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Date: 1 March 2024 at 08:52:32 GMT+11
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Subject: Daily Links Mar 1
Post of the Day
Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows
Matthew Rees and Bronwyn Hradsky
Foxes and cats kill about 2.6 billion mammals, birds and reptiles across Australia, every year. To save native species from extinction, we need to protect them from these introduced predators. But land managers tend to focus on foxes, which are easier to control. Unfortunately this may have unintended consequences.
On This Day
Saint David’s Day – Wales
Ecological Observance
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands
Climate Change
Finding hope in our collective fatigue: A new perspective on climate action
In a fresh take on combating climate change, Ajay Singh Chaudhary suggests our shared sense of exhaustion could be the catalyst for meaningful environmental action.
National
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions: September 2023 quarterly update
The latest Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: September 2023 is now available.
Clean energy toolkit launched to drive sustainable development
In a year-long effort, the recently unveiled Community Energy Planning Toolkit presents a seven-step guide for First Nations communities.
Too few to reproduce, a single Asian honey bee queen and her workers defied the odds to establish thousands of colonies. How they did it could help bring others back from the brink, but not without a cost.
Graham Readfearn
Anyone reading the Australian’s Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia – except there isn’t
Could Australia’s climate death wish be more absurd? [$]
Caleb Bond
People say they care about climate change – but they care about cost of living even more.
Power regulators betray all of us [$]
TerryMcCrann
The ludicrously named Australian Energy Regulator and the Australian Energy Market Operator have been exposed as compromising their obligations.
Big fat facts missing from nuclear power debate [$]
David Mills
Finding the debate over nuclear power super-annoying? You’re not the only one.
Three reasons the green energy transition will be non-inflationary [$]
Toby Phillips and Guy Debelle
Renewable technologies will get cheaper, price spikes from retiring coal plants will be avoided and exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets will be reduced.
Victoria
Where Melburnians are most enraged about rubbish dumping [$]
Shopping trolleys, e-scooters, furniture and broken household items are being dumped in forests, on vacant blocks of land and even in driveways. Find out who is complaining the most.
Residents in Victoria’s hottest region frustrated they don’t get fee help for insulation
The Victorian Energy Upgrades program recommends insulation as the most cost-effective way to improve energy efficiency, but upgrades for home owners like Jessica are out of reach when she needs to pay for air conditioning to keep her dog cool.
Victorians facing record low returns from rooftop solar, but will that slow the juggernaut?
Australia has gone from virtually no household solar installations 15 years ago to more than 3 million today, so the idea regulators should make it harder to install panels seems baffling.
Push to turf flower show from World Heritage gardens over damage claims
Conservation and heritage groups want the flower and garden show shifted from the World Heritage-listed Carlton Gardens because of claims of damage to the grass and trees.
Authorities give update on Victorian bushfire situation
Authorities give an update on the Victorian bushfire situation.
New South Wales
Environment Protection Authority originally demanded asbestos be cleaned up by end of February but Transport for NSW granted extra month by watchdog
South32 to divest itself of Illawarra coal, but the $2.5b deal must be approved by BlueScope
Miner South32 signals a further transition to a low-carbon business announcing plans to sell Illawarra Metallurgical Coal to an Asian-based resources company.
Uncomfortable, over budget, running late: Big problems for state’s new trains
Sleeper carriages have been ruled out for NSW’s fleet of new long-distance trains, which is $826 million over budget and running more than three years late, leaving passengers stuck with “premium” recliner seats for 14-hour journeys.
Sydney asbestos crisis the tip of the iceberg
Mark Allen
The current asbestos crisis in Sydney is likely to worsen without proper management.
The Great Lismore Flood: Revisiting the use of floodplains
Chas Keys
Last week saw the release of the NSW State Disaster Mitigation Plan which outlines a blueprint for managing future disasters; this week marks the second anniversary of the great flood at Lismore and places downstream in the Richmond River valley.
ACT
Warmer than usual autumn in store for Canberra: Bureau of Meteorology [$]
It may be the end of summer but the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast warm days ahead.
Queensland
Queensland’s fishers say the state’s new gillnet restrictions — aimed at ensuring protected species aren’t caught — are so onerous they are risking their own lives.
Coral surveys return grim results for southern end of Great Barrier Reef
Two teams of reef scientists have uncovered extensive and worsening bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef off the central Queensland coast, which they put down to warmer than average sea temperatures.
It’s up to local governments in Queensland to add fluoride to drinking water supplies and the state government says it’s prepared to help foot the bill. With council elections just a fortnight away, public health experts are pleading for action.
At least one Queensland school may be one of 20 locations exposed to asbestos
At least one school is among more than 20 locations that have received compost that might contain asbestos, authorities have warn
Tasmania
Albanese urged to intervene on logging dispute [$]
The Albanese government is under pressure to stop Tasmania logging native forests protected under Julia Gillard, as state Labor and key timber players refuse to back the Liberals’ harvesting expansion.
Liberals plan to give more Tasmanian native forest to loggers. But the industry isn’t on side
The Liberals say opening more forests to logging would “give certainty” to sawmillers and logging contractors, but the Tasmanian Forest Products Association says the Liberals are using the industry as a “political football”.
Forestry wars reignite weeks out from Tasmanian election – video
The Liberal government is facing growing criticism from environmental and industry groups over a pre-election pledge to expand logging into protected forests.
A re-elected majority Rockliff Liberal Government will unlock Tasmania’s native forestry “Wood Bank”, providing an up to 10 per cent boost in the annual supply of high-quality sawlog to Tasmanian sawmillers.
Western Australia
‘Trailblazing’ agreement to give Burrup Peninsula traditional owners greater say over development
Signed by the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, WA government and industry representatives, the agreement gives Indigenous representatives a greater role on the highly significant peninsula north of Karratha.
Almost half of WA has burnt over the past 40 years. What has that done to our state?
Australia is no stranger to fire, with some areas burning more frequently and severely than others.
Fortescue again delays a decision on what would be Australia’s biggest green hydrogen plant, while Forrest appoints a former gas man to head his renewable plans.
Sustainability
US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’
New analysis finds money from Biden’s $1.2tn infrastructure bill has overwhelmingly been spent on widening highways for cars
People displaced by climate crisis to testify in first-of-its-kind hearing in US
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hear how climate is driving forced migration across the Americas
A fast-moving wildfire is burning through the Texas Panhandle, growing into the second-largest blaze in state history.
Shell’s exit from the Niger Delta raises environmental accountability concerns
A report demands Shell address its extensive pollution legacy and safely decommission its abandoned oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta before exiting the region.
Exploring the dangers of everyday chemicals
A new study reveals billions worldwide are exposed to harmful health effects from chemicals in plastics, pesticides and “forever chemicals,” according to a report by the Endocrine Society and International Pollutants Elimination Network.
George Monbiot
Farmers in Britain have real reasons to be angry, but this protest against reasonable green policy has become a culture war
Nature Conservation
The mole-rat’s plight highlights Ukraine’s environmental struggle amidst war
The endangered sandy blind mole-rat has become a symbol of Ukraine’s broader fight for environmental justice amid ongoing conflict with Russia, showcasing the war’s devastating ecological impact.
Cape Town battles drought with unconventional tree removal
In a bold move against climate change, Cape Town turns to cutting down invasive trees to save water.
Maelor Himbury | Library Volunteer
Australian Conservation Foundation | www.acf.org.au
1800 223 669
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