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1.6yr
Bushcare at Wolli Creek: Met a turtle
Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the bridal veil roots we were pulling, looking suspiciously like a rock. ... read full post
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1.6yr
Australia announces new plan for net zero: Extract gas to 2050 and beyond
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-new-plan-for-net-zero-is-to-extract-gas/f42enrs0p16
1.6yr
Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/08/methane-emissions-australian-cattle-industry-suggests-shift-from-net-zero-target-to-climate-neutral-approach43
1.6yr
Red handfish deaths recorded as specimens released back into wild
Another one on the way .... to extinction! Not one mention of climate change in the article :) ... read full post
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1.6yr
Reef in crisis: Scientists despair – and are reduced to tears – as corals perish
https://reneweconomy.com.au/reef-in-crisis-scientists-despair-and-are-reduced-to-tears-as-corals-perish/10
1.6yr
Parched south-west is 'canary in the coal mine' reflecting Australia’s climate change reality
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-03/climate-change-reality-hits-home-in-rural-community/103779236So certainly for Australia, it's south-west WA where that declining rainfall trend is going to be most acute," Australian National University climate scientist Nerilie Abram said. ... read full post
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1.6yr
Sustainable town scrapped as one of Australia's biggest green energy projects reconsiders environmental impact
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-05-02/bp-renewable-energy-town-that-never-got-built-because-of-ramsar/103738044In short: A new North West town for 8,000 people will no longer be built as part of a massive renewable energy project when it re-seeks environment approvals. ... read full post
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1.6yr
NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/30/eraring-coal-fired-power-station-nsw-life-extensionThe New South Wales government will announce within days it will extend the operations of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station for as long as four years. ... read full post
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1.6yr
“Simply astounding:” Australian coal mine methane emissions may be twice offical data
https://reneweconomy.com.au/simply-astounding-australian-coal-mine-methane-emissions-may-be-twice-offical-data/Australia’s coal mine methane emissions are being vastly underreported and are damaging the nation’s credibility on climate change, economist Professor Rod Sims has warned. ... read full post
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1.6yr
I couldn't get past the foreword and not be horrified
Glacing out my window here in rural NE Tas, we're still warring with nature and nature is loosing.
I tell myself I have hardend my heart but I grabbed this book from the local library and the blade still gets through to stab me.
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1.7yr
160 pilot whales stranded and 26 confirmed dead in Western Australia – video
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2024/apr/25/160-pilot-whales-stranded-and-26-confirmed-dead-in-western-australia-video14
1.7yr
We’re thinking about climate risk the wrong way
https://reneweconomy.com.au/were-thinking-about-climate-risk-the-wrong-way/22
1.7yr
The two unlikely states leading Australia’s stunning growth in rooftop PV output
https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-two-unlikely-states-leading-australias-stunning-growth-in-rooftop-pv-output/28
1.7yr
Woodside Energy’s climate plan rejected by shareholders in ‘globally unprecedented’ rebuke
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/24/woodside-energy-climate-plan-rejected-shareholders-annual-general-meeting-protest-vote15
1.7yr
Gold Coast City Council under investigation after major sewage spill into Albert River
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/gold-coast-sewage-spill-albert-river-yatala-investigation/103762292A Queensland council is under investigation by the state government after at least 350 million litres of raw sewage spilled into a Gold Coast river. ... read full post
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1.7yr
WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/western-australia-greenhouse-gas-emissions-still-rising/103758454Emissions in the state increased by almost 9 million tonnes between 2021 and 2022. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls
https://reneweconomy.com.au/nationals-threaten-to-tear-up-wind-and-solar-contracts-as-nuclear-misinformation-swings-polls/National leader David Littleproud has reportedly threatened to tear up contracts for wind and solar farm developments, in the latest broadside against large scale renewable energy from the federal Coalition. ... read full post
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1.7yr
Australia's first solar garden sprouts in Grong Grong, taking the renewables boom to the community
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/australia-s-first-solar-garden-/103657946The ‘solar gardeners’, who mostly live in cities hours away, are getting returns of $505, possibly higher, locked in for the next decade, depending on the electricity market
The returns are credited directly to their electricity bills.
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1.7yr
No issues with climate change or Cost of Living then huh ?
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/traveller/travel-news/airfares-dropping-as-aussies-flock-overseas-to-surprising-destinations-20240419-p5fl6s.htmlcross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8796213 ... read full post
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1.7yr
For the first time in decades, the elusive call of the ‘bunyip bird’ returns to Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/bunyip-bird-australasian-bittern-tasmania-lagoon-of-islands-wetlands46
1.7yr
Lack of research on Australia's native bees could be detrimental to their survival, experts say
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/lack-of-research-on-native-australian-bees-problem-for-survival/103738558It's what scientists don't know about native Australian bees that has them deeply concerned.
While there is no shortage of eyes on European honey bees — and the impacts varroa mite, pesticides, climate change and other threats have on their populations — there is a paucity of research on native bees.
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1.7yr
Critically endangered northern corroboree frogs spotted in Namadgi National Park for the first time in five years
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/corroboree-frogs-found-in-namadgi-national-park-breeding-program/103733222cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/8969234
For the first time in five years, northern corroboree frogs have been spotted in Namadgi National Park by ACT government ecologists.
The species is listed as critically endangered and the government has been attempting to restore their population in the park for more than a decade.
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1.7yr
Why the kookaburra’s iconic laugh is at risk of being silenced
https://theconversation.com/why-the-kookaburras-iconic-laugh-is-at-risk-of-being-silenced-208181As climate change results in more bushfires and we continue to clear-fell old habitat trees, the fate of the laughing kookaburra – our icon of the ages – could be sealed. That once-ubiquitous call will be heard no more.
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1.7yr
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers worst bleaching on record | Environment News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/17/australias-great-barrier-reef-suffers-worst-bleaching-on-record?traffic_source=rssYes, fly across the planet to Australia and stab the GBR in the heart with your massive emissions /s.
Hot on the back of thia shitty tourism encouragement article
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/tourism-stats-below-pre-covid/103729066
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1.7yr