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A new report shows inconsistent fridge temperatures and confusing cold storage advice could be contributing to meat waste in Aussie households. With Australian households wasting over 140,000 tonnes of meat a year, experts say there’s a growing need to understand how people are using, or not able to effectively use, their fridges to reduce meat … Continued
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is calling for public comment on their five-yearly review of environment protection licences for Eraring, Mount Piper, Vales Point and Bayswater power stations. The EPA uses environment protection licences to regulate emissions from power stations, as well as noise, water management, land contamination and waste. … Continued
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is on the lookout for passionate local environmental champions to join the new Hunter Environment Advisory Group. EPA Acting Director of Operations Claire Miles said the group brings together and replaces the Upper Hunter Air Quality Advisory Committee and Newcastle Community Consultative Committee for the Environment and will … Continued
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Australia stands at the forefront of a remarkable opportunity to revolutionise the reduction of global carbon emissions and earn billions in export earnings, by using green hydrogen, to generate green steel, ammonia, cement, eFuels and mining explosives, according to leading global consultancy, Partners in Performance. Partner Brian Innes believes Australia’s nascent green hydrogen industry should … Continued
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Extreme fires drove biodiversity declines despite overall resilience after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season in NSW, a new study suggests. The Black Summer Bushfires burnt an unprecedented area of over 5 million hectares of eastern Australia, with severe economic, environmental, and human impacts. Now, a study conducted by UNSW Sydney researchers shows plant and animal life has … Continued
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Australian households and businesses encouraged to keep valuable resources out of landfill Planet Ark is aiming to remind Australians this National Recycling Week (Nov 13-19) that much of what we currently send to landfill is valuable material that could be reused, repurposed or recycled. This year’s theme “What goes around, comes around” is all … Continued
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Local recreational fishers from OzFish Unlimited have been the driving force behind a new project in the Manning River which will test water quality over the next two months. Members from the OzFish Manning River Chapter will roll up their sleeves to take part in critical citizen science work to benefit the health of the … Continued
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Huge steel structure removed from near Ningaloo A victory for the environment Woodside is to be congratulated for listening to Friends of the Earth (FoE) and removing the Nganhurra riser turret mooring (RTM) from the ocean off the WA coast. The company, which makes vast profits from worsening the climate crisis, has safely lifted … Continued
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[SUVA, 20 October 2023] — Pacific civil society, representing the voices and concerns of communities deeply impacted by the climate crisis, expresses its profound disappointment and deep concern over the recent remarks made by Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka while on a State visit in Australia. His comments, suggesting that the Pacific take a ‘realistic’ … Continued
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A handheld scanner uses nuclear methods and mathematical models to determine the origin and production of seafood. Warming waters due to climate change, pollution, overfishing and fraud in the seafood supply chain means that knowing where your seafood comes from, and that it has been sourced sustainably and without forced labor, is as important as … Continued
