Issue date : Mon 22 March, 2021
Estimated Reading Time : 04 Min 55 Seconds
Number of items : 58
‘Prosperity and low emissions’: Former chief scientist backs climate policy
The Age
Mon 22 March, 2021
Retired chief scientist Alan Finkel, best known for his central role in the nation’s energy wars, says politicians should set emissions-reduction targets and the Morrison government’s technology-focused climate policy has Australia on the right track.
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Resistance is futile: Why technology is key to Australia’s green energy future
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mon 22 March, 2021
Like others, I dream that my great-grandchildren, whom I might never meet, will grow up living on a planet just as magnificent as it was when I was young. Fulfilment of this dream will require that we preserve our planet’s unique beauty in the face of global warming, armed with ambition and realism. We do not have time for fatalism or despair.
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Forrest commits to fast-track for NSW green power
The Australian Financial Review
Mon 22 March, 2021
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has declared he will meet federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s April deadline for a commitment to build new on-demand power generation capacity in NSW, with the only outstanding conditions being state development approval and federal underwriting support.
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After a decade of lost opportunity to fix NSW’s planning mess, here’s a model for success
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mon 22 March, 2021
The Liberal-National Coalition came to power a decade ago promising reform of a NSW planning system besmirched under Labor by allegations of undue developer influence, overdevelopment at Barangaroo and the misuse of ministerial discretion in planning decisions.
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Health sector can save lives by reducing its carbon footprint
The Canberra Times
Mon 22 March, 2021
Doctors are in the business of saving lives. Every day we head to clinics and hospitals, committed to protecting Australians' health.
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Andrew Bolt: Climate scaremongers not held responsible for falsehoods
The Herald Sun
Mon 22 March, 2021
Tim Flannery, like many climate alarmists, has been proven wrong about his scaremongering predictions – yet he hasn’t paid a price.
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The post 2025 energy market must plan for a grid without coal
Reneweconomy
Mon 22 March, 2021
Australia’s electricity grid still relies on coal-fired generation. But with coal plants retiring and more renewables coming into the mix, that needs to change.
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Stanwell signs up to Vast Solar’s Mt Isa thermal solar project
Reneweconomy
Mon 22 March, 2021
A novel plan for a 50 megawatt hybrid solar thermal project in Mount Isa has got financial backing from Queensland government-owned energy giant Stanwell Energy.
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Australia's miners urge Europe to define nuclear power and fossil fuels with carbon capture as 'sustainable'
The Guardian
Mon 22 March, 2021
The Minerals Council of Australia has weighed into a European Commission climate policy debate, urging it to back fossil fuels with carbon capture use and storage (CCS) and nuclear power on a list of environmentally friendly developments.
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Call for dramatic koala action
News.com.au
Mon 22 March, 2021
One of Australia’s most passionate protectors of koalas is calling for a dramatic overhaul of legislation and says the country is failing its wildlife.
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Platypuses follow up Black Summer with strong breeding season in Victorian north-east
ABC News
Mon 22 March, 2021
Platypus populations in north-east Victoria are much stronger than expected after last year's bushfires, much to the relief of researchers.
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Celebrating Australia’s first National Prawn Day with sustainability
Food & Beverage
Mon 22 March, 2021
Saturday the 20 of March saw Australia celebrate its first National Prawn Day which also coincided with the start of prawn season for both farmed and wild caught prawns.
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Scientists warn of 'irreversible' damage to endangered swamps near Sydney if longwall mining continues
ABC News
Mon 22 March, 2021
Coal mining under Sydney's drinking water catchment is drying up endangered swamps and scientists say the damage is irreversible.
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Thousands evacuated as NSW floods
Yahoo News
Mon 22 March, 2021
Thousands of people have been evacuated on the NSW Mid-North Coast and western Sydney, as swollen rivers flood towns and torrential rain continues to lash much of the state's east coast.
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The GuardianNSW flooding: state pounded by rain as residents along Hawkesbury brace for worst event in 50 years
The Guardian
'Never seen anything like it': locals watch helplessly as floodwaters rise across New South Wales
ABC News
NSW flooding forces 2,000 people to evacuate, schools closed, workers told to stay home
Windsor resident’s house flooded, bottom storey under water
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mon 22 March, 2021
Treacy Bugeja lives just east of Windsor CBD and the bottom storey of her house is under water.
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NSW floods cause thousands of spiders to 'move from ground floor to penthouse'
ABC News
Mon 22 March, 2021
It's the stuff of nightmares.
At the same time, rising floodwaters surrounded Melanie Williams's home, thousands of spiders scaled the fence in her front yard.
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Why do people try to drive through floodwater or leave it too late to flee? Psychology offers some answers
The Conversation
Mon 22 March, 2021
New South Wales is currently in the grip of one of largest flood events in decades. The NSW SES is helping thousands of people evacuate and has received more than 2,000 calls for help in the last 24 hours.
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Ancient undersea middens offer clues about life before rising seas engulfed the coast. Now we have a better way to study them
The Conversation
Mon 22 March, 2021
The world’s oceans hold their secrets close, including clues about how people lived tens of thousands of years ago.
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Montebello Islands the focus of new research to test nuclear impact
ABC News
Mon 22 March, 2021
A new Edith Cowan University research project hopes to collect important data on the impact of historical nuclear testing in the remote Montebello Islands area.
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Commuter disruption as climate activists begin week-long ‘autumn rebellion’
The Age
Mon 22 March, 2021
Activists calling for more action to combat climate change are set to cause major disruption in the Melbourne CBD with a week of protest activity planned.
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NSW weather sends rainfall records tumbling in 'one-in-100-year-event'
ABC News
Mon 22 March, 2021
Records are tumbling as rain continues to lash NSW — and it's not over yet.
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After 'tough and direct' Alaska talks, China says it will discuss climate change with US
SBS World News Australia
Sun 21 March, 2021
In a sign of small progress after testy talks, China says it has agreed with the US to look into climate change and a handful of other issues.
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Dangerous floods are inevitable, so stop putting people in their way
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sun 21 March, 2021
The inundation of homes and businesses in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley of western Sydney is tragic for the people affected, but it is no surprise. The losses are due to inept governance, not any act of God.
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Yahoo NewsDangerous floods are inevitable, so stop putting people in their way
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A carbon tax is coming and Australia won't have a say on it
The Canberra Times
Sun 21 March, 2021
Australian exporters are about to face a carbon tax. The problem is it will be one from which Australia will get no revenue and over which the Australian Parliament will have no say.
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Investment boom predicted for local renewable energy: MinterEllison
The Australian
Sun 21 March, 2021
The outlook for investment in local renewable energy is bright, with capital markets making a decisive shift away from carbon-based investments as banks and institutional investors retreat from fossil fuels, according to MinterEllison.
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Uganda: Lions found dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Yahoo News
Sun 21 March, 2021
Six lions have been found dead and dismembered after a suspected poisoning in one of Uganda's most famous parks.
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Crocodile appears in Broome resort garden, mystifying locals
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
The discovery of a baby crocodile in a Broome resort garden has stumped local wildlife experts.
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‘Creating something bigger’: how one couple used their family legacy to save a rare Tasmanian reserve
The Guardian
Sun 21 March, 2021
Bruce and Ann McGregor used a bequest of $1.6m from Bruce’s late father to buy Prosser River Reserve, protecting a diverse natural refuge
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Australia's lesser-known ecosystems are heading for collapse. Here's what we stand to lose
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
A damning report has found several Australian ecosystems are so degraded, they are heading toward collapse if we do not intervene.
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Darwin's Larrakia traditional owners recognised in renaming of Vesteys Beach
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
For many decades, a popular stretch of sand on the edge of Darwin's CBD was named after a cattle baron from England.
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Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems — and disadvantaged people are often hardest hit
The Conversation
Sun 21 March, 2021
Yet again, large swathes of New South Wales are underwater. A week of solid rain has led to floods in the Mid-North Coast, Sydney and the Central Coast, with several areas being evacuated as I write.
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Evacuations ongoing in Western Sydney as rainfall intensifies
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
Residents in Sydney's west started to leave their homes on Sunday afternoon with more expected to evacuate overnight amid rising floodwaters.
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Devastated couple's home floats away on their wedding day in NSW floods
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
It was supposed to be their wedding day, but now Sarah Soars and Joshua Edge will remember March 20 for all the wrong reasons.
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Conservation and recycling the preferred options for securing the Lower Hunter's water supply
The Newcastle Herald
Mon 22 March, 2021
Increased water conservation and stormwater harvesting combined with inter-regional transfers and the introduction of purified recycled drinking water have emerged as the most preferred combination of options for securing the Lower Hunter's water security, the results of a Hunter Water stakeholder survey show.
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‘Sinister stuff’: Worries remain over Moorebank’s toxic PFAS chemicals
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sun 21 March, 2021
Residents opposed to the development of one of Australia’s largest freight hubs say the site requires long-term monitoring and possible intervention to prevent toxic chemicals leaching into the nearby Georges River.
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Extinction Rebellion grandparents fighting for the future of their grandchildren
ABC News
Sun 21 March, 2021
They have been labelled "ferals", "anarchists" and "dole bludgers" but older members of the activist movement, Extinction Rebellion, say they are just ordinary people moving out of their comfort zone to protect their grandchildren from the devastating impacts of climate change.
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Poem which debunked climate change 100 years ago
The Daily Telegraph
Sat 20 March, 2021
The ABC and its leftist allies like to say weather extremes are recent phenomena, but a legendary Australian poem written in 1908 shows different, writes Piers Akerman.
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Roderick Campbell writes: Recommending approval of a mine based on economic assessment that not only lost in court, but lost in court against you, is a new level of crazy
The Newcastle Herald
Sat 20 March, 2021
What would happen in your industry if a judge described someone's methodology as "inflated", "lacking evidentiary foundation" and "plainly wrong"?
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Climate change investing: jolly green giant or next bubble?
The Australian Financial Review
Sat 20 March, 2021
Climate change investing once had a green agenda. Now it’s black-and-white: portfolios stacked with high-polluting companies risk wealth destruction and missed opportunity.
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Mining companies flout human rights conventions when negotiating with Indigenous Australians, study finds
SBS World News Australia
Sun 21 March, 2021
Weak native title laws allow mining companies to legally start mining projects without obtaining traditional landowner consent, a study has found.
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New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals
Yahoo News
Sat 20 March, 2021
Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint.
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Salt-based storage solution with Australian connection wins EU energy challenge
Reneweconomy
Sat 20 March, 2021
A Swedish salt-based energy storage system that is trialing the electric kiln technology of Australian company Calix has been named as a winner in the Helsinki Energy Challenge, a global competition with a prize of one million euros.
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Australians installed 31,000 batteries in 2020, led by households
Reneweconomy
Sat 20 March, 2021
Australian households led the installation of more than 31,000 battery energy storage systems around the country in 2020, a 20 per cent jump on total numbers in 2019, despite – or perhaps because of – the impact of Covid-19.
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Killer bacteria could wipe out Christmas Island's blue-tailed skink, Lister's gecko unless cure found
ABC News
Sat 20 March, 2021
New research shows Christmas Island reptiles are facing extinction from a deadly microscopic killer.
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Carbon pawprint: is man's best friend the planet's enemy?
Yahoo News
Sat 20 March, 2021
Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV?
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Calls for duck hunt ban as SA season opens
7 News
Sat 20 March, 2021
South Australia's duck hunting season has opened amid renewed calls for an end to the "inherent cruelty".
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The West Coast mountain range moving one step closer to becoming Tasmania's next famous bushwalk
ABC News
Sat 20 March, 2021
Tasmanians will know if the state's next iconic multi-day hike planned for the state's West Coast will go ahead by the middle of the year.
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Warragamba Dam overflows for first time in years amid NSW 'extreme weather event'
ABC News
Sat 20 March, 2021
Sydney's main water source, Warragamba Dam, has spilled over for the first time since 2016, as rivers in Australia's largest city swell amid a downpour.
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Flammable toxic battery dump found near houses in Sydney’s west
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sat 20 March, 2021
One of the nation’s biggest e-waste recyclers has dumped a huge illegal stockpile of batteries in a residential suburb in Sydney’s west less than a year after the company’s over-stocked Melbourne facility went up in flames.
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American scientist Michael E. Mann exposes the ways we're manipulated by the language of climate change
The Canberra Times
Sat 20 March, 2021
The language of climate activism has changed. Gone are the days of fumbling white coats and patient protest. The new wave speaks of urgency, combat, desperation. Extinction rebellions and climate wars! It is an alarming picture, backed by an alarming reality.
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Portland’s smelter saved again, but wind tower workers cut loose
The Age
Fri 19 March, 2021
You could very nearly hear the sighs of relief across the city of Portland as the Prime Minister flew in to announce a deal that will give the biggest employer in the region, Alcoa’s aluminium smelter, an extra five years of life.
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'So much for all those global warming predictions'
Sky News Australia
Fri 19 March, 2021
Sky News host Rowan Dean says record cold snaps and rainfall globally are making the continued "global warming predictions" and alarmism "laughable or criminal".
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Billionaire activist Chris Hohn targets big four banks
The Australian
Fri 19 March, 2021
Hedge fund billionaire Chris Hohn has Australia’s big four banks in his sights. The British executive turned climate activist, founder of $US30bn The Children’s Investment Fund Management, is pressuring companies to properly divulge their carbon exposure .
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The other Atlassian guy
The Australian
Fri 19 March, 2021
Scott Farquhar, the other half of Atlassian, is quietly nurturing the next generation of tech successes and hopes their success will outstrip his own.
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Coles snubs coal and gas and commits to 100 pct renewables by 2025
Reneweconomy
Fri 19 March, 2021
Coles has become the latest supermarket giant to set ambitious climate targets, and will soon be completely powered by renewables after adopting a new goal to purchase all of its power from sources like wind and solar.
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Coles unveils new store complete with juice bar and fresh pizza
Yahoo News
Fri 19 March, 2021
Coles aiming to become 'Australia’s most sustainable supermarket'
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They come in good times: The irony of mouse plagues
The New Daily
Fri 19 March, 2021
At the beginning of autumn every year, in grain country, people living in country towns expect mice to move into their homes.
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Barrier Reef took a ‘hammering’ but most replanted corals are surviving
The Brisbane Times
Fri 19 March, 2021
Scientists on the Great Barrier Reef have been buoyed by the initial results of an ambitious coral transplant program, with impressive regrowth success rates recorded off the far north Queensland coast.
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