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Date: 14 January 2023 at 8:53:12 am AEDT
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Subject: Daily Links Jan 14
Climate change tops World Economic Forum’s agenda – podcast
With the annual World Economic Forum set to meet in Davos, a new report indicates climate change tops the list of long term global economic challenges.
On This Day
Thai Pongal – Hinduism
Feast of the Divina Pastora – Barquisimeto
Ecological Observance
National Forest Conservation Day – Thailand
Climate Change
A new study finds the company’s scientists predicted warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists even as the company publicly contradicted them.
UAE oil boss to lead COP28 climate summit, worrying environmental activists
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company CEO Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber will lead this year’s COP28 climate summit, raising concerns big industry is hijacking the global response to environmental challenges.
National
Doubts over true carbon offsets persist, as farmers weigh up Chubb review findings
With one method of gaining carbon credits put on hold and changes made to others, what does the Chubb review mean for farmers and Australia’s big polluters?
More electric buses to hit Aussie roads
More than 50 electric buses will be on the road in Queensland by the end of the year in the latest Australian commitment to zero-emissions public transport.
Australia’s industrial makeover ramps up
Marion Rae
There’s a highly complex scheme that touches almost every sector of the Australian economy, sucking up billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money.
Carbon credits are about to play a central role in Australia’s climate response – that’s problematic
Adam Morton
The safeguard mechanism has been largely pointless – it’s unclear whether the changes will be a strong deterrent for fossil fuel companies
Big Australia? We could double the size of our cities and they’d still be small
Michael Koziol
Troubled by the country’s ageing population, the government is cautiously remaking the case for a bigger Australia, but on its own terms.
Graham Readfearn
Cardinal’s scepticism provided cover for the likes of Tony Abbott, who were able to justify denialism by invoking religious beliefs
Victoria
In Melbourne’s sprawling western suburbs, a lack of tree cover can make the summer heat unbearable. But work is underway to build a greener, cooler future.
New South Wales
Researcher ‘burst into tears’ to see endangered greater gliders using their high-tech nest boxes
A new study has offered a glimpse of hope for researchers battling to conserve the endangered southern greater glider.
‘Beautiful, large and raucous’ black cockatoos make themselves known in coastal region
In parts of northern New South Wales, residents have been spotting large numbers of yellow-tailed black cockatoos. A bird expert says there could be a few reasons why.
ACT
The Greens have missed the point in light rail debate
David Brudenall
Back in the early 2000’s the “Save the Ridge” group campaigned for light rail for Gungahlin to the city on the basis that if light rail was built, the Gungahlin Drive extension between the Barton Highway and Belconnen Way wouldn’t be needed.
Queensland
Queensland urged to end its ‘failing’ shark nets and drum lines program
Scientists call on government to replace lethal control measures amid criticism of its use of federal money at the Great Barrier Reef
Qld to fast-track oil refinery upgrade
Queensland will fast-track approvals for Ampol to upgrade one of the two remaining oil refineries in the nation within two years.
Electric avenue: Latest of Brisbane e-bus fleet to hit streets in weeks
A Brisbane bus operator will scale up its electric vehicle fleet as Queensland pushes towards its goal to have no new buses in the south-east urban network running on fossil fuels within two years.
South Australia
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King visits the site chosen for Australia’s first nuclear waste facility near Kimba, South Australia, where preparations are expected to continue for two years before construction can commence.
Calls for carp cull reignited as flooded SA River Murray towns await blackwater
Fears around blackwater are yet to be realised in South Australia’s flooded communities, but experts say the event isn’t all doom and gloom.
Cancel duck hunt amid floods, animal rights group pleads [$]
The RSPCA has petitioned for the upcoming duck hunting season to be scratched, following concerns for an already declining population due to flooding.
Tasmania
‘Should never have been sold’: Push for council to reclaim bay [$]
The future of Kangaroo Bay will be discussed by the Clarence Council on Monday, with a push for council to reclaim the land.
Northern Territory
‘Not rational’: Govt takes aim at green groups over cotton claims [$]
Cotton is being grown in the NT to create jobs and grow the economy but southern opponents are lining up to shoot it down. Here’s why the government is standing by the industry.
Tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery said if the troubled $35 billion Sun Cable project ever went ahead and failed to deliver on its promise it could have catastrophic consequences for renewable projects.
Pulling the plug on a big dream [$]
Australian editorial
The lesson from Sun Cable is that ambition will get you only so far.
Western Australia
Livestock losses in the once-in-a-century Kimberley flooding event are expected to be in the tens of thousands, as the WA government triggers an emergency management plan.
Direct beach access for billionaire’s Ningaloo resort blocked after plans to re-route road scrapped
The state government has walked away from a road realignment that could have used at least $6 million of taxpayers’ money, due to Aboriginal heritage and environmental concerns.
Alison Barrett
Devastating floods in the Kimberley region of Western Australia will have immediate and longer term consequences for the health and wellbeing of communities and also will have far-reaching impacts upon health and social services.
Sustainability
Japan halts plan to pipe radioactive water into sea
Japan has put on hold the release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant after factoring in the progress of a single-purpose tunnel and the need to gain public support.
Greener cities equal ‘healthier hearts’
The availability of different types of urban green space can impact cardiovascular health, according to a recent study conducted by Australian researchers.
The new-build ‘homes’ where energy scientists play God with the weather
Researchers hope a £16m temperature-controlled chamber can stress test green tech to help make houses energy efficient.
Private jet emissions quadrupled during Davos 2022
Climate campaigners accuse leaders of hypocrisy as flights emit as much CO2 in a week as 350,000 cars
Bills to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ died in Congress – with Republican help
Lobbying industry flexed muscle to ensure bills that aimed to set stricter standards on PFAS compounds went nowhere
Supersonic aviation program could cause ‘climate debacle,’ environmentalists warn
In a letter to NASA’s administrator, environmental advocates call for “rigorous” independent analysis of the climate implications of putting supersonic passenger jets back in the sky.
We need urgent action to save our life support systems
David Shearman
We must modify our sluggish democracy to act urgently, transform our economy, and save our life support systems. The alternative is for economic change to be delivered brutally by nature.
Nature Conservation
‘World’s longest river cruise’ could threaten endangered Ganges dolphin, experts warn
A luxury cruise has been hailed as the start of a new age of Indian tourism. But conservationists fear the impact of increased river traffic and pollution
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