DAILY NEWS – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The sun is shining on Australia’s east coast today for the first time in weeks but I am sitting here wondering if ‘rain bomb’ will become the Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year and thinking about what will need to happen – how bad will […]
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Fast-tracking water engineering projects poses ‘grave danger’
The Nature Conservation Council has expressed grave concerns over the fast-tracking of water engineering projects in the Southern Murray Darling Basin, warning that more interventions in the system will result in less water for the environment overall and authorities picking winners and losers. “The poor track record of water engineering projects means we are very […]
Australia worst performer on fossil fuels
Australia is the worst performing of all developed countries when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and moving beyond fossil fuels according to a new report from the Climate Council. The report – From Paris to Glasgow – A World on the Move – concludes that Australia is being […]
Reprieve for Reef as Katter’s Bill fails
The failure of Katter’s Reef Regulation Reversal Bill to gain support in a Queensland Parliamentary Committee is good news for our Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) says. Members of the Queensland Parliament’s Health and Environment Committee recommended the Bill not be passed. If enacted, the Bill […]
ACF campaign a sign of growing will for climate action
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) ‘Together We Can’ campaign is reassuring if you are concerned about the climate crisis but feel overwhelmed and powerless and/or if you’ve been told that no one cares and it’s too late anyway. If you have made it onto an ACF mailing list you will […]
Warming up for grim news on climate change
The northern hemisphere is in the midst of a summer marked by devastating wildfires, floods, storms and, of course, the ongoing pandemic – none of which are good signs that the IPCC latest report on climate change, due for release on August 9, would hold anything but grim news. The […]
What does it take to stop a coal mine?
When Centennial Coal cancelled its Angus Place coal mine application last week, five threatened wetlands in the Gardens of Stone were saved and 123 million tonnes of coal was kept safely in the ground. Chris Gambian, CEO of the Nature Conservation Council, says that’s equivalent to two years of NSW’s […]
Climate change and water quality greatest threats to Reef
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) has deferred its decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ by a year but that doesn’t mean the Federal Government is off the hook according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society. The Society says the Australian Government has six months to report […]
EDO client joins fight to stop extension of Dendrobium
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) clients Protect Our Water Catchment (POWC) applied to join legal proceedings so they can defend the refusal of a coal mine extension south of Sydney. In February 2021, the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) rejected the expansion application by South 32, to extend the […]
Is Australia ready for a better future?
Better Futures Forum Australia will be held online over three days from August 17 in preparation for the COP26 in Glasgow in November which has been labelled by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) as the “most important climate meeting ever”. “Global leaders will decide on targets and policies that maintain […]