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Category: Environment

Real Pet Food Company Commits to Sustainability with Software Solution from Rockwell Automation

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MELBOURNE – November 2023 – Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced that it has won the contract to provide Energy management software to Real Pet Food Company, across four production facilities in Australia.   The energy management solution will be delivered by Rockwell’s consulting arm, Kalypso, … Continued

Volunteers needed for environmental DNA project near Mackay

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OzFish Unlimited is in the early stages of the second year of its environmental DNA testing in North Queensland and is calling on fisher scientists to join in for this simple yet important research.  Researchers and volunteers from OzFish’s Mackay Chapter will conduct the latest round of testing on Friday, November 3 at Bloomsbury north … Continued

Ocean warming is accelerating, and hotspots reveal which areas are absorbing the most heat

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A new study reveals increasing warming rates in the world’s oceans in recent decades and the locations with the greatest heat uptake. Ocean warming has accelerated dramatically since the 1990s, nearly doubling during 2010–2020 relative to 1990–2000, according to new UNSW Sydney-led research. The study, published this week in Nature Communications, also shows some areas of the … Continued

Expert legal review finds Australia’s environment law fails to protect safe and liveable climate

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2023   BIG POLLUTING FOSSIL fuel projects are escaping scrutiny because Australia’s national environment law has a massive gap when it comes to climate change harms, according to a legal review released today.   Distinguished environmental and climate law professor Jacqueline Peel prepared the review.   More than 35 … Continued

Reviva Moss Vale unleashes creativity with local upcycle competition

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Local not-for-profit reuse shop Reviva Moss Vale has launched it’s annual ‘Reuse, Repair and Repurpose Competition’. This popular competition gives locals the chance to showcase their creative upcycle and repair projects to inspire our community and win. Reviva Moss Vale Manager, Ashlei Krebs said, “This competition is a highlight of our year because we get … Continued

Reviva unleashes creativity with local upcycle competition

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Local not-for-profit reuse shops Reviva have launched their annual ‘Reuse, Repair and Repurpose Competition’. This popular competition gives MidCoast locals the chance to showcase their creative upcycle and repair projects to inspire our community and win. Reviva MidCoast Area Manager, Russell Ping said, “This competition is a highlight of our year because we get to … Continued

Murray-Darling polling: Majority support for water buybacks across Basin states, party lines and regional Australia

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MEDIA RELEASE | Tuesday 31 October 2023New research released today by the Australia Institute shows strong public support for changes to Murray Darling Basin environmental and water rules. The Restoring our Rivers Bill 2023 is before a Senate inquiry today, with water recovery and how it will be recovered key issues being discussed. Changes proposed … Continued

Getting the Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track

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Improved accountability would boost progress on the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, according to the Productivity Commission. The interim report of the 2023 Murray–Darling Basin Plan implementation review finds the Australian Government’s recently proposed extension of the Basin Plan timeframes is necessary but won’t be enough. “In the five years since the last Commission review, very little progress has … Continued

Reviva unleashes creativity with local upcycle competition

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Local not-for-profit reuse shop Reviva Ibis has launched it’s annual ‘Reuse, Repair and Repurpose Competition’. This popular competition gives locals the chance to showcase their creative upcycle and repair projects to inspire our community and win. Reviva Ibis Manager, Kahli Pearson said, “This competition is a highlight of our year because we get to see … Continued