Issue date : Fri 18 May, 2018
Estimated Reading Time : 03 Min 24 Seconds
Number of items : 40
Senate report recognises climate risk, but fails to draw obvious conclusions
Reneweconomy
Fri 18 May, 2018
Climate change is “a current and existential national security risk”, according to an Australian Senate report released on Thursday.
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The GuardianClimate change an 'existential security risk' to Australia, Senate inquiry says
One-third of the world’s nature reserves are under threat from humans
The Conversation
Fri 18 May, 2018
In the 146 years since Yellowstone National Park in the northwestern United States became the world’s first protected area, nations around the world have created more than 200,000 terrestrial nature reserves. Together they cover more than 20 million km², or almost 15% of the planet’s land surface – an area bigger than South America.
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The Sydney Morning Herald'Going backwards': A third of protected land at risk as Australia lags
The Age
The Brisbane Times
The Canberra Times
WAToday
Yahoo!7 News
People are pillaging the world's protected areas: study
Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg urges WA to put ‘human life before sharks’
Perthnow
Fri 18 May, 2018
FEDERAL Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg has urged WA to take up NSW’s offer of cutting-edge drum lines to protect against sharks, imploring the McGowan Government to “put a premium on human life”.
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Live sheep export: WA farmers say government intervention would risk WA industry
Perthnow
Fri 18 May, 2018
FARMING groups have told WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan to butt out of the live sheep export debate, saying her intervention would risk bans on other WA products in the Middle East.
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No clear path for farmers in Queensland land clearing
The Australian
Fri 18 May, 2018
On Queensland’s harsh political landscape, few weeds grow thicker or thornier than the debate over farmers’ rights to manage vegetation on their land.
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Investor jeopardy over new Queensland land laws
The Australian
Fri 18 May, 2018
Queensland’s crackdown on land-clearing is putting the state’s reputation as a destination for agriculture investment in “jeopardy”, one of Australia’s biggest rural investors believes.
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Global Leadership Program on the Circular Economy launched
Inside Waste
Fri 18 May, 2018
The Global Leadership Program on the Circular Economy has been launched at the 3R Regional Forum for the Asia Pacific Region, which was organised by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) in India.
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India's Adopt a Heritage scheme opens icons to corporate advertising
ABC News
Fri 18 May, 2018
The Taj Mahal: an architectural masterpiece. The Red Fort: a symbol of India's hard-fought independence. The Sunderbans National Park, a last stronghold for the majestic Bengal tiger.
These are just a handful of India's national treasures now up for "adoption" by private and public sector companies or individuals under a controversial government program.
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OMA Launches Campaign With National Geographic To Help Save Endangered Animal Species
B & T
Fri 18 May, 2018
Members of the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) have launched a campaign as part of a global partnership with the National Geographic Society and out-of-home (OOH) industry bodies from 20 countries around the world to bring attention to species at risk of extinction.
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Snowy 2.0 declares wind and solar power ‘clearly cheaper’ than coal
The Australian
Fri 18 May, 2018
The government-owned company building Malcolm Turnbull’s Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project has added fuel to the energy wars by declaring wind and solar are clearly cheaper options than coal.
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'Energy has to come from somewhere': Farmer would welcome gas drilling
The Age
Fri 18 May, 2018
Dairy farmer Simon Gleeson remembers the non-stop "noise pollution" the onshore gas well generated – an industrial rumble that was audible from inside his house 24 hours a day.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
WAToday
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Australian Scientists Found 23 New Spiders (And They Hunt On Water)
Gizmodo Australia
Fri 18 May, 2018
Happy news, Aussies! We have 23 new friends to terrorise the tourists with - and they have some pretty sweet names.
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The disgusting way hippos are killing fish by the thousand
Techly
Fri 18 May, 2018
Death by suffocation sounds like a pretty grim way to go. Wanna know what’s worse? Death by suffocating in poop.
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Byrne Resources Group takes calculated risk with recycling facility
The Courier Mail
Fri 18 May, 2018
A FAMILY company has embarked on a multi-million-dollar expansion of its construction and industrial waste based recycling business as the Queensland Government fast tracks new measures to support the industry.
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Bianca Spender on sustainable fashion: 'There’s always a way to weave in something beautiful'
The Guardian
Fri 18 May, 2018
The Australian designer on her latest resort collection, being inspired by the end of corsets and making better clothes
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Victoria's new offshore oil and gas releases a 'complete mockery' of ban
The Guardian
Thu 17 May, 2018
Victoria’s opposition says the release of new oil and gas reserves for exploration off the west coast makes a “complete mockery” of the state’s onshore gas exploration moratorium.
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ACT to change law to drop gas and pave way for all-electric suburbs
Reneweconomy
Thu 17 May, 2018
The ACT is taking steps to pave the way for the rise of all-electric, gas-free suburbs, as part of the next step in its nation-leading push for 100 per cent renewable energy.
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Draft NSW flying fox guidelines open for public comment
The Newcastle Herald
Thu 17 May, 2018
NEW laws could let work in Hunter flying fox colonies, including noise attenuation fences and relocation efforts, go ahead within five days of giving notice to environmental regulators.
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EU takes Germany, five others to court over air pollution
Yahoo!7 News
Thu 17 May, 2018
The European Commission said Thursday it is taking Germany, France, and four other countries to the bloc's highest court for failing to comply with EU air quality standards.
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WA may still ban sheep exports in summer
SBS World News Australia
Thu 17 May, 2018
WA's agriculture minister says federal changes to live sheep exports are insufficient to deal with the heat issues on voyages to the Middle East in summer.
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Liberal rebel will proceed with bill after government preserves sheep trade
The Conversation
Thu 17 May, 2018
The government has rejected calls for a ban on the live sheep trade during the northern summer, but it will require an independent observer on all ships, including for live cattle exports.
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‘Brilliant, depressing’ National Geographic cover goes viral
News.com.au
Thu 17 May, 2018
A HAUNTING cover image on the June issue of National Geographic is circulating online, suggesting the plastic pollution we see is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Sumitomo Mitsui signals it may curb coal-fired power lending
The Australian Financial Review
Thu 17 May, 2018
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has signaled it may rethink its financing of coal-fired power projects, a small step for the nation's banking industry, which lags global rivals shifting away from one of the most-polluting fuels.
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Salmon farmers strike deal in Tas harbour
Yahoo!7 News
Thu 17 May, 2018
A deal between salmon farming heavyweights designed to improve the health of Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour has been backed by the state government but drawn the ire of environmentalists.
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ABC NewsTassal, Petuna joint venture in Macquarie Harbour not a PR exercise, companies say
Dexus commits to net zero 2030 target
The Fifth Estate
Thu 17 May, 2018
Exclusive: At a panel event on energy in Sydney last Friday, Paul Wall, head of group sustainability and energy at Dexus, let slip that his company had jumped aboard the net zero challenge with a commitment to achieve this by 2030.
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One down, five to go: Cook Islands begins shift to 100% solar and storage
Reneweconomy
Thu 17 May, 2018
The South Pacific Ocean’s Cook Islands archipelago has taken a big step towards meeting its 2020 100 per cent renewables target, with half of its 12 inhabited islands in the process of being converted from mostly diesel power to solar and battery storage only.
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ARENA pumps funds into “solar garden” trial
The Fifth Estate
Thu 17 May, 2018
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has provided $240,000 for a feasibility study into “solar gardens” – centrally located solar arrays that can be invested in by renters, apartment dwellers and others unable to get solar on their roofs.
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Designer Leyla Acaroglu daring to be disruptive
The West Australian
Thu 17 May, 2018
Designer Leyla Acaroglu is determined to be disruptive. She wants things to work better but she’s not keen on innovation, she wants to save the planet but isn’t a fan of recycling and she likes things to be complicated, not simple.
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Innovative housing model takes residential and commercial architecture gong at Good Design Awards
Domain
Thu 17 May, 2018
Melbourne’s unassuming Nightingale housing project has taken out the top gong in the Good Design Awards for best commercial and residential architecture.
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Italian architect dreams up crowdfunded, self-sustaining, floating pyramid city
Domain
Thu 17 May, 2018
A self-sustaining, floating city made up of solar powered, modular pyramid structures constructed from fibreglass, carbon and steel could be housing residents at sea within the next four years.
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These Australian animals might soon be gone
Particle
Thu 17 May, 2018
A new study identifies bird and mammal species that could be extinct within the next 20 years.
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Australian magpies can understand other bird calls, study finds
The Guardian
Thu 17 May, 2018
Magpies know meanings of different noisy miner calls and are able to eavesdrop to find out if predators are nearby
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Feral cat impact on native animal populations leads to construction of world's largest fence
ABC News
Thu 17 May, 2018
In the red centre of Australia there's a silent and extremely effective killer lurking… feral cats.
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Park rangers remind Canberrans not to move roadkill themselves after woman hit by car
ABC News
Thu 17 May, 2018
A Canberra woman who was struck by a car while removing a kangaroo from the road has sparked warnings from park rangers about what to do when you hit an animal.
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'He had them trapped': Teacher on leave after allegedly drowning raccoons in class
9 News
Thu 17 May, 2018
A teacher in Florida has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly drowning at least two raccoons during an agricultural science class.
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Great Barrier Reef sediment flow reduced by 97 per cent at test site
The Brisbane Times
Thu 17 May, 2018
A north Queensland test site has reduced the amount of sediment flowing into the Great Barrier Reef by 97 per cent, Greening Australia has revealed.
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WAToday
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Someone is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thu 17 May, 2018
Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the rise, a group of scientists reported Wednesday, suggesting someone may be secretly manufacturing the pollutant in violation of an international accord.
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Logging burns conceal industrial pollution in the name of ‘community safety’
The Conversation
Thu 17 May, 2018
Earlier this year, Melbourne and large areas of Central Victoria, experienced days of smoke haze and poor air quality warnings as a result of planned burns. It’s a regular event occurring every autumn.
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PFAS chemicals probe expanded around Adelaide's Edinburgh airbase
ABC News
Thu 17 May, 2018
Salisbury Council in Adelaide's north wants answers on whether potentially cancer-causing chemicals that may be leaking from the RAAF base at Edinburgh have spread to a wider area.
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Sri Lanka elephants face plastic danger foraging dumps for food
Yahoo!7 News
Thu 17 May, 2018
At a garbage dump in central Sri Lanka a herd of wild elephants forage among a mountain of rubbish, swallowing dangerous scraps of plastic mixed with rotting food in what experts warn is an increasing problem for the revered animals.