Issue date : Thu 9 April, 2020
Estimated Reading Time : 02 Min 22 Seconds
Number of items : 28
From the bushfires to coronavirus, our old ‘normal’ is gone forever. So what’s next?
The Conversation
Thu 9 April, 2020
The world faces profound disruption. For Australians who lived through the most horrific fire season on record, there has been no time to recover. The next crisis is now upon us in the form of COVID-19. As we grapple with uncertainty and upheaval, it’s clear that our old “normal” will never be recovered.
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COVID-19’S extraordinary opportunities are on offer
The Fifth Estate
Thu 9 April, 2020
In the short term, the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled the climate action momentum that was growing in Australia following the disastrous 2019/20 bushfire season.
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Renewable energy jobs in Australia surge to record levels
The Age
Thu 9 April, 2020
Employment in Australia's renewable energy sector surged nearly 30 per cent to its highest-ever level following a boom in wind and solar power construction activity in 2018-19.
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WAToday
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Product-to-product heat recovery
Food & Beverage
Thu 9 April, 2020
Wastewater, sewage, effluents and sludge are useful sources of energy with the potential to heat (or in some circumstances cool) other products or materials in industrial processes. The DTR Series of double-tube heat exchangers from HRS is designed to maximise direct (product-to-product) energy recovery from such low viscosity materials, allowing valuable heat to be recaptured before the effluent enters final treatment or is discharged to the environment.
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Star of the South announces cable routes through farmland for Australia's largest offshore windfarm
ABC News
Thu 9 April, 2020
Star of the South has released three proposed easements for underground cables through farmland in South Gippsland to connect Australia's first offshore windfarm to the national electricity grid.
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How did this coronavirus start? It probably came from bats, but how and why?
ABC News
Thu 9 April, 2020
Despite the conspiracy theories you're hearing, or the misinformation that's spreading on social media, it's clear that this coronavirus came from wildlife.
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Dingoes divide scientists and farmers over ecological importance
ABC News
Thu 9 April, 2020
Some of NSW's top scientists and farmers are at odds when it comes to the importance of dingoes to the state's landscape.
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Wildlife exploitation = infectious disease risk
Cosmos
Thu 9 April, 2020
Zoonotic diseases – those transmitted from animals to humans – are quickly becoming one of the world’s biggest public health challenges, according to new research published, with impeccable timing, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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How the coronavirus could save Australia from climate change, or make it worse
The New Daily
Thu 9 April, 2020
As the world remains in a coronavirus-induced lockdown, it’s becoming obvious there’s one upside to the decreased use of transport and industry – blue skies as pollution clears and carbon emissions stall.
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More signs of the pressure on our environment
Cosmos
Thu 9 April, 2020
Two papers just published in the journal Nature present more grim news about our changing planet.
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Crops were cultivated in regions of the Amazon '10,000 years ago'
Yahoo News
Thu 9 April, 2020
Far from being a pristine wilderness, some regions of the Amazon have been profoundly altered by humans dating back 10,000 years, say researchers.
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How some flowers recover from injury
Cosmos
Thu 9 April, 2020
Some flowers have a remarkable capacity to pick themselves up – literally – after an accident, according to a study published in the journal New Phytologist.
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Himalayas becomes visible as pollution levels drop
News.com.au
Thu 9 April, 2020
A view hidden for more than three decades has re-emerged as parts of India go into lockdown, but locals are paying a high price.
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Making the most of PET recycling
Food & Beverage
Thu 9 April, 2020
Martogg is a family-owned business founded in 1975. It has grown to employ hundreds of people and is a company that specialises in resins and recycled products for the plastics industry. With its head office in Melbourne, and branches around Australia, it is truly a national company that offers solutions for companies that require commodity resins, engineering materials, colours and additives and recycled products.
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Melbourne experiences the second wettest start to the year on record
The Age
Thu 9 April, 2020
Melbourne has had its wettest start to the year in more than a century after 2019 was among the driest on record.
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How rural Australia can 'bounce forward' after coronavirus and create a resilient future
The Canberra Times
Wed 8 April, 2020
I don't always see eye-to-eye with global oil executives, but I was heartened by what the boss of BP said recently about how the coronavirus crisis could redefine the way we think about our communities and the challenge of climate change.
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Spain targets huge new wind and solar additions as part of stunning renewables plan
Reneweconomy
Wed 8 April, 2020
Spain is targeting a stunning renewable energy share of 74 per cent of total electricity by 2030, and 42 per cent of total energy demand, in its new National Energy & Climate Plan (NECP) that has been submitted to the European Union.
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Climate change could shrink fish sizes
Food Processing
Wed 8 April, 2020
An IMAS-led study has revealed that global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and consequently impact complex food webs in our oceans. The study analysed three decades of data from 30,000 surveys of rocky and coral reefs around Australia, confirming that changes in water temperature were responsible for driving changes in average sizes of fish species across time and spatial scales. The findings from the study were published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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Good Girl 'Fury' Is Battling Invasive Yellow Crazy Ants Destroying Rainforests
Ten Daily
Wed 8 April, 2020
She may be man's best friend, but Fury the labrador is about to be unleashed on an invasive species of ant threatening to destroy heritage-listed rainforests in Far North Queensland.
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Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors
The Conversation
Wed 8 April, 2020
Intriguing things sometimes happen in places deserted by people. Plants creep back, animals return and, slowly, birdsong fills the air.
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Coronavirus lockdown proves an aphrodisiac for Hong Kong pandas Ying Ying and Le Le
Perthnow
Wed 8 April, 2020
It turns out that privacy was all giant pandas Ying Ying and Le Le needed to finally prove they were more than just room mates after spending ten years in the same enclosure.
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Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's streets in virus lockdown
Yahoo News
Wed 8 April, 2020
Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown.
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Iron ore exports set to resume from Northern Territory after five-year hiatus
ABC Rural
Wed 8 April, 2020
The Northern Territory's iron ore industry is showing signs of life for the first time in five years, with shipments of ore expected to leave the Darwin Port next month.
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Global coronavirus lockdowns sends pollution plummeting, but it's not time to 'pop the champagne' yet
SBS World News Australia
Wed 8 April, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has forced factory shutdowns, travel bans and caused economic disaster around the globe - but it isn't all bad news for the environment.
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Los Angeles air 'cleanest in world' since COVID-19
9 News
Wed 8 April, 2020
When you think of the US city of Los Angeles' skyline, the vision is one obscured by smog, with thick air pollution hanging over its downtown buildings.
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NSW lobby group slams Queensland's 'ramshackle' recycling scheme
The Brisbane Times
Wed 8 April, 2020
Queensland’s Containers for Change scheme should be immediately audited after a survey in February found that of 129 collection points, 14 did not exist or were closed and 35 were not effective, a Sydney-based national environment group says.
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'COVID cleaners' slammed for wave of illegal dumping outside charity shops
ABC News
Wed 8 April, 2020
Several charities across the country are reporting a spike in illegal dumping by so-called "COVID cleaners" — those occupying themselves by tidying up during lockdown.
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Associate Professor Alison Gwilt calls for an immediate end to fast fashion
Ragtrader
Wed 8 April, 2020
A global review into the industry's environmental impact has called for an immediate end to fast fashion, with local academics adding to the chorus.