'Living wonders' group loses court appeal to consider climate impacts for coal, gas approvals ( www.abc.net.au )
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds | Greenhouse gas emissions ( www.theguardian.com )
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“Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse ( reneweconomy.com.au )
One of the world’s leading energy experts, and the man dubbed the “Einstein of energy efficiency” has debunked the claims that nuclear energy is essential to meet climate goals, saying that choosing nuclear over renewables and energy efficiency will make the climate crisis worse....
After a decade of chaos, Labor finally pivots Australia away from dig-and-ship petrostate to post carbon world ( reneweconomy.com.au )
Finally, after a devastating decade of climate and energy transition chaos, inaction and underinvestment under the LNP luddites, we appear to have a government that appreciates Australia’s comparative advantages....
Move to protect Australian beef industry from EU land clearing laws criticised by scientists ( www.theguardian.com )
Bushcare at Wolli Creek: Met a turtle ( aussie.zone )
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....
Australia announces new plan for net zero: Extract gas to 2050 and beyond ( www.sbs.com.au )
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? ( theconversation.com )
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Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach ( www.theguardian.com )
Red handfish deaths recorded as specimens released back into wild ( slrpnk.net )
Another one on the way .... to extinction! Not one mention of climate change in the article :)...
Reef in crisis: Scientists despair – and are reduced to tears – as corals perish ( reneweconomy.com.au )
Parched south-west is 'canary in the coal mine' reflecting Australia’s climate change reality ( www.abc.net.au )
So 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....
Sustainable town scrapped as one of Australia's biggest green energy projects reconsiders environmental impact ( www.abc.net.au )
In 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....
Electric garbage truck trialled in regional Australia drives 'like a limousine' ( www.abc.net.au )
NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station ( www.theguardian.com )
The 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....
“Simply astounding:” Australian coal mine methane emissions may be twice offical data ( reneweconomy.com.au )
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....
I couldn't get past the foreword and not be horrified ( slrpnk.net )
Glacing out my window here in rural NE Tas, we're still warring with nature and nature is loosing....
Australia's tall, wet forests were not open and park-like when colonists arrived—and we shouldn't be burning them ( phys.org )
Some reports and popular books, such as Bill Gammage's Biggest Estate on Earth, have argued that extensive areas of Australia's forests were kept open through frequent burning by First Nations people....
160 pilot whales stranded and 26 confirmed dead in Western Australia – video ( www.theguardian.com )
The two unlikely states leading Australia’s stunning growth in rooftop PV output ( reneweconomy.com.au )
We’re thinking about climate risk the wrong way ( reneweconomy.com.au )
Woodside Energy’s climate plan rejected by shareholders in ‘globally unprecedented’ rebuke ( www.theguardian.com )
Gold Coast City Council under investigation after major sewage spill into Albert River ( www.abc.net.au )
A Queensland council is under investigation by the state government after at least 350 million litres of raw sewage spilled into a Gold Coast river. ...
WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge ( www.abc.net.au )
Emissions in the state increased by almost 9 million tonnes between 2021 and 2022....