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Koala Foundation Chair calls on PM to repeal outdated Regional Forest Act
RFAs … authorise logging of native forests on public land, private land and possibly even within National Parks, all while bypassing the usual environmental approval processes.
Fish chomper stoppers could help baby corals rehabilitate reefs
The experiments are part of efforts to understand how best to help coral reefs recover from disturbance events like coral bleaching, which can damage and kill corals.
Farmers welcome carbon capture ban recommendations
Farmers for Climate Action has welcomed strong recommendations from the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee on carbon capture and storage, following US coal giant Glencore’s attempt to store coal waste underground in the Great Artesian Basin. The Great Artesian Basin or GAB is the largest and deepest artesian basin […]
TAFE students given waste truck
There was a light bulb moment that the waste truck we were about to send for scrapping could be given a second life at TAFE NSW, along with engines and parts from other trucks at their use-by date.
Mayor tells residents to ‘love their trees’
If anything, the community’s reliance on trees has expanded, given the ever-increasing need
for their role in cleaning the air we breathe, and providing habitat and food for many
endangered native species.
Loud chorus of criticism for Eraring extension
The fact is pollution from power stations is
contributing to early deaths in our region, and now all of NSW is paying for that too, thanks to the
Minn’s government. It seems that damning findings of the 2021 inquiry into NSW coal ash waste
dumps chaired by Daniel Mookhey MP, now NSW Treasurer have been sidelined
Endangered Greater Glider killed by alleged illegal logging
Nature and community groups had notified Forest Fire Management and state and federal environment ministers that destruction of scores of old hollow-bearing trees along 250 km of fuel breaks within the Yarra Ranges National Park is destroying critical habitat for threatened wildlife, including Leadbeater’s Possums, Gang-gang Cockatoos, Swift Parrots, and Greater Gliders.
Buzz-worthy news on World Bees Day
Australia hosts approximately 10 per cent of global bee diversity.
Cheaper petrol and less pollution from new emissions standards
Australians will finally have access to more low and zero emissions vehicles already being sold in their millions overseas.