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6% of nations provide for citizens in just, sustainable manner
Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a framework for quantifying how well countries around the world are doing at providing adequate food, energy and water to their citizens without exceeding nature’s capacity to meet those needs.
On This Day
Walpurgis Night – Northern Europe
Climate Change
EPA rules may push power plants to capture carbon. Is the tech ready?
Maria Gallucci
The Biden administration is poised to propose new regulations for coal- and gas-burning power plants, which could breathe new life into a long-beleaguered technology.
National
Importers, exporters tipped to face price hikes to help fund biosecurity services
Importers and farmers are being warned to expect changes to the cost of importing and exporting from Australia, as the government seeks a new way to fund biosecurity services to keep pests and diseases out.
Time to get fired up about energy sector [$]
Piers Akerman
Be it clean coal, gas, biomass or nuclear, fire it up and put the nation back on its feet.
Victoria
$314m to help make small businesses more energy efficient [$]
Small and medium-size businesses that invest in equipment to cut their energy bills could be eligible for up to $20,000 in tax relief under a scheme to be introduced in the budget.
For apartment living to succeed, good design should be mandatory
Age editorial
More government intervention is required if we are to shape our city to better serve our changing needs.
New South Wales
‘Now we know’: Walgett mum says town’s drinking water was slowly destroying son’s health
Walgett residents have shared distressing stories with the NSW Water Minister about the impact of water quality in the town, including one mother who says she had no idea she was “pumping sodium” through her ill son.
‘Zombie’ housing approvals, some buried for up to 40 years, are rising from the dead in NSW
Locals are fighting against building plans which need only adhere to decades-old environmental and planning standards
As Liddell bites the dust, can NSW supply enough power for a looming El Niño summer peak?
Peter Hannam
As coal-fired plants continuing their demise, the largest source of new power every year for the past five has been rooftop solar
ACT
Tourist park blindsided by urban infill plan revelation
A newly revealed plan that would have opened up more infill sites in the ACT for housing has shocked a business that unknowingly faced becoming surrounded by new residents.
Queensland
Could a bounty put a dent in feral pig numbers?
As feral pigs continue to damage agricultural stocks while posing an environmental risk, there are growing calls for statewide snout bounty to reduce their numbers.
Tasmania
Why proposed youth detention site has tourism operators riled up [$]
Locals have riled up against one of two proposed sites that could be the location for the state’s new youth detention centre – with one tourism operator branding the location incongruous to tourism.
Northern Territory
Change for ‘threatened’ bird at centre of development stoush [$]
There are calls to re-classify a bird which stopped a major Territory property development in its tracks. Now a report reveals a big change in the ‘near threatened’ animal’s status.
Tender released to fix the Rum Jungle bungle [$]
The NT government has started the tender process to clean up one of the Territory’s most contaminated precincts.
For this remote Aboriginal community, safe drinking water has been a luxury until now
The outback community of Laramba used to have almost triple the recommended levels of uranium in its drinking water.
Western Australia
Police: Climate duo out to raise stink at miner’s AGM
Two protesters have been charged and gas canisters seized after demonstrators targeted Woodside Energy’s annual general meeting.
Cost-of-living relief sparks McGowan’s power price promise [$]
Power and water bill increases will be kept to below inflation, as part of cost-of-living relief to be announced in next month’s State Budget.
Sustainability
Scientists discover antibiotic resistance genes in clouds
The atmosphere is a large-scale dissemination route for bacteria carrying antibiotic-resistance genes. A research team has shown that these genes can be transported by clouds.
Is the ocean a solution for ushering in the era of environmentally friendly energy?
Researchers confirm the superiority of seawater batteries that use chelating agents.
How solid air can spur sustainable development
The green hydrogen economy is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. However, one of the challenges of constructing a global hydrogen economy is hydrogen transportation by sea. A new paper proposes solid air as a medium for recycling cold energy across the hydrogen liquefaction supply chain
Artificial photosynthesis for environmentally friendly food production
Ensuring the supply of food to the constantly growing world population and protecting the environment at the same time are often conflicting objectives. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully developed a method for the synthetic manufacture of a nutritional protein using a type of artificial photosynthesis.
Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed plastics
New chemical strategy delivers universal dynamic crosslinkers into mixed plastics streams
Republican donors are funding misinformation about offshore wind
There’s no evidence that offshore wind development harms whales, but fossil-fuel-backed groups have latched onto the claim as a way to hamper the industry.
Chart: Americans actually agree on supporting solar and wind power
But polling data shows a big partisan divide and age gap on the question of whether climate change is a serious problem.
Environment: How good are we at capturing carbon?
Peter Sainsbury
Effective carbon capture is needed to stay under 2oC but need does not guarantee supply. A national park in Wales is regenerating culturally and ecologically. Helping you to know your cirrocumulus from your altostratus.
Nature Conservation
Early-nesting ducks at increased risk due to changes in climate, land use
Each year approximately 10 million waterfowl fly north to their breeding grounds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, but the landscape that greets them has changed. Weather patterns and agricultural practices have significantly transformed the pothole-dotted native grasslands that waterfowl have used for thousands of years.
Researchers explore techniques to successfully reintroduce captive birds into the wild
Studies show that some species may require breeding in captivity within the next 200 years to avoid extinction. This reality places heavy importance on the reintroduction practices used to successfully transfer species from captivity to the wild. A new study looks at some of the most popular conservation techniques and identifies which have the highest likelihood of success for the reintroduction of bird species back into the wild.
Elephant ecosystems in decline
Study examining habitats across centuries reveals an urgent need for sustainable land-use and conservation strategies to avoid dangers for wildlife and human communities
How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought
A major collaboration involving 80 scientists from Europe and South America has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.
Fallow land promotes bird diversity
Research team including Göttingen University study effect of fallow land and complexity of landscapes on bird populations
Ant mounds are more important for biodiversity than previously thought
The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to new research.
Ocean Census will aim to identify 100,000 marine species in the next decade – podcast
Submarines, robots and even artificial intelligence are some of the tools scientists will use to identify new species in the ocean. The Ocean Census will aim to identify 100,000 marine species in the next decade with new species sent to laboratories around the world for imaging and DNA sequencing.
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