Issue date : Wed 29 April, 2020
Estimated Reading Time : 03 Min 24 Seconds
Number of items : 40
Survey backs renewables for Qld electricity generation
The Courier Mail
Wed 29 April, 2020
QUEENSLANDERS overwhelming want the State Government to invest in renewable energy sources, rather than coal-fired power, to meet their electricity needs.
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Use pandemic to 'rebuild our world for the better': UN chief
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wed 29 April, 2020
Berlin: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has challenged leaders to use the coronavirus pandemic to "rebuild our world for the better" by also working together to tackle other global threats such as climate change.
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Australia's environmental future needs to be decided this year
The Canberra Times
Wed 29 April, 2020
At a time when we are consumed by the threats to our health and the nation's economy from an unpredictable pandemic, a national committee has been considering the likely devastation from another existential global catastrophe - environmental collapse - which will not be controlled by a vaccine or drug.
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Think of coronavirus as a test run: Australian military leaders warn we must prepare for worse
ABC News
Wed 29 April, 2020
As Australia was swept by panic buying and medical shortages this year, the scenes were eerily familiar for one of the country's most senior military planners.
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Isolation has made me more aware of my surroundings
Australian Geographic
Wed 29 April, 2020
How well do you actually know the area you live in: the birds, trees and insects that inhabit it? Lauren Smith explores Olds Park at Penshurst.
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Committee hearings blog: Youi on climate
Insurance News
Wed 29 April, 2020
It's Adam Bandt's turn to ask questions - and he's asking about climate change. Specifically, has climate change led to increased numbers of claims.
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Recipe for cheaper electricity? Try 90 per cent renewables by 2040
Reneweconomy
Wed 29 April, 2020
For the better part of the past decade, the federal Coalition’s key weapon in its inexplicable ideological war against renewable energy (and climate action) has been the threat of runaway electricity prices.
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The AustralianHydro, gas supplies to cost more, renewables less
The Guardian
Australia could get 90% of electricity from renewables by 2040 with no price increase
Britain goes record 18 days without burning coal for electricity as lockdown cuts energy use
Yahoo News
Wed 29 April, 2020
Britain has broken the record for the longest run without using coal to generate electricity, driven in part by lockdown measures.
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Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure
The Conversation
Wed 29 April, 2020
Debate about how Australia will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is heating up. As part of the economic recovery, business groups have renewed calls to cut “green tape” – environmental regulation that new projects, such as new mines, must follow.
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Poopcorn test to help turtle conservation
9 News
Wed 29 April, 2020
Turtles may suffer for up to three weeks with plastic inside their system after mistaking the potentially lethal product for an easy meal, a study has found.
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Protesters scour forests for possums to lock out loggers
The Weekly Times
Wed 29 April, 2020
Victoria’s embattled timber industry is angered by the ongoing presence of protesters illegally searching for possums and camping out near logging coupes in breach of coronavirus restrictions
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'Sick in the guts': Woman horrified by what she found with dead kangaroos
Yahoo News
Wed 29 April, 2020
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Coming across kangaroos which had been shot to death was bad enough but it was what a Queensland woman saw next that left her “horrified”.
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Hurricane coming? Get bigger toepads
Cosmos
Wed 29 April, 2020
Lizard groups that frequently experience hurricanes evolve larger toepads than those that don’t, according to a new study.
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Lionfish quite at home in the Mediterranean
Cosmos
Wed 29 April, 2020
The rise and rise of the lionfish (Pterois miles) is a timely reminder that threats to the world’s marine environments aren’t all directly linked to humans.
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Outcry across northern Australia as land managers fight to save NAFI website
ABC Rural
Wed 29 April, 2020
Funding is about to run out for one of the most popular and most important websites for cattle producers, rangers and carbon farmers in northern Australia.
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Largest ozone hole in Arctic closes - but it’s not because of lower pollution due to coronavirus
7 News
Wed 29 April, 2020
An ozone hole that formed over the Arctic this northern spring - and eventually grew into the largest ever recorded there - has closed.
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News.com.auOzone layer: Largest ever tear over the Arctic has closed
9 News
The largest-ever tear in the ozone layer has closed
Rare macadamia trees destroyed in bushfire
7 News
Wed 29 April, 2020
Up to a third of a recently discovered copse of rare macadamia forest has been destroyed by the recent Queensland bushfires.
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Tree rings tell a story of water and climate change
Cosmos
Wed 29 April, 2020
By unlocking the secrets of tree rings, scientists have created a global database of trees’ water-use efficiency, which they hope will help improve rainfall predictions and management of the world’s water resources.
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Living off the land: How long could you last living off what you catch, grow or forage?
ABC News
Wed 29 April, 2020
"I'm just wondering whether I'm going to be able to keep going. If I don't figure out something soon ... I can't see myself being able to do it for the next 25 days."
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Climate explained: why higher carbon dioxide levels aren’t good news, even if some plants grow faster
The Conversation
Wed 29 April, 2020
Compared to pre-industrial levels, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere will have doubled in about 20 to 30 years, depending on how much CO₂ we emit over the coming years. More CO₂ generally leads to higher rates of photosynthesis and less water consumption in plants.
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Allbirds has launched its first athletic shoe and here’s why it’s making us rethink our joggers
Vogue Australia
Wed 29 April, 2020
Yes, Allbirds, the Kiwi sustainable footwear brand created by co-founders Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, is officially launching its first ever running shoe and it’s quite a big deal. Titled The Dasher, the running shoe offers athletic performance with the same dedication to sustainability that the brand has gone global for, allowing it to set up a permanent headquarters in San Francisco and start dabbling in brick-and-mortar stores.
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BOM forecasts strong wintry blast to hit the south-east and beyond
ABC News
Wed 29 April, 2020
Rain, storms, snow, floods, dust and frost — get ready for an early taste of winter this week as a cold blast blows across the south and all the way up to Queensland.
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The government’s UNGI scheme: what it is and why Zali Steggall wants it investigated
The Conversation
Tue 28 April, 2020
Independent MP and barrister Zali Steggall recently drew public attention to a federal government program that supports gas, hydro and coal power projects through underwriting.
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ASBEC slams WA NCC delay and says more sustainable design equals better economic outcomes
Architecture and Design
Tue 28 April, 2020
The decision by the WA Government to significantly delay implementation of the latest updates to the National Construction Code (NCC) is ‘deeply concerning at a time when energy efficiency is critical for supporting economic stimulus’, says the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC).
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Allianz climate change
Insurance News
Tue 28 April, 2020
Adam Bandt says "I want to ask some questions about climate change".
He asks Mr Feledy whether he agrees with the science that suggests Australia is heading for a 4 degree rise, and what that means for the exposure of Allianz's portfolio.
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Craig Kelly on climate
Insurance News
Tue 28 April, 2020
Now it's the turn of Craig Kelly. He's questioning ICA claims that this is our worst disaster season on record with $4.6 billion of losses.
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Natural disaster insurance claims hit $4b
News.com.au
Tue 28 April, 2020
Australians have lodged more than $4 billion in insurance claims because of natural disasters since September, with about half of those because of bushfires.
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9 NewsInsurance premiums could skyrocket after string of 'catastrophic' events – how you can save money
ESG investing now mainstream: deVere
Financial Standard
Tue 28 April, 2020
Economic turmoil and the collapse of oil prices have pushed responsible investing to the fore, according to global independent financial advisory deVere.
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Solar, wind and battery storage now cheapest energy options just about everywhere
Reneweconomy
Tue 28 April, 2020
Further cost reductions in both large scale solar PV and onshore wind projects mean that these two technologies are now the cheapest form of new build energy generation in areas that count for two thirds of the world’s population, and 85 per cent of the globe’s electricity generation.
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Emissions sink for first time in years as power sector pollution falls
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tue 28 April, 2020
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions sank in 2019, the first annual retreat in four years, as renewables cut further into coal's dominance in the power sector.
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Big cost swings point to more big battery storage, less pumped hydro
Reneweconomy
Tue 28 April, 2020
The Australian Energy Market Operator is expected to make significant revisions to its 20-year blueprint for the national grid after conceding that the capital of costs new transmission links, pumped hydro facilities and gas-fired generators are significantly higher than it assumed in its draft 2020 Integrated System Plan.
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Nobody expected 'very left-wing' Michael Moore to issue a film 'critical of renewables'
Sky News Australia
Tue 28 April, 2020
Michael Moore's new film 'The Planet of the Humans' marks the beginning of a "grand awakening" to the impacts of renewables on the natural environment says Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger.
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ARENA calls for input into roadmap to kick-start Australia’s bioenergy sector
Reneweconomy
Tue 28 April, 2020
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has started work on the development of a new bioenergy roadmap, which it hopes will underpin the next stage of expansion of the sector in Australia.
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This Is How Much It Costs To Keep A Zoo Open
Ten Daily
Tue 28 April, 2020
Zoos and aquariums across Australia have been forced to close due to the coronavirus crisis, but the animals inside still need to be fed and cared for, and that's no cheap feat.
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Yawning numbat video could help save one of Australia's rarest marsupials
ABC News
Tue 28 April, 2020
Wildlife photographer Mark Jackman drove at less than 5km/h for days, just to get a few seconds' footage of a yawning numbat — and it was all worth it.
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GM crops ban set to go in South Australia
News.com.au
Tue 28 April, 2020
A ban on genetically modified crops on the South Australian mainland is set to be scrapped with the Liberal government and the Labor opposition reaching a deal on proposed new laws.
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The AdvertiserGM crops legalised in SA after bipartisan deal, with local councils still able to apply to keep ban
The Canberra Times
SA government compromises for GM Bill to pass
Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone
The Conversation
Tue 28 April, 2020
In eight years, US environmentalist and social media star Lauren Singer had never sent an item of rubbish to landfill. But last month, in an impassioned post to her 383,000 Instagram followers, she admitted the reality of COVID-19 has changed that.
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Lockdown's a load of rubbish: Recycling fear as household waste spikes
The Age
Tue 28 April, 2020
Australian households have thrown out more than 10 per cent more rubbish and recyclables via kerbside bins during the COVID-19 lockdown, amid a spike in supermarket shopping and home deliveries.
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The Gold Coast BulletinCoronavirus triples demand for bigger home waste bins as residents clean up
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Organics waste processing plant will prevent 900,000 tonnes of food and garden organics from landfill over 25 years
The Newcastle Herald
Tue 28 April, 2020
City of Newcastle has awarded a $24 million contract for an advanced organics recycling facility as part of a 25-year commitment to revolutionise food and garden waste treatment.
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Winter comes early with mercury to plunge to single digits in Brisbane
The Brisbane Times
Tue 28 April, 2020
Just as cooped-up Queenslanders are ready to emerge from weeks of social distancing, temperatures are expected to plummet below zero in parts of the state.
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News.com.auQueensland weather forecast: Frost, storms to hit state’s southeast
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