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Robert Glasser
The climate policies of the former Morrison government were widely panned – largely for a weak commitment to cutting emissions and a slow transition to renewable energy. But amid all the shortcomings, arguably the biggest was the Coalition’s neglect of security threats posed by climate change.
On This Day
Climate Change
Climate change to affect wheat production, experts warn
Experts warned in a study published in Berlin on Wednesday that wheat yields could drop by seven per cent for every degree celsius of global warming.
National
The ‘silver bullet’ that could fix Australia’s lagging electric vehicle uptake
Australia’s EV uptake is lagging behind the rest of the world, but these tax experts have some reforms that they think would rapidly increase sales.
Calls to end native logging as Australia’s largest gliding mammal is listed as endangered
The greater glider lost more than a third of its habitat during the Black Summer bushfires and has remained vulnerable to logging and a warming climate.
How can we become more resilient to floods? The answer may lie in the recent and ancient past
Cities like New Orleans weathered storms far better after the harsh lessons of Katrina, but Australia has a unique source of knowledge that is being ignored when it comes to disaster planning, experts say.
Treasury to model economic impact of climate change after 9-year break
Treasury has been directed by Jim Chalmers to examine the cost and impact of climate change, something it stopped after the election of the Abbott government.
Bowser blues: No relief in sight for motorists as $2.10 petrol returns
Drivers are being warned not to expect any immediate relief from sky-high petrol prices despite steep falls in the cost of crude oil this week.
EnergyAustralia rating cut as power fallout spreads [$]
EnergyAustralia may be at risk of breaching a debt covenant amid ongoing coal power outages and the persistent crisis in the electricity grid.
Anthony Albanese speaks on climate change during flood visit – video
Speaking at a flood disaster payments announcement, the prime minister said Australia must be a part of the global push against climate change.
Why we’ll be paying high prices for electricity for years and how it became such a mess
John McCarthy
Australians face another three years of high energy prices and have been urged to dump gas to avoid spiralling costs, but solar has also been judged as far too expensive to allow for green hydrogen.
We’re watching the impact of climate change play out in real time [$]
Nic Seton
Hearing that Australia has a 50-50 chance of facing yet another La Nina event sent a shudder up my spine last week.
Private cars only for the elite in climate cult’s nirvana [$]
Clarissa Bye
In the not-too-distant future, everyone will be ditching private car ownership – so say the climate crazies and bureaucrats who want to use your money to cramp your freedoms.
To advance, Australia must think of the children – not their parents
Matt Wade
Putting young people at the heart of our adult-focused policymaking will help to ensure that we convert our considerable national wealth into wellbeing for all Australian children.
Robert Glasser
The climate policies of the former Morrison government were widely panned – largely for a weak commitment to cutting emissions and a slow transition to renewable energy. But amid all the shortcomings, arguably the biggest was the Coalition’s neglect of security threats posed by climate change.
Angus Taylor shocked to discover climate change
David Ritter
After Angus Taylor’s shock at the current flood devastation, Greenpeace CEO David Ritter explains why it wasn’t hard to see coming.
Nasty energy bill shock awaits companies that thought they had escaped [$]
Jennifer Hewett
The politicians and the regulators accused generators of gaming the system last month but all consumers will end up paying generators the compensation for being forced to operate at a loss.
Victoria
Victoria restricts bee movement into Sunraysia as NSW varroa mite outbreak worsens
With 24 infestations of the deadly parasite now identified in NSW and the almond pollination season looming, Agriculture Victoria has taken steps to protect the north-west border region.
Conservationists welcome cat containment policy in Victorian council area
Cat owners will be fined if their pets are caught off their properties in a move welcomed by wildlife conservationists.
Key reason why Melburnians own so many cars [$]
When it comes to multiple car ownership in Melbourne, families in the outer north east are leading the pack — and there’s a key reason why.
New South Wales
If La Niña is gone, why is it still raining? And is it coming back?
Flooding rains in New South Wales this week were triggered by a “wave” in the atmospheric jet stream, according to a scientist who says a La Niña weather pattern is also a factor.
It wasn’t a parasite that killed these bees, it was flooding
Just when beekeepers thought varroa mite was their biggest concern, floodwaters have inundated areas around much of the NSW Hunter Valley.
Inner West is now 100% renewable and 100% divested from fossil fuels
Inner West Council has today become the first local government in Australia to be 100 percent divested from fossil fuels and 100 percent powered by renewable energy.
NSW Government declaration to protect cultural significance of Aboriginal ceremonial site
A 9.6-hectare section of the Hexham Wetlands used by the Awabakal people as a place of spiritual connection and ceremony has become the first site in Newcastle officially protected with an Aboriginal Place declaration by the NSW Minister for Heritage.
NSW Govt unveils 20-year Indigenous national parks joint management plan
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council wants to ensure self-determination is baked into a newly-released government plan to transfer national parks to Traditional Owners over the next 20 years.
Albanese to examine ‘controversial’ dam proposal [$]
The Prime Minister will seek “appropriate advice” on raising the Warragamba Dam wall as spill from the catchment inundates the Hawkesbury again.
Sydney the ‘worst city in the world’ for planning [$]
One of the key architects of the Greater Sydney Commission Three Cities plan says Sydney’s moribund planning system has failed to deliver and will ruin the city.
Plain speaking on climate change will help us fight the floods
SMH editorial
Anthony Albanese has acknowledged the role of climate change in the floods. Now a royal commission is needed into how NSW responds.
Queensland
Noosa mourns death of much-loved white brush turkey
This Noosa brush turkey is known as a “celebrity” and “little legend”, and in the wake of his death residents in the Queensland tourist town are calling for more protection for the species.
$3b wind, solar project to power nearly half the state’s homes [$]
A $3 billion wind, solar and battery project now under construction in Central Queensland has the potential to power 40 per cent of the state’s houses.
Fires threaten K’gari dune systems: report
Seven threatened plant and animal species on the World Heritage-listed site also had up to three-quarters of their island habitat burnt, government scientific report has found.
Efforts ramp up to move bat colony with wacky, wavy, inflatable tube figures
We’ve seen them trying to get our attention at car yards. Now Rockhampton Regional Council uses wavy tube figures to deter bats, but a conservation group argues the money would be better spent elsewhere.
Kids, coral and ‘cauliflowers’ – how nature throws up the most unforgettable things
Rebecca Levingston
Even though she grew up within reach of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef, Rebecca Levingston still can’t quite do justice to the magnificence of nature.
South Australia
Special laws triggered to keep SA free of costly parasite [$]
SA is slamming shut its border to two interstate imports as it fights to stay free of a pest that’s caused havoc overseas — and has just landed in the east.
Tasmania
MMG halts activities in disputed zone
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation
After receiving another communication from our Foundation’s lawyers, MMG has decided to cease all activities involving vehicles, machinery and other equipment within the controversial mining lease in takayna / Tarkine, for the time being.
Media release – Guy Barnett, Minister for Resources
Tasmania has the ideal environment and a world-class reputation for our sustainable forestry industry and this has been further strengthened with the launch of ActivAcre.
Northern Territory
Bushfire spreading in the Top End [$]
Fireys are trying to contain a bushfire that is spreading in the Top End.
Western Australia
Darlot native title rights formally recognised as judge says 1890s gold rush inflicted ‘untold misery’
Traditional landowners in Western Australia’s northern Goldfields have had their native title rights formally recognised by the Federal Court, 30 years after the historic Mabo decision.
Freo makes it easier to choose reusable cups during Plastic Free July
Twelve cafes in Fremantle and East Fremantle are trialling a reuse cup model with a vision to make the single-use takeaway cup redundant.
‘Cultural genocide’: Australian state putting industry before heritage, Indigenous women tell UN
Traditional owners urge Geneva panel to hold Western Australia and business accountable for cultural damage and fostering ‘chaos’ in Burrup Peninsula
WA Traditional Owners take Woodside fight to UN
Murujuga is home to 1 million pieces of art dating back tens of thousands of years, nominated for World Heritage Listing. But it is also home to oil and gas.
Chevron says Gorgon carbon capture just the start [$]
Technical struggles at the Gorgon carbon capture storage facility have not dimmed Chevron’s desire to do more CCS in Australia.
Sustainability
EU Parliament backs gas and nuclear as climate-friendly investments
The European Parliament has backed EU rules labelling investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly, throwing out an attempt to block the law that has exposed deep rifts between countries over how to fight climate change.
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev issues nuclear warning to US
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told the United States that attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity.
Plastic Free July: How plastic is made and why is it problem?
Plastics have become a common and accepted part of our lives.
Sand batteries could store renewable energy – podcast
Researchers in Finland have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery” which can store power from renewable sources for months at a time.
Women, SMEs and sustainable development – lessons learnt for road ahead
Cecilia Ugaz Estrada and Carmen Schuber
Women entrepreneurs are active agents of change to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Nature Conservation
Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants
Tests on 387 bats from five species found that all were exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine insecticides, legacy pollutants that have long been banned.
Bringing back the beasts: Global rewilding plans take shape
With a growing number of studies demonstrating the importance of large mammals to healthy ecosystems, scientists are proposing concrete plans to reintroduce these animals to the wild.
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