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Avoiding plastics and using a reusable coffee cup to save the environment? Maybe you’ve been duped
It’s big businesses, not individuals, that need to change if we are to address environmental issues.This author says clever marketing has made us think otherwise.
On This Day
Feast of Queenship of Mary – Catholicism
Climate Change
Thunberg cult is over, but damage remains [$]
Andrew Bolt
Taking advice from a 16-year-old extremist on how to power a 21st century economy turns out to be as disastrous as it was absurd.
Now is not the time to abandon climate transparency
Muriel Pénicaud
Drying rivers, burning forests, record temperatures — this summer has offered multiple reminders of the sheer scale of the planetary climate crisis. People are suffering and calling for action.
National
Call to protect consumers from the solar ‘shonks’ and failed businesses
Solar companies are still going out of business and leaving their customers with worthless warranties, with industry experts warning the national shift to renewable energy will stall unless consumer protections are boosted.
Drivers want an electric vehicle in the neighbour’s driveway first [$]
Car dealership bosses say electric vehicle supply backlogs and high prices add to buyer caution as utes reign supreme in Australia.
Toxic rat baits are poisoning native wildlife — here’s what you can do to stop it
Commonly used products toxic products used to kill rodents are harming native animals in increasing numbers, according to wildlife experts.
Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger may be a noble idea – but what about preserving existing species?
Adam Morton
While de-extinction research may benefit conservation efforts overall, we shouldn’t have to rely on it to give a wildlife a future
It’s time for fossil fuel profiteers to pay their way
Tim Buckley
There’s never been a better time – or a more urgent imperative – to take a cold, hard look at the super profits currently enjoyed by fossil fuel companies.
Reason is dead in climate debate [$]
Andrew Bolt
Never have we seen so many politicians tell so many lies to persuade us to trash what works and replace it with what won’t.
Real cost of Chris Bowen’s electric dreams exposed [$]
Tim Blair
The Climate Change Minister plans to pull every market-warping, command-economy lever within reach in an attempt to shove you into an electric car.
Labor in cloud cuckoo land on our energy future [$]
Scott Hargreaves
The government’s plan to ‘Rewire the Nation’ will fail. Here’s why…
AGL, Origin point to disturbing turn for power grid [$]
Ticky Fullerton
Neither company was prepared to give full-year earnings guidance this week. That shows the market is broken – despite all the talk of a green transition.
Road user charges on EVs prove politically taxing [$]
Jennifer Hewett
The government wants a fuel efficiency standard to encourage the supply of electric vehicles into Australia. But it is much more cautious about road user charges.
Why direct action technology, not taxes, is a better climate bet [$]
Sam Uden and Chris Greig
Using the safeguard mechanism to put a price on carbon can be politically struck down. And there is limited real-world evidence of it working to cut emissions.
Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia’s fuel imports: study
Richard Oloruntob et al
China’s sabre-rattling around Taiwan underlines the need for Australia to be prepared for conflict in the South China Sea.
Victoria
Sophie Black
Development hits a roadblock in the regional town of Torquay
New South Wales
Living sea walls and kelp forests: the plans to lure marine life back to Sydney Harbour
‘Seabirds to Seascapes’ project aims to boost biodiversity and improve water quality, encouraging seals and penguins back to the harbour
Transport agency planned to cut Sydney’s peak-hour train services
Internal documents show the agency floated a plan to cut train services in Sydney during peak periods in a bid to save money and reconfigure the rail network.
ACT
ACT to push for home efficiency boost in national construction code [$]
All new Australian homes would need to meet strict energy efficiency requirements – which would save home owners money and reduce emissions – under national changes being pushed by the ACT government.
Would you like a straw with that? Cafes shun plastic straw ban [$]
Several weeks into the ACT’s plastic-straw ban many cafes have not made the switch, with stakeholders including Artisan Canberra owners asking the government to aim higher.
Scooter misadventures: what lies beneath the surface of Lake Burley Griffin? [$]
If you’ve wondered if the lake’s been a bit smellier than usual lately, it has.
Queensland
‘Captured by the Greens’: Palmer lashes out over mine decision [$]
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has broken his silence on the Albanese Government moving to knock back his proposed Queensland coal mine, saying “to reject $80 billion shows economic irresponsibility”.
State rakes in $1.2b coal royalties 24 times faster than claimed [$]
What was supposed to take four years has instead taken just two months, with the State Government wallowing in coal royalties.
Red tape: Gina Rinehart weighs in on coal royalty rise [$]
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart claims government red tape is undermining the industry’s prosperity and risks aiding Russia’s war against Ukraine. It comes in the wake of the shock increase in coal mining royalties.
Industry deserves royalty consultation [$]
Courier Mail editorial
To not even consult with an industry that provides so many jobs to Queenslanders is not only arrogant, but unprofessional
South Australia
The South Australian opposition is urging the release of a review into Adelaide’s North-South Corridor project but the state’s infrastructure minister has hit back, citing the former government’s four years of inaction.
South Australia’s Flinders Ranges nominated for Unesco world heritage status
Dubbed a ‘great outdoor museum’, the fossil-rich region will be assessed by the World Heritage Centre, a process expected to take another two years
Sustainability
Sizewell C nuclear plant funding approved despite Tory split
Boris Johnson gives financing go-ahead despite warnings decision could limit incoming government
Avoiding plastics and using a reusable coffee cup to save the environment? Maybe you’ve been duped
It’s big businesses, not individuals, that need to change if we are to address environmental issues.This author says clever marketing has made us think otherwise.
Oil smuggling worsens pollution in Euphrates River
The residents living near the Euphrates River in northeast Syria are suffering the consequences of water pollution mainly caused by oil spills resulting from smuggling operations between the areas held by the Kurdish forces and the Syrian government.
European city to replicate ancient Iranian technology against heatwave
Scorching heat has hit many European cities this summer. To lower average temperatures, engineers in Spain’s Seville have come up with a way to replicate the ancient technology of the qanats, which Iranians created more than 1,000 years ago.
The Guardian view on Earth-friendly diets: cooking animals is cooking the planet
Guardian editorial
Eating less meat will help, but governments remain indispensable actors in solving the climate crisis
Nature Conservation
The Mapuche have been battling hydro-electric plants and other projects they say have been desecrating nature for a decade.
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