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How much would it cost to reforest Australian farmland for carbon credits?
Offsetting agricultural emissions through reforestation would cost a fair chunk of farm profits, new research suggests. So what’s the best way to tackle agricultural emissions?
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How much would it cost to reforest Australian farmland for carbon credits?
Offsetting agricultural emissions through reforestation would cost a fair chunk of farm profits, new research suggests. So what’s the best way to tackle agricultural emissions?
KitKat to Milo maker Nestle’ Australia’s big change that consumers won’t have noticed
From this week, 100 per cent of the electricity Nestle purchases to power its Australian factories, offices and distribution centres will come from renewable sources.
‘Vandals’: Victoria, Queensland fume over federal climate intervention
The commonwealth has used new powers to cancel states’ participation in global climate action
Indigenous deal to help safeguard culture [$]
Indigenous groups from around the country will have a direct say in the reform of the nation’s cultural heritage protection systems under an agreement set to be signed by the federal government.
Signs of thaw in China’s ban on Australian coal [$]
Miners are hopeful about resuming exports of the fossil fuel after small shipments stranded for more than a year were cleared last month.
Record water prices defy the big wet [$]
A rainy year has sparked floods and filled big dams, but abundant supply has not stopped a record-breaking rally in H2O values in the nation’s food bowl.
Australia’s ad industry accused of hindering climate action [$]
A volunteer group has labelled agencies that promote fossil fuel companies as part of a “protection racket” for polluters.
Sovereign energy needs must come from national lead [$]
Peter Layton
The pandemic and the rise of China have forced us to rethink Australia’s national security.
The road to cheaper energy is bumpy but we must focus on the destination [$]
Anna Collyer
Based on the best knowledge we have today, electricity prices across Australia are falling.
Victoria
State to host biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere
Work to build the $2 billion Golden Plains facility at Rokewood will start next year after Victoria’s Planning Minister gave it the nod.
New South Wales
‘The holy grail’: Rob Stokes’ vision for transport and planning
Simultaneously holding the massive portfolios of Transport and Planning for only a few months, Rob Stokes says he’s focused on using the ministerial “holy grail” to set in motion the transformation of Sydney’s active transport network.
Queensland
‘Tax grab’: Qld waste levy rubbished as targets slip away [$]
Queensland’s waste levy has been slammed as a complete failure, with the state ‘not on track’ to reach targets of reducing household waste or lifting recycling.
South Australia
Plans unveiled for largest road infrastructure project in SA’s history
Plans have been released showing the final design for South Australia’s biggest infrastructure project.
Kimba’s nuclear deal is sealed: $325m waste facility confirmed [$]
Small Eyre Peninsula town of Kimba confirmed by Canberra as home to Australia’s new nuclear waste facility.
Tasmania
Report showing Tasmanian waterways deteriorating kept secret, department did not want a ‘bombshell’
Right to Information files show a major report on Tasmanian rivers was not publicly released after the department directed staff to make it an internal document, following acknowledgements some stakeholders might have found it “difficult to accept”.
Western Australia
Maralinga nuclear tests: descendants of displaced buy shares in company planning WA uranium mine
Purchase designed to enable Indigenous objections to Mulga Rock project as environmental approval set to expire in three weeks
Sustainability
We are on the verge of extraordinary change with technologies emerging in 2022 [$]
Here are 22 emerging technologies worth watching in 2022.
Give children a voice in the design of our urban environments: UNICEF [$]
Too many Australian children growing up in urban areas live far from the green spaces and amenities they need to thrive, often because cities are designed by, and for, adults, a leading children’s advocate says.
Plastic pollution making its way into bodies of wildlife, humans
Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates that about half of the world’s seabirds have ingested plastic additives.
Will Germany’s ‘debt brake’ stop its green ambitions?
The new government has big plans to modernize the economy and switch to renewable energy. But the question remains how it will pay for it.
Nobel-winning stock market theory used to help save coral reefs
Portfolio selection rules on evaluating risk used to pick 50 reefs as ‘arks’ best able to survive climate crisis and revive coral elsewhere
Hope ‘rabbit hotels’ can help Britain’s decimated population bounce back
Brash piles provide safety from predators and place to breed for animal now hailed as ‘ecosystem engineer’
Can lithium cure what ails the Salton Sea?
Proposals to suck lithium from the brine of geothermal operations at the Salton Sea have raised hopes of new jobs and environmental improvement.
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