crews are responding to a growing number of call-outs to fires sparked by battery storage systems on Canberra homes.
Canberra doctors launch new climate change health risk campaign [$]
Canberra doctors could soon be discussing health risks caused by climate change to patients as part of a new push by the ACT’s peak medical body.
Should those who love wood heaters be afraid they’re on the way out?
B.R. Doherty
Not unlike signalling “yep” or “nope” for a new a pope, the smoke spewing from the chimney of the house up the road is laden with meaning.
Queensland
Experience month in life of K’gari wongari
How does a wongari spend his time on K’gari? According to amazing footage captured by a camera collar, he eats midgym berries, goes for long walks in the bush and on the beach, visits a township and spends plenty of time with his mate.
Gobsmacking amount recreational fishing nets the economy
It’s a popular pastime in Queensland, and now a new report has revealed how much money recreational fishing is injecting into the Sunshine State’s economy.
Shot on sight: Menacing magpies in crosshairs of new laws
Queensland may adopt NSW-style laws allowing magpies to be shot on sight following a baby’s freak death.
Corals survive the heat with bacterial help
Probiotic treatment prevents the death of corals from heatwaves.
South Australia
Adelaide public transport complaints reach record level as commuters return to system
The number of complaints per 100,000 journeys on Adelaide’s public transport system rises again as people return to the city’s buses, trains and trams.
Lenders leading green intiatives
Martin Haese
In this edition of the Business SA Sustainable Business series, I highlight the strides that financial institutions are taking, offering low-interest lending options to individuals purchasing infrastructure that promotes sustainability.
Tasmania
JBS praises Huon Aquaculture environmental record in response to ‘Twiggy’ Forrest comments
Brazilian meat-processing giant JBS has praised the environmental record of Huon Aquaculture during its takeover bid, following concerns raised by billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest who increased his stake in the Tasmanian salmon producer.
Northern Territory
Traditional owners fear climate change is threatening sacred sites, but they worry about this water licence more
An anthropological survey identifies 29 sacred sites threatened by a 40,000-megalitre water licence granted recently to a Northern Territory cattle station.
Sustainability
People urged to dispose of masks properly as PPE threatens environment
Masks were mandated to protect the community from the spread of COVID-19 but as the single-use PPE makes its way into gutters and waterways, people are being reminded to protect the environment as well.
s blazes incinerated the island of Evia, tearing through tinder-dry forest during the worst heatwave in more than three decades, some residents decided to stay and fight.
Research shows flocking birds, schooling fish, other collective movements can stabilize ecosystems
In addition to being visually stunning, schools of herring, herds of wildebeest and countless other groups of organisms that act in concert can help complex ecosystems maintain their diversity and stability.
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