Date: 28 August 2022 at 6:02:11 am AWST
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Subject: Daily Links Aug 28
Post of the Day
Electric car-ready homes will help firm up the power grid, Ed Husic says
Governments urged to plan for emerging technologies that will allow bidirectional charging so vehicle batteries can power homes
On This Day
Dormition of the Mother of God – Eastern Christianity
Ecological Observance
Lake Sevan Day – Armenia
National
Snowy Hydro boss says ‘clash of ideas’ with Energy Minister sparked resignation
Paul Broad says he is disappointed to be leaving Snowy Hydro after falling out with Chris Bowen over a gas plant in the NSW Hunter Region.
Electric car-ready homes will help firm up the power grid, Ed Husic says
Governments urged to plan for emerging technologies that will allow bidirectional charging so vehicle batteries can power homes
Alison Broinowski
Remember the Cold War I years, when Capital Hill in Canberra became a huge hole, at the bottom of which was a space designated as a bomb shelter?
Rachel Withers
One of the worst parts of Labor’s climate betrayal is watching them parrot Coalition talking points
Victoria
Victorian Opposition recognition of gas as central to cleaner energy future is sensible policy
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) today said Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s pledge to end natural gas bans and use the energy source to replace coal and partner with renewables on the road to net zero was a sensible position backed by experts.
New South Wales
Observatory Hill weather station’s annual rain tally ticks over 2,000mm for the first time since 1963. Another 200mm by the end of 2022 would see a new record set in Sydney.
‘Like a bomb site’: Hundreds of trees removed for north shore freeway upgrade
The removal of hundreds of trees to upgrade a freeway has sparked outrage on Sydney’s north shore with a Liberal MP criticising the NSW government’s management of major road projects.
Bulldozing trust: when the big build back tramples on communities and wildlife
Kurt Johnson
A Sydney development fuels suspicions that projects being promoted to help the post-Covid recovery are overriding local communities, councils and environmental safeguards.
Queensland
Dodging crocs and jellyfish all part of saving forgotten ocean forest
A team of scientists is determined to reestablish destroyed seagrass meadows near Cairns — a haven for marine life — navigating some of nature’s deadliest creatures along the way.
How much is Queensland’s bottom line powered by coal royalties? Not as much as you might think
What happens if the state transitions to renewables or mining giants pull the pin on major projects in Queensland?
‘Very good to see’ or ‘complete madness’? Locals’ polar opinions on New Acland mine expansion
The New Hope mining company pushed for 14 years to expand the New Acland mine near the Queensland town of Oakey. Now it’s been approved, but some locals say they’ll fight it “like a mongrel dog”.
South Australia
Protesters’ defiant act at popular mall
Climate activists have staged a defiant act outside a popular mall in Adelaide, with police and firefighters being called in to disperse a large protest.
Rising river sparks warnings up and down the mighty Murray [$]
Water levels are rising to their highest point in years and it’s sparked inundation warnings for communities all the way down to the lower reaches.
Tasmania
On one side of Tasmania is a wind farm that helps fill the local council coffers. On the other side, there is a wind farm that is not required to pay rates — and the local council isn’t happy.
‘Game changer’: Tassie’s biggest green energy project [$]
It’s been described as the biggest industrial manufacturing project in the state’s history, and the man behind the southern Tasmanian green energy hub is excited by the opportunities it presents.
Filmmaker ‘carries dad’s spirit’ retracing epic Franklin rafting trip [$]
It’s been 40 years since the legendary blockade of the Franklin River got under way and a new film is set to shine a light on the successful campaign to stop a controversial dam being built there.
Lawyers slam state gov for anti-protest stance [$]
A national association of lawyers has lashed Tasmania’s state politicians for passing anti-protest laws, saying they appear to support “the pursuit of profit at the expense of society”
Long Bay protest against Tassal salmon pens
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation
Hundreds of people hit the water to protest against the toxic salmon industry
Sustainability
Ukrainian authorities have started giving out iodine tablets to residents near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as concerns grow about a potential major nuclear catastrophe.
UN chief disappointed nuclear treaty conference ends without consensus
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for dialogue to reduce the nuclear threat after countries failed to reach consensus at a conference to review the landmark Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), his Spokesperson said on Saturday.
New evidence shows planting around school playgrounds protects children from air pollution
Scientists have published new evidence showing that selective planting of vegetation between roads and playgrounds can substantially cut toxic traffic-derived air pollution reaching school children. The new findings demonstrate that roadside vegetation can be designed, installed and maintained to achieve rapid, significant and cost-effective improvement of air quality.
Nature Conservation
Getting data to do more for biodiversity
Michigan State University ecologists have developed a mathematical framework that could help monitor and preserve biodiversity without breaking the bank.
Climate change is increasing frequency of fish mass die-offs
Using data collected from more than 500 previous fish die-offs from lakes across Wisconsin and Michigan, researchers use modeling to predict increasing frequency of mass die-offs as a result of climate change.
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