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Date: 29 April 2023 at 8:46:23 am AEST
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Subject: Daily Links Apr 29
Post of the Day
Why Australia needs to change its thinking on growing the economy
Ian Lowe
There are two groups who are critically affected by what we do to the natural environment but cannot possibly reflect their wishes in the market: all future generations, and all other species.
On This Day
Ecological Observance
Arbor Day – Colombia
Climate Change
Can iceberg surges in the Arctic trigger rapid warming at the other end of the world?
New research shows a fast-acting climate connection between poles that may be driven by wind rather than by ocean currents.
AAP Fact Check: Carbon emissions claim is barking up the wrong tree
Trees are absorbing billions of tonnes of carbon, but that’s well short of the amount humans emit each year.
George Monbiot
I understand the argument that our escalating climate crisis justifies direct action, but I can’t urge anyone to do things I wouldn’t do myself
National
Australian migrant population growth hits all-time high as borders reopen
Australia’s migrant population is expected to have grown by more than 700,000 between the 2022 and 2024 financial years.
The nine energy companies investors should target [$]
Many of the largest renewable developers are private, while listed companies may offer indirect access or have to navigate their own transition.
Rooftop solar soars in southern states – while Qld’s coal cashes in
Record rooftop solar generation is cutting wholesale energy costs and taking pressure off the national electricity grid, the latest data shows.
Murray-Darling First Nations groups ‘short-changed’ by long delay in funding for water rights
Indigenous groups watch the value of a $40 million pledge to buy water rights erode as water prices rise and the money remains unspent after five years.
How Sky News Australia turned watchdog’s rebuke over climate denial into an ‘exclusive’ story
Amanda Meade
Acma finds commentator Rowan Dean broke accuracy and fairness rules, but Sky puts its own spin on things.
Housing, mining, renewables leading to our next tragedy [$]
Nikki Gemmell
The glorious squawk is the joy of this country. Land clearing is driving out once common species. Imagine a world bereft of birdsong.
Fulfilling human potential and saving the planet
Barry Jones
Australia, and my Party too, must make a commitment to restoring the primacy of reason, rejecting a paranoid view of history and ‘telling truth to power’. Our blind adoption of irrational policies, supine and unquestioning acquiescence to anything the United States proposes must end. Our species, facing an existential threat to civilisation from climate change, is infinitely complex, infinitely precious, infinitely vulnerable, infinitely destructive, but also infinitely capable of the sublime and transcendent.
The high cost of poor air quality [$]
Blair Williams
The case for cleaner indoor air is hampered by high up-front costs, but after years of pandemic and the pollution caused by bushfires, the need should be clearer than ever.
Deep-seabed mining is creating a noisy problem for Australia — and it’s only getting louder [$]
Sue Arnold
The rise of deep-sea mining is posing a threat to marine life across the world. Global action is needed, but will Australia stand up?
Victoria
How Melbourne coffee drinkers went flat on reusable cups
Not too long ago, cafe customers in Melbourne would get a dirty look if they ordered coffee in a disposable cup. Then came the pandemic, when BYO cups were banned.
Seabed drilling kick-starts Australia’s offshore wind race
A specialist drill vessel will spend the next five weeks at in the Bass Strait collecting soil and rock samples from up to 70 metres below the sea floor to survey the feasibility of offshore wind.
Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former coal generator
Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former brown coal generator in the Latrobe Valley.
New South Wales
‘Copenhagen of the south’: Princess Mary cycles through Sydney’s CBD
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has put Sydney’s CBD cycle paths to the test this morning without even breaking a sweat as part of her climate change tour of the Pacific
How the healthiest koala colony collapsed into extinction
Calamity has struck the koalas of Gunnedah, the NSW town that still calls itself the “koala capital of the world”.
Andrew Forrest waves goodbye to “coal-fired monster” as he opens new wind farm
Andrew Forrest climbs on top of a turbine at his new wind farm to say goodbye to “coal-fired monster” and welcome a green energy future.
Tasmania
Climate change pushes emerging Tasmanian wine region into spotlight
Step aside Yarra Valley and Coonawarra, Tassie’s traditional dairy and potato heartland is muscling in on the wine scene — with a little help from climate change.
Western Australia
Traditional owners dream big at world heritage park as native title tensions ease
Native title holders at Purnululu National Park, also known as the Bungle Bungles, say they’re looking forward to a future with more cultural involvement after moving on from decades of conflict.
The cost of the protest crackdown [$]
Jesse Noakes
In Western Australia, the pursuit of anti-Woodside climate protesters by the government and police echoes crackdowns in other states, where democratic rights are being trampled.
Sustainability
Glass or plastic: which is better for the environment?
For centuries we have used glass to store food, beverages, chemicals and cosmetics. But is it time to find a more sustainable alternative?
Heat pumps have an image problem
The newly popular technology faces an issue: No one understands its name.
Mitsubishi bets on carbon removal while keeping coal plants
Japanese engineering giant Mitsubishi has announced a major investment in carbon removal technology, despite continuing to run fossil fuel power plants.
The underbelly of electric cars: Where all those EV batteries come from
Mining and processing the minerals needed to meet the growing demand for EVs can be costly for workers, local communities and the environment.
Chinese scientists create sodium car
Nury Vittachi
Breakthroughs set to make a big difference in energy sector
Why I don’t worry about nuclear waste
Madison Hilly
We must stop seeing nuclear waste as a dangerous problem and instead recognize it as a safe byproduct of carbon-free power.
Nature Conservation
World’s cities go head to head in race to spot most urban wildlife
From Dundee to LA, citizen scientists will document plants and animals for the City Nature Challenge
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