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You’d nearly reckon ‘Coal‘ Fitzgibbon was still in Parliament calling the shots. Tanya, this is not good. Watch the Greens progress to the next ring of suburbs on your culpability.
Date: 13 May 2023 at 8:41:23 am AEST
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Subject: Daily Links May 13
Post of the Day
Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report
Chemicals yield profit of about $4bn a year for the world’s biggest PFAS manufacturers, Sweden-based NGO found
On This Day
Ecological Observance
National Forest Planting Day in Russia
National Tree Planting Day in Mongolia
Climate Change
A new world order seeks to prioritise security and climate change
But policymakers must not forget the lessons of economics
National
Greens not sold on federal plan to raise gas producer taxes
The federal government’s push to pull more taxes out of big gas producers could face an uphill battle after a lukewarm response from the Opposition and Greens.
Aquawatch Australia to issue world’s first water quality forecasts
Project will use data from satellites and sensors to provide warnings on algal bloom, blackwater and runoff contamination
Failure to protect nature is a bigger threat to humanity than inflation, Australian scientists warn
‘For just 10% of the stage-three tax cuts, we could recover every one of Australia’s almost 2,000 threatened species,’ says ecologist
Albo and the nukes – the demise of Labor’s disarmament policy
Philip Dorling
A new nuclear arms race is accelerating, but Australia won’t be doing much about this threat to global survival. This week’s budget confirms the death of Labor’s nuclear disarmament diplomacy.
Why magnetite will be crucial to Australia’s green steel transition
Soroush Basirat
The steel sector’s green transition has shifted the industry’s focus to the emerging high-grade market by further exploring magnetite iron ore.
Australia needs a lot more four-hour batteries – but first we need the right policies
David Leitch
Surely we want to encourage more storage and firming, so we why don’t we have a NEM-wide policy like the LRET?
The net zero fallacy: How Australia’s renewables projections got so absurd
Mike Barnard
Australia’s plan to get its economy to net zero by 2050 is a laudable goal. But it has been hijacked by people huffing hydrogen hopium.
Smokers are helping the budget more than the gas industry [$]
Ebony Bennett
The Albanese government has a lot of political capital to spend, but like its modest budget surplus, Labor appears to be banking its capital rather than spending it on worthwhile things. In the end, this was a disappointing budget in its lack of ambition.
Nuclear reaction: Why a cold war is set to explode [$]
Paul Starick
With billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money at stake and power prices soaring, climate wars are set to reignite.
How is Labor tracking on climate? Let us count the coal mines – cartoon
Fiona Katauskas
Victoria
Putting country first: private land-sharing agreement in Gippsland reckons with colonisation
Jim Osborne has offered his land for co-management by traditional owners in an experiment to restore and harvest native grasses
“No Twiggy Turbines:” Locals celebrate after Windlab dumps NSW wind project
Early stage plans to develop a 26 turbine wind farm in the NSW Riverina region have been dumped by developer Windlab.
Threats against staff working in feral horse program force National Parks staff to wear body cameras
The public service union says threats are escalating against National Parks and Wildlife rangers trying implement feral horse control programs in alpine NSW.
Calls for answers after recycling company that promised a ‘revolution’ collapses
Bioelektra Australia has entered into voluntary administration after it was engaged to use Polish technology to divert 90 per cent of a NSW council’s waste from landfill.
Aerial images show climate change’s effect on Snowy Mountains [$]
Snow patches in the NSW alpine region are melting two weeks earlier in the year than they did 45 years ago, satellite data has revealed.
ACT
New home electrification pilot targets “those who need it most”
Sophie Vorrath
Canberrans suffering from chronic ill-health are the focus of a new pilot offering up to $10,000 to quit gas, shift to efficient electric appliances.
Queensland
Federal government gives provisional approval to first new coal mine in Bowen Basin
A metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland has been flagged for approval by the federal government, but an environmental group says people who voted in favour of climate action have a right to feel betrayed.
Banana appeal: Australia’s first genetically modified fruit sent for approval
Cavendish made to resist fungus threatening variety worldwide is seen as safety net for growers if industry wiped out
Two Barrier Reef islands that every Queenslander owns, but you’re not allowed to visit
Two Great Barrier Reef islands home to koalas and flatback turtles have been snapped up by the state government to safeguard ecologically sensitive habitats.
Could these tanks of psychedelic colours be the answer to conserving the Great Barrier Reef?
Spawning at Australia’s largest coral farm gets a boost, as scientists search for resilient species of coral.
Northern Territory
‘They need to be protected at all costs’: Traditional owners fear for cultural sites at $1.5 billion industrial hub
Larrakia traditional owners raised concerns with federal and territory ministers about the potential impact of a major industrial hub planned for Darwin before $1.5 billion of Commonwealth funding was confirmed.
Western Australia
World’s biggest steel maker eyes new green plant in WA
During talks with Trade Minister Don Farrell in Beijing, company chairman Chen Dorong said the availability of clean energy and ore made Western Australia ideal as a site for the new facility.
McGowan sees no end in sight to coal mine bailout [$]
Josh Zimmerman
Premier Mark McGowan has raised the prospect of taxpayers propping up the foreign-owned Griffin Coal mine for years, saying the millions being injected into the operation ‘may well be an ongoing process’.
Daniel Mercer
Within the isolated borders of Western Australia, a story is unfolding that offers a window into the tectonic shifts underway in the world’s energy system and way of living
Sustainability
Fighting “A New War on Cancer“
In Kristina Marusic’s new book, she talks to doctors, researchers and advocates who are upending our understanding of cancer and how to fight it by working to rid our lives of the deadly chemicals that trigger the disease.
Crud-to-crude: The global potential of biofuels made from human waste
Creating liquid biofuels from human waste shows promise as a way to meet one of alternative energy’s greatest challenges: reducing the transportation sector’s heavy carbon footprint. The good news is there is a steady supply stream where waste is treated.
Driving green: how electric cars reduce emissions and combat climate change
Electric cars are playing an increasingly important role in reducing emissions and combatting climate change.
Explainer: What exactly is green hydrogen (and why does the colour matter)? [$]
Believers are selling hydrogen as the key to the transition away from fossil fuels. But there’s confusion as to what it is and how it can be used.
South East Asia set to enter coal importer big leagues
Gavin Maguire
That growth pace compares to 3 per cent for China and 13 per cent for India, and if sustained means that the region could soon emerge as a powerful driver of global coal use that could offset coal usage declines that are expected in other markets.
Look beyond the surface and don’t be afraid to lose money: How to invest ethically
Wijith Wijeyasiri
Now more than ever, Gen Zs and Millennials are increasingly conscious of the impact our super funds and personal investments have on our planet.
How permanent is the coal industry’s bounce back?
Haley Zaremba
In recent years, as energy security has grown in importance, the coal industry rebounded rapidly – with some companies seeing their profits soar by as much as 60%.
Nature Conservation
We thought we’d saved the whales. Were we wrong?
Antarctica is a place of solace and sustenance for southern-hemisphere whales, but for how much longer?
Villagers in Solomon Islands say they’ll fight to prevent an Australian-owned company from logging in their pristine rainforest.
On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces
On the border between Colombia and Venezuela, just a few kilometers from Colombia’s Guainía department, illegal mining shakes the region’s economy while devastating the environment. The absence of the government is obvious.
Bird flu is decimating wildlife
Scientists have never seen anything like it.
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