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Date: 1 April 2023 at 8:57:22 am AEDT
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Subject: Daily Links Apr 1
Post of the Day
Wikipedia has a climatetech problem
Millions rely on Wikipedia, but its entries can be outdated or incomplete, especially on climate topics — and that’s where you come in.
On This Day
Ecological Observance
National Tree Planting Day – Tanzania
No, Greta Thunberg is not related to the Rothschild family
Social media users claim the Swedish climate activist is related to the wealthy banking family.
AAP fact check: High tide claim sinks under weight of evidence
Cherry-picked dates and distorted images are used to falsely claim that sea levels in San Francisco have been steady for 77 years.
Could giving youth a voice in politics help fix climate change?
‘Look at the mess we’re in — they’ll inherit this,’ says NDP MP Gord Johns.
National
Remember carp herpes? Or “caaaaarp herpes” as Barnaby Joyce put it back in 2016? It was meant to rid our waterways of the “disgusting, mud-sucking creatures”. So what happened?
Most ‘eco-friendly’ claims have little evidence to back them up. These experts want more done to clamp down on the dodgy ones and highlight the good ones.
Why is Japan worried about Australia’s energy policies, and will the lights go out in Tokyo?
A corporate titan from Japan unleashed on Australia’s energy policies this week. So why are they so upset, and is it really that bad?
Plastics now overwhelming bulk of beach debris
Plastic now dwarfs every other kind of litter found on Australian shores and 80 per cent of what the nation uses still ends up in landfill.
Every household will go on a journey of electrification. We can make that easier, or harder
Saul Griffith
Australia is at its best when it keeps the collective in sight. The way we move forward with electrification will either wire us together, or deepen isolation
Alexis Wright
Three years after Australia’s firestorm tragedy, Alexis Wright offers a eulogy for the living creatures lost – and a plea for the humans left behind
Net Zero Economy Taskforce starts Australia’s whole-of-government decarbonisation [$]
In a back office hub at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, a tectonic shift is happening. Long-standing silos are being stripped down for a heavily fossil fuel-reliant economy, struggling regional communities, and for a notoriously rigid public service.
What the safeguard means for the climate wars [$]
Richard Denniss
The climate wars are far from over. They will not be over until the fossil fuel industry stops waging them. While their progress has been slowed in recent years, the relentless bombardment of our future by the coal and gas industries continues unabated.
Climate laws must not undo our good relations [$]
Australian editorial
Japan gas giant offers some home truths on global energy security.
Labor’s two-faced approach to the gas industry [$]
AFR editorial
Amid a drift into resource protectionism and anti-gas climate wars, Australia risks threatening the resource security of our closest ally in Asia.
Pointless climate cap will only destroy jobs [$]
Matt Canavan
The self-imposed Labor-Green carbon ceiling is a sellout of all the workers in our mining and manufacturing industries.
Australia finally has a climate policy after lost decade, but not everyone is making progress
Sophie Vorrath
After lost decade, Australia has a climate policy. It feels right to enjoy the moment – at least for the remainder of the week. Another small, baby step for mankind.
New South Wales
Menindee farmers scramble for stock water after tests show river has ‘potentially toxic algae’
Local authorities have delivered 147,000 litres of water for household use to properties along the Darling-Baaka River, but do not cover livestock
The Great Koala National Park looks likely to go ahead after a decade of campaigning by conservationists. But the NSW forestry industry, which logs in the proposed park area, is likely to be impacted.
NSW Labor’s win killed the country’s best EV policy [$]
Emma Elsworthy
The Perrottet government had the country’s best electric vehicle policy for two years straight before falling to Labor.
Queensland
A record number of tourists have hit the road in outback Queensland over the past two years, but there are fears cost-of-living pressures will dampen spending and visitation this season.
South Australia
Burying SA powerlines to cost ‘between $40 to $60 billion’
SA Power Networks says undergrounding all of South Australia’s overhead power lines would cost up to $60 billion and there are more cost-effective ways to increase bushfire safety and tree canopy.
New park lands grab prompts rally
A rally will be held to protest an eight hectare plot of city park land being used as a new home for mounted police.
Tasmania
Tasmanians affected by security breach of third-party file transfer service of government-held data
A security breach which “may have resulted in the loss of data” held by the Tasmanian government is announced — but the government won’t say how many people are affected.
Ranger Rebecca is living a childhood dream connecting to country
Elders are teaching Aboriginal Tasmanians how to care for country as part of a plan to build a ready workforce of rangers as land hand-backs progress.
Campaign launched to ‘Sink Marinus Link’
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation
BBF today launched a website exposing the disastrous environmental and economic consequences of Marinus Link for Tasmanians. Communities are speaking out loudly and calling for Tasmanians to stand together to determine their own future and not sell it out via Marinus Link.
Western Australia
Fears for fishing sector as marine park takes shape with ‘no-catch’ zones
WA fishers say the sanctuary zones flagged for a new marine park intended to rival the Great Barrier Reef could spell the end of local commercial fishing.
Rooftop solar users feel bill heat as tariff rates cool
In WA, you can feed in more than 10 times as much power to the grid as you draw, and still end up with a bill. So how can households get more value from the energy they produce?
Sustainability
What’s the future of gas stations in an EV world?
With fast-charging systems set to skyrocket, the places we now go to fill ‘er up are going to need to change.
AAP fact check: Exploding car video fuels EV conspiracies
Social media users are using a video of a gas-powered car exploding at a refilling station to claim electric vehicles are dangerous.
AAP fact check: Cow burp musings are a load of bull
A doctor who promotes a carnivore diet says methane produced by cattle isn’t contributing to raising the levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
New funds to test hydrogen jet that could fly from Australia to Europe in four hours
European aerospace firm wins grant funding to design and test hydrogen-propelled jets capable of supersonic flight, including Sydney to Frankfurt in
Nature Conservation
Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report
A new report published in Nature Climate Change suggests that trophic rewilding, or restoring and protecting the functional roles of animals in ecosystems, is an overlooked climate solution.
Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams
Billions of cubic meters of Mekong River water are now harnessed behind dams in the interests of power generation, severely affecting crucial physical and biological processes that sustain the river’s capacity to support life.
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