These extreme weather events are not isolated incidents; they are the glaring consequences of inaction on climate change. We can no longer afford to ignore the warnings from weather scientists.
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EPA appears to have listened to community on power station licensing
“Ensuring we have strong air and water pollution controls, best practice management of coal ash, and more access for the community to monitoring data will be among our key areas of focus for our ongoing conversations with the power station operators.” – EPA
Report: shareholders deceived by offshore gas sector
Mr Runciman says industry shareholders face a material financial risk due to the under reporting of liabilities associated with the decommissioning of retired offshore oil and gas assets, describing company disclosures as “inadequate.”
Killcare blues night coming up
BluesAngels are featuring at the Killcare Surf Club Blues Night on January 6. From jug band to jazz-infused New Orleans shake, Chicago blues bellow to bluegrass bounce, plugged or unplugged, the Blues Angels will warm your whiskers with their back hills bemoaning and beatnik beatitudes. The Blues Angels will be […]
New book released
“Imagine arriving at Blacktown Girls High School in a full sari in 1970. How did the girls respond to their new teacher?”
Final UK appeal date set for Assange
With the myriad of evidence that has come to light since the original hearing in 2019, such as the violation of legal privilege and reports that senior US officials were involved in formulating assassination plots against my husband, there is no denying that a fair trial, let alone Julian’s safety on US soil, is an impossibility were he to be extradited.
Charity breaking down barriers of childhood poverty
In January a Back-to-School drive will supply 600 children with essential items such as stationery (USB sticks, scientific calculators), backpacks, lunch boxes, drink bottles and library bags.
SPECIAL REPORT: WETLAND’S FUTURE STILL UP IN THE AIR
The masterplan notes that “residential developments adjacent to airports and under flight paths may lead to complaints about aircraft” and recommends no such developments within the footprint of an airport. Well, too late for that. Unfortunately there don’t appear to be flight path maps in the exhibited document so it’s difficult to know which suburbs (existing and new) will be impacted and to what degree.
Documentary examines Asia’s urgent waste issue
With a focus on Singapore, India, South Korea and Vietnam, Wasted delves into the region’s key issues and why collective and individual action is urgently needed to solve the worsening issue.
Threatened bird populations decline by two-thirds
threatened and near-threatened bird populations in Australia declined by an average of 60 per cent between 1985 and 2020. These trends underpin a call for stronger nature protections in the formal statement from the Australasian Ornithological Conference held in Brisbane/Meanjin