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EMBARGOED: WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER, 12:01 AM. A CLIMATE COUNCIL analysis has revealed a staggering 740 fossil fuel projects have been waved through under Australia’s main environment law, highlighting a fundamental flaw: its failure to directly address climate change. The new report Beating Around the Bush: How Australia’s National Environment Law Fails Climate and … Continued
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Conservationists have scored a major win for one of Victoria’s most significant state forests, with an interim injunction placed on plans to log the habitat of endangered species. The Victorian Supreme Court today granted an interim injunction on a VicForests’ timber harvesting operation in the Wombat State Forest. The harvesting was originally designated as a … Continued
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BRISBANE, AU – 26-Sep-2023 Pure Souls Pet Aquacremation, Australia’s first carbon-neutral pet crematorium, is excited to announce its array of high-quality, environmentally-conscious services. Recognized as the top-rated pet aquacremation facility on Google, Pure Souls leverages the power of renewable energy to provide pet owners a sustainable, kind alternative to traditional pet cremation. Operating exclusively on … Continued
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ESSO DUMPS “RIGS TO REEFS” OPTION But regulators should drop dredging mandate. Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is congratulating Esso Australia for saying it has rejected the idea of dumping retired oil and gas platforms into the ocean to form fishing reefs. In Melbourne consultations, Esso told FoAE the good environmental … Continued
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OzFish Unlimited – Australia’s fishing conservation charity and SA Water have joined forces to help revitalise Bundaleer Reservoir to create better habitat for native fish species. Following on from the success of similar projects at Warren Reservoir in 2021 and 2022, OzFish members from the Barossa-Mid North Chapter rolled up their sleeves at the renowned … Continued
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A UNSW Sydney scientist explains some of the psychological processes that influence our decision making around home insurance and climate change. The world is rapidly changing in the face of global warming. While climate risk was once seen as a problem that existed in the physical sciences, it has since evolved into something that affects … Continued
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Over 800 ecosystem restoration experts from across the globe are gathering in Darwin for the 10th Society on Ecological Restoration (https://ser2023.org/) from Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th of September, the largest conference of its kind ever held in the Southern Hemisphere. In the last 200 years, Australia has lost 34 mammals to extinction – more … Continued
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ESSO DUMPS “RIGS TO REEFS” OPTIONHuge win for the environment Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is congratulating Esso Australia for saying it has rejected the idea of dumping retired oil and gas platforms into the ocean to form fishing reefs. In Melbourne consultations today, Esso told FoAE the good environmental news that they would … Continued
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has identified the pollutant which caused a major crayfish kill in a tributary of Hazelbrook Creek in the Blue Mountains last month. Initial lab testing has found the insecticide Bifenthrin in water, sediment, and crayfish samples collected from the impacted creek. Bifenthrin is commonly used for general … Continued
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Decades worth of fire knowledge, data and experience were put to the test this month with the North Australia & Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service receiving an unprecedented number of map requests during the Barkly region bushfires. NAFI, a fire information web portal supported through Charles Darwin University’s Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (DCBR), received … Continued
