Daily Links Jan 30

Adani’s interests are Modi’s interests – and, only just a little removed, Australia’s interests. The Galilee Basin, the health of our aquifers and the Great Barrier Reef do not a dodgy developer active in region.

https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/adani-publishes-413-page-response-to-accusations-as-he-suffers-28b-wipeout-20230130-p5cgcu.html

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Post of the Day

Toxic pollutants can build up inside our homes. Here are 8 ways to reduce the risks

Mark Patrick Taylor et al

We know everything in our homes gathers dust. What you probably don’t know is whether there are toxic contaminants in your house dust, and where these might come from.

 

On This Day

January 30

 

Climate Change

To reach the top in consulting, talk climate, sell mining [$]

Aaron Patrick

Boston Consulting Group’s new managing partner, Grant McCabe, specialises in advising big mining companies while promoting climate change action.

 

National

Adam Bandt accuses Albanese government of ‘greenwashing’ for allowing new coal and gas mines

Greens leader’s criticism suggests party will rekindle demands to add climate trigger in safeguards scheme or limit use of carbon offsets

 

Greens warn the government that a fight is looming over energy policy

The Greens plan to use their power in the Senate to block rules for the government’s key climate policy in an effort to harden its stance against fossil fuels.

 

‘Worst uncertainty in 15 years’ confounds energy investors [$]

Barrenjoey energy analyst Dale Koenders says shareholders should take a short-term view on oil and gas sector.

 

‘Politicians are naturally weak’: Tony Windsor versus the gas industry7am podcast

Tony Windsor was a politician, and as an independent helped hand Julia Gillard minority government and the prime ministership. Despite being a politician, he says that at the end of the day, politicians are, by their nature, weak. And if there’s any example that’s taught him that, it’s the decades-long fight over our water and how we protect it.

 

It’s hot, and your local river looks enticing. But is too germy for swimming?

Ian A Wright and Nicky Morrison

Swimming in rivers, creeks and lakes can be a fun way to cool off in summer. But contamination in natural waterways can pose a risk to human health.

 

Victoria

The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west

Residents there are being hospitalised with respiratory and cardiovascular issues in alarming numbers.

 

Glass ceiling: Melbourne council rubbishes push for purple bins

Residents in one council area will be expected to take their glass rubbish to communal drop-off points.

 

The 26 new sky rail projects coming to Melbourne suburbs [$]

More than half of the 110 level crossings removals in Victoria include sections of sky rail – but there’s concern some intersections are being snubbed.

 

How an island community solved its used glass bottle problem

The people of Flinders Island have a waste problem. But locals in the town of Killiecrankie are taking matters into their own hands, one bottle at a time.

 

Lou has used the same dishwashing liquid bottle for 15 years thanks to an ‘old-fashioned’ way of shopping

As a single-use plastic ban is introduced in Victoria, an unpackaged food co-operative in one regional city is allowing residents to complete their grocery shop plastic-free.

 

New South Wales

Coal reservation scheme stokes fears for BHP’s Mt Arthur mine

BHP is reassessing the future of Mt Arthur coal mine, the biggest in the Hunter Valley, as the NSW government prepares to enforce new coal price caps.

 

ACT

Canberra’s new bus timetable starts on Monday

A bus timetable which reduces the overall number of services in Canberra and how often they run to accommodate light rail construction work will begin operation on Monday.


Tasmania

Inaction on power price crisis, says Labor

The state government knew power prices would rise by 12 per cent and failed to take meaningful action to alleviate Tasmania’s financial pain, says Labor.

 

Western Australia

WA begs feds: Help us find lethal nuke capsule

Authorities have launched an investigation to determine how a tiny but potentially lethal radioactive capsule got lost as it was being transported from a West Australian Rio Tinto mine to Perth.

 

New study by Indigenous rangers sheds light on secret lives of one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials

The scaly-tailed possums living in a largely impenetrable series of gorges in a remote part of the Kimberley have lived undetected, until now.

 

Perth, it’s time to end your love affair with big homes

Australian homes are the biggest on earth and WA’s among the largest homes in the country. Do they need to be?

 

Upside-down wheelie bins crucial in Christmas Island cat fight

Parks authorities are on track to remove most cats from the island by the end of 2023, but first they needed to stop giant crabs messing with their traps.

 

Sustainability

A fridge too far? Living sustainably in New York by unplugging

Manhattanite Josh Spodek has gone without a refrigerator for more than a year after identifying the appliance as the biggest source of electrical use in his apartment.

 

Adani publishes 413-page response to accusations as he suffers $28b wipeout

The lengthy rebuttal of allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research comes after Gautam Adani lost around 20 per cent of his fortune in a single day.

 

Takeout has a plastic problem. Do reusable containers help?

A new lifecycle assessment compared the benefits of buy-and-return container schemes with the costs of their production and use. The takeaway wasn’t clean.

 

Why many plastic promises are just greenwashing

Based on current trends, efforts to improve waste management may be overshadowed by the production and consumption of virgin plastic.

 

‘Vegan,’ ‘sustainable’: How to spot greenwashing in fashion

Virtuous proclamations and campaigns from clothing brands can often amount to greenwashing, or in some cases, “clearwashing,” where the information doesn’t tell consumers much.

 

Our planet is on the cusp of the third world war

John Quelch

A re-energised peace movement is urgently required. To date, at least $100 billion dollars in armaments has been committed by the US and its NATO allies to press for the continuation of the war in Ukraine.

 

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