The problem with the NT election was that both the ALP and the CLP were singing from much the same anti-environment song sheet. The recent 4 Corners program looking at the rise of cotton, land clearing and water exploitation shows the ALP as dodgy, with the CLP now pushing ahead on gas developments with unseemly haste. Where is the climate trigger in the project approvals process when it has never been more needed?
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From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au>
Date: 27 August 2024 at 8:50:26 AM GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Aug 27
Date: 27 August 2024 at 8:50:26 AM GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Aug 27
Post of the Day
Andrew Taylor and Supriya Mathew
Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would begin to fall.
On This Day
Climate Change
Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister, cautions that neglecting nature restoration in favor of solely reducing carbon emissions could lead to catastrophic global heating and societal collapse.\
A new federal report reveals that 2023 saw record-breaking ocean heat and dwindling cloud cover, suggesting unprecedented changes in Earth’s climate.
Scientists have developed climate stripes that visualize pollution trends since 1850, highlighting global inequalities and the potential for improvement through government action.
A new study finds that the most effective climate policies require polluters to bear financial costs, revealing that such measures lead to significant reductions in carbon emissions.
National
European supermarkets won’t buy beef from Brazil due to concerns about land clearing in the Amazon. Now conservationists are urging Coles and Woolworths to follow suit to combat deforestation in Australian forests.
The end of winter tends to lift spirits as colour returns to gardens. But the early blooms have become worryingly consistent
Bank chiefs will be grilled over ambitious climate targets and lending restrictions on fossil fuels amid Coalition warnings that non-renewables energy investment and regional jobs are being undermined.
If your plane had a one-in-four chance of falling from the sky, would you still get on the flight? That’s the question property owners are being asked.
Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake, Dutton’s energy spokesman, Ted O’Brien, says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.
Drought in southern Europe has sent olive oil prices skyrocketing around the world. While a productive local industry has shielded Australia from those overseas price shocks, there are fears the spread of a native bug could cause significant damage to crops this growing season.
Andrew King
It’s winter in Australia, but as you’ve probably noticed, the weather is unusually warm. The top temperatures over large parts of the country this weekend were well above average for this time of year.
Peter Boyer
My household doesn’t include an electric car because our Toyota still does the job and the capital cost is beyond us. I sympathise with the Mercury correspondent who took exception last week to “condescending remarks” about not going electric.
Australian editorial
The warnings from industry and experts can no longer be ignored.
Giles Parkinson
The gas shortage that never was is over almost as soon as it began, while the government promises to find better ways to measure its real climate impact.
Victoria
Victoria’s regions will face ongoing growing pains with ageing infrastructure and a booming population. And there are five key projects that are needed to be made a priority.
Investing in roads to make them durable and protecting prime agricultural land from transmission lines were key issues discussed at the Herald Sun’s Bush Summit, headlined by Jacinta Allan.
New South Wales
The discovery of “forever chemicals” in Sydney’s drinking water has not turned federal minister Tanya Plibersek off the tap as she backs an inquiry into the potentially cancer-causing substances.
Nyree Reynolds described herself as a member of the Gamilaraay Nation – an area outside Wiradjuri country – until at least 2014. That year, she identified as Gamilaraay in a letter of protest.
A dramatic expansion of controversial renewable energy zones into remote Western NSW has been met with outrage from the communities who will see high voltage transmission lines snaking across their land.
The Coffs bypass team and wildlife rescuers have carried out the first extraction of koalas from the bustling roadwork site – with one already suffering from chlamydia.
A new study highlights the “likely irreversible” impacts of longwall mining on peat swamps in the Illawarra region, affecting the Sydney drinking water catchment.
Opinion
Ducking questions about a nixed gold mine is not OK. Tanya Plibersek should explain why she used a rarely-used mechanism to rip jobs away from a rural community.
ACT
Sam Edmonds and Andrew Simpson were thinking about knocking down their Weetangera home
Queensland
With nine out the 16 “high-risk” dingo attacks this year involving children, the Fraser Coast mayor says the island is not an appropriate holiday destination for families with young kids.
Four years of Riverwalk planning has been scrapped, but cyclists and pedestrians say they need better active transport options in the city’s inner east.
Laurence McCook and Rashid Sumaila
The latest official update on the health of the Great Barrier Reef is heartbreaking.
South Australia
A South Australian Liberal Senator has called for urgent political action to secure World Heritage listing for the Great Australian Bight.
Northern Territory
Sophie Vorrath
It’s not all bad news for renewables, but it’s all good news for gas, as the Country Liberal Party wins government in the Northern Territory.
Western Australia
Temperatures across the Kimberley have reached 41.6 degrees Celsius, establishing a new national record for winter temperatures.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been urged to use the same mechanism that stopped the McPhillamys gold project to halt works on the Burrup.
The state government has announced they will plant three trees for every one lost to the shot-hole borer across Perth.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has refuted reports the polyphagous shot-hole borer has been found in the Shire of Harvey, castigating the Liberal Party for what she described as “irresponsible rumour-mongering”.
Sustainability
A uranium mine near the Grand Canyon risks contaminating the Havasupai Tribe’s only water source, sparking fears for their health and safety.
A new U.S. government report links fluoride in drinking water at levels twice the recommended limit to lower IQs in children, raising concerns over current water fluoridation practices.
Israeli attacks on Palestinian water infrastructure in 2023 made up a quarter of global water-related violence, as conflicts over dwindling resources surged worldwide.
New resin made using bio-derivable sugars means that wind turbine blades can be fully recycled, with the process taking just six hours per blade.
Maelor Himbury | Library Volunteer
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