Issue date : Thu 23 January, 2020
Estimated Reading Time : 03 Min 54 Seconds
Number of items : 46
Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in
The Conversation
Thu 23 January, 2020
Australia’s bushfire crisis has been unprecedented, so it demands an unprecedented national response. Never before has such a large area been burnt by multiple fires in a single fire season, including bushland in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
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Michael Pascoe: Morrison announces massive carbon emissions cuts – but he doesn’t mean it
The New Daily
Thu 23 January, 2020
On Monday Scott Morrison claimed Australia’s carbon emissions will be slashed by 42 per cent this decade – a vastly greater reduction than any Paris agreement target or the government’s own forecasts.
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Greenies could be caught out by Scott Morrison’s new debate on bushfire disaster prevention
The Daily Telegraph
Thu 23 January, 2020
After heavy criticism for his handling of the bushfires, the Prime Minister is setting up a new debate over preventing future disasters which could catch greenies out, writes James Morrow.
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Prince Charles pleads for sweeping new economic model to avert climate 'catastrophe'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thu 23 January, 2020
London: Prince Charles has pleaded with world leaders and businesses to rapidly shift to a new economic model that revolutionises the interaction between nature and global financial markets and saves the planet from "approaching catastrophe".
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Trump sends the wrong message on climate
The Canberra Times
Thu 23 January, 2020
Only Donald Trump could turn an ordinarily dry-as-dust gathering of billionaires, journalists and finance ministers, leavened with a smattering of heads of state, into a credible diversion from impeachment.
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Facts trump the fears
The Australian
Thu 23 January, 2020
The theme for the World Economic forum in Davos this week is “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”. It’s a noble aim but one that’s looking increasingly unlikely.
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Scott Morrison's stance on climate change makes it harder for future governments to undo his damage
The Guardian
Thu 23 January, 2020
The need for emissions cuts is urgent – the longer we wait, the more of our carbon budget we use
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What I learnt about the Australian bushfires living on the edge of the Sahara Desert
ABC News
Thu 23 January, 2020
From 1981 to 1999 my family and I lived in Niger Republic, a borderland of the Sahara Desert.
I was in charge of a small reforestation project. The hard-earned lessons acquired during that period serve me to this day.
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There’s nothing safe about a country in flames, and the Coalition will exploit that
The Guardian
Thu 23 January, 2020
As bushfires flare, expect the government to dampen hopes of climate action and ramp up national security rhetoric
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A carbon shock for the global financial system
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thu 23 January, 2020
As large swathes of the Australian landscape continue to burn, the world’s central bankers have hit the panic button.
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WAToday
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Andrew Forrest says fuel loads, not climate change, are primary cause of bushfires
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thu 23 January, 2020
London: Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest has repeated his unsubstantiated claim that the bushfires are primarily caused by fuel loads and arson during an international television appearance in which he called for donors to fund new climate research, saying "the science has so far to go."
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Global renewables company invests in Rockingham waste-to-energy plant
WAToday
Thu 23 January, 2020
One of the world’s leading renewable energy companies has made its first Australian investment in East Rockingham, having acquired a 40 per cent stake in the nation’s second waste-to-energy plant.
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Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here’s how Australian owners could cash in
The Conversation
Thu 23 January, 2020
Everybody wants an energy-efficient home. After all, an energy-efficient home is comfortable to live in, without large energy bills. These can be important factors for prospective home owners or renters. Our review of international research found energy-efficient homes typically fetch a higher price.
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Bushfire crisis: more than half of all Australians found to have been directly affected
The Guardian
Thu 23 January, 2020
More than half of all Australians have been directly affected by the summer’s bushfire crisis, including millions suffering health effects, according to a new survey from the Australia Institute.
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Bushfire near Canberra airport and Oaks Estate under control, at 'advice' level
The Canberra Times
Thu 23 January, 2020
"Early detection" helped ACT firefighters gain control of a fast-moving bushfire which threatened homes in Canberra's east and Queanbeyan on Wednesday.
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ABC NewsFire on the outskirts of Canberra downgraded after threatening homes ahead of day of high fire danger
River deltas are changing shape
Cosmos
Thu 23 January, 2020
Deforestation and damming have altered the shape of river deltas across the globe, contributing to a net 54 square kilometres of land gained per year over the past three decades, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
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Dangerous fumes from peat fire in Gippsland cause health risk for pregnant women, firefighters
ABC News
Thu 23 January, 2020
Residents of Sarsfield, north east of Bairnsdale in eastern Victoria, are concerned about the ongoing threat of carbon monoxide poisoning from an underground peat fire that has been burning in a paddock for almost a month.
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China set to ban certain plastic items within a year
Inside Waste
Thu 23 January, 2020
China has set a timetable to ban or restrict some single-use, nondegradable plastic products by the end of this year.
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Climate drivers align to give average chance of rain – which at least is better than what it's been
ABC News
Thu 23 January, 2020
Just days after some of the worst bushfires ever seen in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology tweeted on January 8 that a climate driver called the Indian Ocean Dipole had returned to neutral.
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Wet-season storms drop 'best rain in years' across Territory cattle country
ABC Rural
Thu 23 January, 2020
Wet-season storms have delivered much-needed rain across Northern Territory cattle country, with drought-affected Barkly producers among those to benefit from the downpour.
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Malcolm Turnbull slams PM's response to climate change and bushfires
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed 22 January, 2020
London: Malcolm Turnbull has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of "misleading" Australians over climate change and the summer bushfire disaster, in a dramatic worsening of simmering tensions between both men.
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ABC NewsMalcolm Turnbull attacks Scott Morrison's handling of the bushfire crisis as 'not how a prime minister should act'
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull lashes Scott Morrison on bushfires
The New Daily
‘War on science’: Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Morrison has misled the nation on bushfire crisis
Hazard burns beat emissions for fires: PM
The Herald Sun
Wed 22 January, 2020
Scott Morrison has argued hazard reduction burns could be more important than cutting carbon emissions in Australia's fight against bushfires.
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The Advertiser
The Australian
The Daily Telegraph
The Geelong Advertiser
The Gold Coast Bulletin
The Mercury
The New Daily
The Newcastle Herald
The Weekly Times
Experts slam Morrison’s false equivalence between emissions targets and hazard reduction
Reneweconomy
Wed 22 January, 2020
Climate and fire experts have slammed prime minister Scott Morrison’s claims that hazard reduction burns carry equal importance to that of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saying it shows Morrison still does not understand the link between bushfires and climate change.
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Industry group wants climate policy on agenda in wake of bushfires
The Age
Wed 22 January, 2020
Energy companies will meet Energy Minister Angus Taylor on Thursday to discuss the bushfire response but one peak business lobby says they must also address climate change.
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UK climate scientist corrects Australian MP Craig Kelly's 'blatant misrepresentation'
The Guardian
Wed 22 January, 2020
Prof Sandy Harrison tells the Liberal on his Facebook page that his misuse of her study should not go unchallenged
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Victorian Liberals call on Morrison to adopt 'sensible' emissions reductions targets
The Age
Wed 22 January, 2020
Victorian Liberal leader Michael O'Brien has called on the federal government to adopt long-term "sensible" emissions reduction targets, saying communities and businesses need certainty beyond 2030.
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Agencies ideologically opposed to hazard reduction: Deputy Premier
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed 22 January, 2020
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has accused state government agencies of being "ideologically opposed" to hazard reduction, as he backed the Prime Minister's proposal for national targets.
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The AustralianBushfires: NSW ministers blame ‘green ideology’ for lack of hazard reduction
Malcolm Turnbull says: ‘Trump is the leading climate denier in the world’
News.com.au
Wed 22 January, 2020
Donald Trump is the leading climate change denier in the world, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
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The Sydney Morning HeraldTrump the world's 'leading climate denier', Turnbull says
The Age
The Brisbane Times
WAToday
Yahoo News
Trump top climate change denier: Turnbull
The Canberra Times
The Australian
The Herald Sun
The Guardian
Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Trump is the world's 'leading climate denier'
‘Prophets of doom’: Trump, Thunberg spar over climate outlook
The New Daily
Wed 22 January, 2020
US President Donald Trump and teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg have renewed their tit-for-tat about the environment at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Why prescribed burns don’t stop wildfires
WAToday
Wed 22 January, 2020
The Prime Minister has declared hazard-reduction burning is just as important as action on climate change to limit Australia’s wildfire risk – but with lives, properties, flora and fauna at real risk, it is critical to understand the realities and limitations of fire management.
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Business leaders see the light of 'moral capitalism' at Davos
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed 22 January, 2020
There is a tendency, probably with good reason, to be cynical about the sight of a conga line of plutocrats lining up in a Swiss ski resort to espouse the virtues of "green finance" and proclaim their commitment to progressive environmental, social and governance agendas.
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Our plan is to stop the fires by chopping down everything flammable BEFORE it burns. Marketing genius!
The Guardian
Wed 22 January, 2020
And we’re dealing with ‘climate change’! We are right on track to meet our Paris targets if you hold them upside down
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Australia has a credible path to a low carbon grid. Why won’t the Coalition embrace it?
Reneweconomy
Wed 22 January, 2020
Don’t believe the nonsense that you might read from conservative commentators, and in too much of the mainstream media, that having a high renewables grid will be the path to economic ruin.
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Great Australian Bight: Wilderness Society launches legal challenge to Equinor's oil drilling approval
The Guardian
Wed 22 January, 2020
The Wilderness Society has launched legal action challenging the environmental approval granted to Norwegian energy giant Equinor to explore for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
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ABC NewsGreat Australian Bight oil drilling approval to be challenged in Federal Court
The Australian
New green challenge to Equinor Great Australian Bight drilling plans
SBS World News Australia
Legal action launched to stop Great Australian Bight oil drilling
The Advertiser
Opponents of oil drilling in Great Australian Bight take case to court
The Daily Telegraph
The Mercury
The Age
Green group launches court bid to block Great Australian Bight drilling
The Brisbane Times
The Sydney Morning Herald
WAToday
How fashion uses greenwashing to hide its dirty secrets
Yahoo News
Wed 22 January, 2020
Paris fashion fortnight began last week with an apocalyptic warning.
"Our Mother Earth will not be able to support life, we will not be able to breathe... If we don't open our hearts and our minds, it's the End," a disembodied voice intoned as hot Hollywood label Rhude made its Paris debut.
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As Earth’s population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?
The Conversation
Wed 22 January, 2020
As unprecedented bushfires continue to ravage the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government have been rightly criticised for their reluctance to talk about the underlying drivers of this crisis. Yet it’s not hard to see why they might be dumbstruck.
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First Australian port attains sustainability certification
Infrastructure Magazine
Wed 22 January, 2020
EcoPorts, the global standard for environmental sustainability in the ports sector, has officially certified an Australian port for the first time.
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Valentino Gareri’s low cost modular school-protoype in Africa
Architecture and Design
Wed 22 January, 2020
Valentino Gareri has designed a new, low cost modular prototype school in Africa, which is sustainable, modular, flexible and inspired by vernacular architecture.
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Dubbo fish kill won't be the last as drought, fire raise extinction risk, ecologists warn
ABC News
Wed 22 January, 2020
A renowned angler says a mass fish kill in the parched Macquarie River in New South Wales this week left the waterway looking like "tomato soup."
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First scientist to link bushfires to climate change 30 years ago says he’s ‘horrified’ to see his findings come true
SBS World News Australia
Wed 22 January, 2020
Australian scientist Tom Beer authored the world’s first research into climate change’s effect on bushfires in the 1980s. More than 30 years later, he’s urging the government to listen to the experts.
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9 NewsClimate scientists' push not to be ignored
The Daily Telegraph
The Mercury
Perthnow
The Canberra Times
Massive salvage effort for bushfire-burnt timber a race against time
The Age
Wed 22 January, 2020
Victorian and NSW logging operators face a race against time to salvage millions of tonnes of timber from the states’ charred fire grounds before the wood becomes unusable.
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Uranium miner flags restart at Honeymoon within a year if prices jump, others aren't so sure
ABC News
Wed 22 January, 2020
The company behind a proposal to restart uranium mining in north-east South Australia says it would be ready to begin production within a year if prices improve.
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Australia faces falling inflows even as demand for water grows
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed 22 January, 2020
Reservoirs across Australia are recording dwindling inflows as the climate warms and dries, a trend that is likely to continue and force cities, including Melbourne and Sydney, to bolster the security of water supplies.
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Recycling market review lays out export ban challenges
Inside Waste
Wed 22 January, 2020
The export of some paper and cardboard packaging will be “necessary”, despite plans to ban the export of these materials within two-and-a-half years, a new report has indicated.
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Global warning: how to overcome eco-anxiety and reduce your own personal carbon footprint
Vogue Australia
Wed 22 January, 2020
As we enter a new year and a new decade, the tendency to look inwards and improve ourselves with resolutions has been replaced with a desire to help future-proof the world instead. Noelle Faulkner grapples with a case of eco-anxiety and the realities of reducing her carbon footprint.
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University of Wollongong forced to dump coal conference over planned climate blockade
ABC News
Wed 22 January, 2020
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has withdrawn from hosting a long-running coal conference amid concerns over planned climate protests.