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He would say that, wouldn’t he. The fossil fools need CCS to allow their damaging business to continue. It simply will not work on the scale needed, Santos.
Date: 11 April 2023 at 8:17:02 am ACST
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Subject: Daily Links Apr 11
Post of the Day
Nature is in crisis. Here are 10 easy ways you can make a difference
Matthew Selinsk et al
Last month, Sir David Attenborough called on United Kingdom residents to “go wild once per week”. By this, he meant taking actions which help rather than harm the natural world, such as planting wildflowers for bees and eating more plant-based foods.
On This Day
Climate Change
Climate emergency is the biggest health crisis of our time – bigger than Covid
Pascal Soriot
As toll on public health and global economy rises, radical action is needed on greenhouse gas emissions
National
Promise of ‘cheaper, cleaner’ energy from new projects
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said she has approved 11 renewable energy projects since taking office 10 months ago.
Santos warns Australia is ‘falling behind’ in drive to bury emissions
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher says Australia is lagging other countries in subsidising projects to trap carbon emissions and bury them underground, which the oil and gas producer insists is crucial to ensuring tougher emissions targets do not drive up energy bills.
Government agencies still buy a sheetload of paper [$]
The Office of National Intelligence could not provide a breakdown of its paper spend
The listing of more Australian bird species as ‘threatened’ is alarming – but also cause for hope
Sean Dooley
They say the first step to recovery is recognising you have a problem, so it is with preserving our precious wildlife
Prepare for bushfires with heavy fuel loads, El Nino
Australian editorial
Drought after years of good rain can create tinder boxes in summer. The fuel load along the nation’s east coast could heighten the risk of serious bushfires.
Addressing the top thirty priorities from down under (an innocent Australian)
Stuart Ballantyne
Unlike most other maritime nations, Australia failed to embrace coastal shipping and we are myopically focused on road transport. A quick look at ABSTATS and you will see that we are back at pre-Covid tragedy levels, where road deaths are at 1,300 per annum and serious injuries are at 18,000 per annum, the latter costing the nation much more, with families pushing wheelchairs and providing rest of life care.
Melbourne leads the way in global ‘rewilding’ push
Melbourne’s arts precinct is set to be transformed by a mammoth urban garden, and designers are planning the ecosystem down to every detail.
Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say
Funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critics asking if the fossil fuel-based venture is still a good deal
The prom’s eucalyptus forests are dying. Here’s a plan to save them
Most people fail to notice “blank-looking holes” in the forested hills at Wilsons Promontory National Park. They’re a sign of ecological collapse.
Melbourne’s second CBD: Agree on a vision and count the journey in decades
Halvard Dalheim
Melbourne is not Sydney, London or New York. We can heed the lessons from those cities in identifying the location of a second CBD for Melbourne, but we must also play to our strengths and opportunities.
New South Wales
These turtles have travelled more than 100km to reach the ocean, but most won’t survive to adulthood
More than 90 baby loggerhead turtles have been released into the wild in on the NSW Central Coast overnight after the eggs were excavated and transported to Taronga Zoo.
Revealed: New Sydney ferries’ staggering list of issues
Major problems plaguing Sydney’s ferries more than doubled after the new fleet arrived, it can be revealed— while the cost of the Metro West could see the project shelved for good.
‘Urgent’: Federal MP’s energy plea [$]
With just 18 days left until the country’s oldest power plant shuts its doors for good, a federal MP has called for an urgent intervention over fears of an emerging supply problem.
NSW facing energy supply problem – podcast
Delayed energy projects and the imminent closure of the country’s oldest power plant has presented a future supply problem.
Queensland
How a bush food experiment is helping grow ‘a healthy life’ for future generations
When Aunty Cherry’s ancestral lands on Mbabaram country were returned through native title, she saw an opportunity to grow a brighter future.
South Australia
Underground hydrogen storage plan for SA’s Far West [$]
A potentially large hydrogen project near Elliston in regional South Australia will examine the feasibility of storing the gas underground in engineered salt caverns.
Tasmania
Why Tassie’s community gardens are growing in popularity [$]
As the rising cost of living continues to hit the back pocket of families across the country – Tasmania’s community gardens are flourishing.
Northern Territory
Big business fears Greens deal is ‘scaring investors away’ [$]
Changes to rules around gas production have frustrated key businesses with links to the Territory.
Western Australia
Thousands plunged into darkness due to power outages
More than 3000 people around Perth have been plunged into darkness due to power outages.
Sustainability
Swimming pools of the rich driving city water crises, study says
Pools and well-watered gardens at least as damaging as climate emergency or population growth
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