There are always trade-offs, in this case environmental protection versus animal welfare. Claptrap about ‘Man from Snowy River’ cultural heritage is just that, claptrap. Hard hooves destroy very important sphagnum bogs and erode shallow and flinty alpine soils, animal welfare concerns have to come second.
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From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au>
Date: 22 August 2024 at 9:09:16 AM GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Aug 22
Date: 22 August 2024 at 9:09:16 AM GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Aug 22
Post of the Day
James Dyke et al
Record breaking fossil fuel production, all time high greenhouse gas emissions and extreme temperatures. Like the proverbial frog in the heating pan of water, we refuse to respond to the climate and ecological crisis with any sense of urgency. Under such circumstances, claims from some that global warming can still be limited to no more than 1.5°C take on a surreal quality.
On This Day
Climate Change
Pioneering research forecasts worldwide flooding is likely to be significantly worse in future decades if countries fail to meet official pledges to cut carbon emissions.
Mathieu Morlighem
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4% of annual sea-level rise as it loses ice, and one theory suggests the glacier could soon begin to collapse into the ocean like a row of dominoes.
Pilita Clark
Misleading, misinformed or just plain baffling utterances continue to gush forth in the face of an increasingly evident problem.
National
Data provided exclusively to the ABC shows Tesla’s “brand health” in Australia has plummeted as some EV buyers say, “Musk has convinced me I don’t want to buy a Tesla”.
Andrew Bolt
China is building 11 more nuclear reactors in the next five years, as the anti-nuclear Albanese government scoffs and prevaricates. It’s yet another reason to panic about what’s being done to this country.
Sophie Vorrath
The chair of Australia’s largest group of clean energy investors has described the federal Coalition’s push for nuclear power as a “gas Trojan horse,” and a political wedge intended to douse investment in renewables and prolong the use of fossil fuels.
Victoria
Delay in modernising Victoria’s public transport system, including allowing iPhone payments, saw taxpayer dollars spent on older Myki system
Ageing office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD could be converted into thousands of new apartments under a new proposal by Lord Mayor Nick Reece.
A Victorian farmer who faces a solar farm being built next to her property says the government’s lack of a strategic plan over where renewable projects should be built is causing ‘unrest’.
New South Wales
A judge has ruled that the decision to cull feral horses from the air in the NSW Snowy Mountains “was not inadequate or misleading” and the practice will continue
More than 1,500 Novocastrians have plugged into the Hunter’s renewable energy future after being given front-row access by City of Newcastle to key thinkers, stakeholders and decision-makers.
She slapped a ban on that is set to torpedo a $1 billion gold mine in country NSW, but Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek – who will attend News Corp’s Bush Summit this week – won’t release the advice that led to her decision.
Nicholas Chambers
The future of an environmentally significant area of land targeted for development rests on the shoulders of the Federal Environment Minister.
ACT
Canberrans would be banned from installing new gas appliances from 2027 under a policy the ACT Greens will take to the territory election.
An “adaptive lighting” project in Canberra, which reduced the brightness of streetlights by up to half, showed a 25 per cent reduction in light pollution.
South Australia
A leading economic researcher has dispelled rumours that the “city is dead”.
Tasmania
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation
Salmon Tasmania, the lobbyists for the foreign owned salmon industry giants, have announced they are having a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra regarding the looming extinction of the Maugean skate in Macquarie Harbour.
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory government has rejected accusations it is flouting its own land and water laws to facilitate a new cotton industry, as calls grow for a federal inquiry.
Melissa Haswell
A Senate inquiry has failed to reach agreement on whether the federal government should spend A$1.5 billion on a major industrial hub in Darwin – spending critics say amounts to a huge fossil fuel subsidy.
Hannah Thomas et al
In 2021, Australia was one of 141 nations pledging to end deforestation by 2030 – just over five years from now.
Western Australia
It’s been revealed that there are no environment laws in WA to protect a unique species from losing its habitat to a sprawling housing estate along Perth’s coast.
A tree-killing beetle on the move across Perth is likely being spread beyond quarantine boundaries by people unaware of its existence, one scientist warns.
Sustainability
A grassroots initiative in Nairobi’s Kibera neighborhood has drastically reduced waterborne illnesses by using an innovative aerial piping system to deliver clean water to residents.
China significantly reduced approvals for new coal-fired power plants in the first half of 2024 following a surge in previous years that raised concerns about its climate commitments.
A study from UC Irvine suggests that urban street layouts and building density may be exacerbating flood severity in areas already vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change.
A new model accurately represents the airflow around rotors, even under extreme conditions. The first comprehensive model of rotor aerodynamics could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.
A new analysis combines hydrology data with climate change models to help water managers prepare for hydropower’s future
Former President Donald Trump, campaigning in Pennsylvania, pledged to cut energy costs by half within his first year in office, criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’s energy policies, including her stance on fracking and power plant regulations.
Nature Conservation
The overlap between humans and animals will increase substantially across much of the planet in less than 50 years
A groundbreaking study conducted across 30 field sites in the southwest UK has revealed the importance of incorporating varied habitats into the landscape at large.
Biologists have discovered a new species of tarantula from the Madrean Sky Island biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Arizona. This remarkable new species is endemic to the Chiricahua Mountains and is predominately distributed in mid- to high-elevation forests, which are increasingly threatened due to climate change
Maelor Himbury | Library Volunteer
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