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Reality check: The green inflation myth
Kingsmill Bond et al
The latest myth of the energy transition is that green technologies are driving inflation because they are expensive and rising in price. The reality is in fact the opposite. The faster the world deploys renewables, the more money we will save in energy costs.
On This Day
Ecological Observance
National
TikTok takes on climate as new social activism sweeps the net
Tara Bellerose spends 15 to 20 hours a week making videos for Instagram and TikTok. She’s part of a growing group of climate influencers tackling one of the biggest challenges via social media.
Victoria
It’s crunch time: How ‘healthy’ is Victoria’s koala population really?
Koalas in NSW and Queensland have been declared endangered but that doesn’t mean Victoria’s koalas aren’t at risk too. Experts say it’s more important than ever that they’re protected.
New South Wales
‘Jobs of tomorrow’: NSW unveils 3,700 clean energy jobs amid closure plan for Eraring coal plant
NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean says more than 3,700 future industry jobs will be created in response to the closure of Eraring coal power station.
In Riverina rice fields, farmers and scientists join forces to save a mysterious waterbird
With fewer than 2,000 Australasian bitterns left in the wild, the endangered bird relies on the wet rice fields to fledge their young
After the Bega by-election, rural doctor identifies key health concerns
Dr Michael Holland, a 64-year-old obstetrician and gynaecologist who is set to become the first Labor MP for the New South Wales south coast seat of Bega, has a long history of fighting for better rural health services. He is also an advocate for fairer housing policy and climate action, having witnessed the impact of 2019-2020 bushfire emergency upon local communities and health services.
Ian Kirkwood
It was 39 years ago in 1983 and a sight I’ll never forget.
Kean’s energy activism a threat to power reliability [$]
Piers Akerman
Pulling the plug on the Eraring plant — one of the state’s largest electricity sources — is the latest damaging folly from woke virtue-signalling politician Matt Kean
ACT
Free rapid antigen tests for schools at cost to the environment
Boxes of plastic rapid antigen test kits will be distributed to ACT schools over the next few weeks after a decision was announced on Wednesday to continue handing them out for another four weeks.
Volunteers join fight to save Namadgi’s burnt bogs
A project has begun to restore precious bogs in Namadgi National Park after important ecosystems were desecrated by the Black Summer bushfires.
Queensland
Environment minister calls on Morrison government to provide clarity on $50M koala spending [$]
The Queensland Environment Minister has called for greater clarity from the Commonwealth government on how it proposes to spend money promised for koala protection.
Tasmania
Residents of Dynnyrne and Olinda Grove, Mount Nelson, told prepare for uncontrolled bushfire
Bushfire threatens homes in state’s South, Watch and Act alert issued
Tasmania Fire Service issued a Watch and Act alert for residents in Tasmania’s South due to a bushfire that is out of control, putting lives and homes at risk.
Sustainability
Construction workers at risk of unintentionally exposing families to multiple toxic metals
A new study provides evidence that construction workers, in particular, are at high risk of inadvertently tracking a host of other toxic metals into their homes. The study identifies and measures the highest number of metals –30– in construction workers’ homes, to date.
Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water
For years, researchers have tried to find efficient and cost-effective ways to harness the extreme reactivity of aluminum to generate clean hydrogen fuel. A new study shows that an easily produced composite of gallium and aluminum creates aluminum nanoparticles that react rapidly with water at room temperature to yield large amounts of hydrogen.
Seeing ‘green’ can ease confusion, anger in navigating hospitals, WVU researcher says
Research conducted by Shan Jiang, an associate professor in West Virginia University’s School of Design and Community Development, showed that introducing nature into large hospitals can humanize the institutional environment and reduce the stress of patients, visitors and healthcare providers.
Reality check: The green inflation myth
Kingsmill Bond et al
The latest myth of the energy transition is that green technologies are driving inflation because they are expensive and rising in price. The reality is in fact the opposite. The faster the world deploys renewables, the more money we will save in energy costs.
Peter Sainsbury
Electric cars sales are booming but so are coal’s, strongly supported by the banks. The Kyoto and Pari agreements fail to keep tabs on military forces’ greenhouse gas emissions.
Forgotten species ‘go extinct’ twice
New research explores the phenomenon of societal extinction. Societal extinction is the loss of species from our collective memory and attention. Species can disappear from our societies, cultures and discourses at the same time as, or even before, they are made biologically extinct by various human actions.
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