Any government that was serious about climate, Traditional Owner consultation, relations with the Pacific and basic integrity would not have approved this project.
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New maximum penalties for environmental breaches
Possessing or using an unregistered pesticide or using a pesticide contrary to the approved label can also trigger fines of up to a $60,000 for an individual and $120,000 for a corporation.
Filthy Five: Toyota, Ford among car companies polluting more than Australia’s coal mines
FIVE FILTHY CAR COMPANIES whose fleets are responsible for more climate pollution than some of Australia’s biggest coal mines have been identified in new analysis by the Climate Council. Toyota’s 2023 new car sales are estimated to produce more climate pollution in a year than 46 big coal mines. The […]
Friends of the Earth and Saltwater People campaign for offshore oil and gas ban
3D seismic blasting releases explosions of noise louder than an atom bomb. We know that it’s deafening and sometimes fatal for whales, seals and penguins. It destroys zooplankton which is the mainstay food for many ocean species. It destroys the buoyancy mechanism for crayfish so they float to the ocean surface to be picked off by birds. It’s devastating to the whole of the marine environment and this damage is unacceptable when we know that the climate can’t afford a single new oil or gas project.
Gas company trials fish kill solution
The Darling River is a crucial part of our state’s biodiversity and it’s exciting BOC expertise is helping to boost biodiversity in regional NSW.
Federal Court fails nature but forest groups fight on
We need to arrest the sad trend of species decline and protect our forests. There are dozens of threatened and endangered species in areas that are currently or imminently being logged.
The only way to ensure the protection of these important species is to end the broadscale destruction of native forests.
Good news for inland rivers in 2023
We commend the Federal Government for wanting to cancel the Menindee project, which was never going to work. Now we need to see how they intend to return real water to the rivers, in particular the Darling-Baaka in the leadup to the next drought.
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
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.
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