Daily Links May 29

The arguments from the Labor Environmental Action Network should be heeded, Albo, or this will happen more and more often. 

Post of the Day

Victorian and Tasmanian governments under fire for laws that target environmental protesters

Anti-logging protesters reject state governments’ claims new laws are necessary to protect workers’ safety

 

On This Day

May 29

Ascension of Baha’ullah – Baha’i

 

Ecological Observance

National Arbor Day – Venezuela

Learn About Composting Day

 

Climate Change

Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium

Only ambitious climate protection measures can still save a third of the tundra

 

Fastest carbon dioxide catcher heralds new age for direct air capture

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new carbon capture system which removes carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere with unprecedented performance.

 

Cows produce methane – does that matter?

Janet Berry

Cows give us milk, cheese, yoghurt and meat. Their hides become a handbag, a saddle or violin strings, depending on your fancy. And they are a source of critical medicines such as insulin. Cows also produce methane. Bucket loads of it. Or to be more precise, 250 to 500 litres of methane per cow per day.

 

I just saved $100 by switching energy retailer. Here are my six top tips

Jessica Irvine

If you haven’t shopped your electricity plan in years, you could save hundreds of dollars simply by switching to a new provider. Here’s how.

 

National

Victorian and Tasmanian governments under fire for laws that target environmental protesters

Anti-logging protesters reject state governments’ claims new laws are necessary to protect workers’ safety

 

Victoria

‘Chainsaws running three times a week’: Melbourne’s leafy east loses its trees

Property owners intent on expanding their homes are clearing canopy trees at an alarming rate.

 

Councils go on cat attack; big fines for roaming moggies [$]

More Victorian councils are set to lock in cats, with big fines for felines found roaming.

 

New South Wales

How satellites are saving starving kangaroos and helping farmers manage the pests

Hungry kangaroos cost farmers thousands of dollars in lost pasture every year. Now a group of farmers is using satellites to try to solve the issue.

 

North shore council slammed for selling off green space for seniors apartments

Seniors housing will be built on sporting fields in Sydney’s north shore under a controversial land deal that has angered residents.

 

Historic Sydney Harbour island to be restored, handed back to Indigenous landowners

Me-Mel, or Goat Island, in Sydney Harbour will finally be returned to the Aboriginal community in a significant move by the NSW government, which will spend more than $40 million on regenerating the landmark before it’s handed back.

 

Queensland

‘It’s very surreal’: Greens win third seat in Brisbane

The Greens’ Stephen Bates wins the seat of Brisbane, with Labor conceding defeat on Saturday afternoon. The result leaves Prime Minister Anthony Albanese still one seat short from forming a majority government.

 

A weed or feed? The cattle wonder crop creeping into city creeks

There’s around 150,000 hectares of leucaena on grazing property across Queensland, but the highly invasive pest becomes a flooding and fire hazard when left to grow out of control.

 

Final hurdle: Will state have the nerve to approve coalmine expansion? [$]

After more than a decade of red tape and scrutiny, a contentious mine expansion has reached its last hurdle – a formal green light from the Queensland Government to finally move forward.

 

Western Australia

A ‘chemical experiment’: Why Abrolhos coral is selling like hotcakes from WA

The Basile family diversified their crayfishing business a decade ago to become coral farmers at the Abrolhos Islands. The punt has paid off.

 

Sustainability

Beekeepers and communists: how environmentalists started a global conversation

The world’s longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journey

 

Producers and consumers must share burden of global plastic packaging waste

Plastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and pollute the global environment. A new study explores the global patterns of plastic packaging waste. The study finds three countries — the U.S., Brazil, and China — are the top suppliers of waste.

 

Nature Conservation

Sensor network in the forest to improve forecasts of climate change impacts

Scientists from the University of Freiburg and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are developing an intelligent sensor network for harsh forest environments.

 

Rewilding, or just a greenwashed land grab? It all depends on who benefits

Eleanor Salter

Such schemes should be celebrated only when local people and democratic institutions lead the way

 

 



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