‘Decommissioning work (at the Fukushimanuclear energy plant) could take more than a century’. Recall that the LNP took to the May 3 election a policy to build nuclear power plants in a spread of locations across Australia. The Member for Goldstein is still arguing for a nuclear Australia. We lost twice there, not only did we lose Zoe Daniel, we won Tim Wilson.
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From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au>
Date: 31 July 2025 at 9:21:00 am GMT+10
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Subject: Daily Links Jul 31
Date: 31 July 2025 at 9:21:00 am GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Jul 31
Post of the Day
Zali Steggall warns that the costs of climate change must be a focus at the government’s productivity roundtable, with the issue already costing billions. She says a levy on fossil fuel exports could help fund climate disaster prevention.
On This Day
Ecological Observance
Climate Change
Mining leaders have exposed UN climate chief Simon Stiell’s secret past supporting tax breaks for oil and gas companies while lecturing Australia about emissions targets.
Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortage
Eight kids aged 10 to 15 joined Damon Gameau on a trip across Europe in a bus powered by vegetable oil for his new film, Future Council.
The Trump administration moved to undo the legal basis for U.S. climate rules, citing disputed science that researchers say misrepresents decades of evidence linking greenhouse gases to rising global temperatures.
Martien Lubberink et al
The recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on climate action marked a significant step forward in formalising an idea many already accept: climate inaction is not merely a policy failure, but potentially a breach of legal duty by governments.
Jack the Insider
The problem with providing persistent glimpses into a contrived climate horror show at some vague point in the future is that over time, people become inured to them. And switch off. Call it the broccoli effect.
National
A new generation of low-emission wood heaters that produce a fraction of the particulate pollution of current models could save lives by improving air quality, researchers say.
With integrated, long-term planning and a focus on innovation, Australia’s clean energy targets are widely seen as achievable.
John Coyne
Our gas sector supports our economy and strengthens our sovereignty. If we abandon it in favour of political theatre, we don’t just lose market share, we lose credibility.
Amanda Vanstone
Simon Stiell, the United Nations’ climate diplomat, has successfully confirmed what the world has known for some time.
Nick O’Malley
Casual observers of federal parliament might this week have been startled by a sudden resumption of conflict over climate, but the timing was no accident.
Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka
Eliminating fossil fuels without practical alternatives risks societal regression.
As Bowen jibes the Coalition on climate, he still lets it dictate his policies. Who’s the real joke?
Bernard Keane
In hard policy terms, it’s Tony Abbott, not Chris Bowen, who is climate minister.
Charlie Lewis
Presenting a decade of Coalition sound and fury on climate action.
Peter Harris
As more people buy EVs and hybrids, the burden of paying for the road network will increasingly fall on the remaining petrol or diesel vehicle owners.
Victoria
Victorian government sat on damning environmental report for six months while pushing ahead with doomed Hastings wind terminal that threatened rare waterbirds.
Is Labor’s VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?
New South Wales
The Georges River Koala National Park, also called Warranmadhaa, will provide a protected corridor for koalas between Campbelltown and Appin where tens of thousands of new homes will be built.
South Australia
Protestors gathered at Santos’ Flinders Street headquarters this morning, demanding the fossil fuel company pay up to clean beaches amid the algal bloom crisis.
As thousands of sea creatures die in an unprecedented algal bloom, authorities have unveiled a new weapon to predict future marine disasters.
It’s a jewel in the crown of SA’s tourism industry, but there are fears a beloved attraction could be wiped out if the algae bloom makes it to Whyalla.
Mike Smithson
The Premier’s office wishes it could wind back the clock several weeks and have plonked Peter Malinauskas into the thick of it from the very early stages.
Queensland
Far North Queensland drivers were warned with flashing signs triggered by approaching cassowaries in a bid to save them from being hit.
Bowen Coking Coal has appointed administrators after failing to negotiate deferment on its coal royalties to the Queensland government.
Queensland has tightly restricted the construction of townhouses and apartments for decades, and that’s the way it seems set to stay
The ground in Mount Isa usually shakes twice a day with mine blasts, but today silence signals the end of era.
New figures from Queensland’s workers’ insurance agency reveal the majority of those relate to people riding an e-scooter on their way to-and-from work.
What could be Australia’s heaviest insect has been discovered in northern Australia’s high altitude rainforests.
Chinese-made turbines are around one-third of the cost of the European and US-made turbines that dominate the Australian market.
Queensland farmers have been invited to stake their claim for water access across eight major basins as the new government moves to reverse decade-old restrictions.
Tasmania
One thing finally unites Labor, the Greens and the new independent members of Tasmania’s parliament — frustration over the time allowed to digest a $5 billion investment decision on Marinus Link.
Approvals for one of the nation’s biggest energy projects have been caught up in a political stoush featuring claims of sham consultation and secrecy.
A plan to spend billions bringing clean energy to mainland Australia is under threat from alleged dirty politics, while a state Liberal government also looks increasingly shaky.
Northern Territory
In a move to ease chronic gas shortages, the NT’s only energy provider has spent millions upgrading a major pipeline to give the territory the ability to buy from Queensland.
A fracking well drilled by Beetaloo Energy Australia that potentially connected two different aquifers, posing a risk of contamination for both, and which was forbidden under the company’s environmental management plan, was the reason the Department of Lands Planning and Environment recommended former environment minister Kate Worden prosecute the company, a response to questions on notice from Budget Estimates hearings shows.
Western Australia
A weeding project gives little penguins a helping hand on an island off WA’s south coast where an invasive weed can grow up to three times taller than the little birds.
WA’s controversial demersal fishing rules were introduced to conserve fish, but confidential documents suggest the regulations are not working.
A South West WA bike shop manager says a surge in e-bike sales has come with an increase in dangerous and illegal e-rideable modifications.
Mining giant Alcoa plans to clear well over 150,000 potential black cockatoo nesting trees to expand operations throughout the state’s northern jarrah forest.
Fines for parents, licensing registrations and even microchips have all been floated as ideas to crack down on dangerous uses of e-Rideables on the first day of a parliamentary inquiry into the equipment.
Sustainability
The researchers said their results show tiny microplastic particles at 100-times greater levels than previously thought.
Researchers are exploring AI-powered digital twins as a game-changing tool to accelerate the clean energy transition. These digital models simulate and optimize real-world energy systems like wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, and biomass.
The operator of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said it will not begin removing melted fuel debris from the damaged reactors until at least 2037, extending cleanup timelines by more than a decade.
Anupam Khajuria
The Asia-Pacific region is driving innovative, circular solutions to turn EV battery waste into a catalyst for sustainable growth.
Nature Conservation
Young birds were closely monitored and protected from predators after six summers without fledging success
Delegates from more than 170 nations met in Zimbabwe to address the rapid loss of wetlands, but the absence of the United States and Russia’s withdrawal cast doubt on future cooperation.
Test is one of only about 200 chalk streams in the world and councillors says biodiversity in and around it has declined
Maelor Himbury | Library Volunteer
Australian Conservation Foundation | www.acf.org.au
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