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Our Environmental Justice news provides insights into the intersection of social inequality and environmental issues at a local level on the Central Coast, and on a wider level too.
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$51 million for renewable hydrogen on NSW border
It will be powered by renewable energy from a Victorian wind farm and demonstrate renewable hydrogen’s compatibility with existing gas infrastructure.
Green is the gold standard for Somersby company
“You walk into a place that’s dull or it is even nice, they’ve done all this work and you bring the plants in and the plants just lift it and you can see people’s happiness changes, and they have smiles on their faces. It really makes a difference.”
Taking action for Austin Butler
The event attracted multiple generations from the same families, all united by the desire to protect a small stand of paperbark trees in the middle of the Woy Woy Town Centre.
LANDFILL APPEAL DISMISSED – NEW APPROVAL NEEDED
“The development sought to be altered by Verde Terra does not answer the description of an ‘approved’ development.”
Community unites to oppose feedlot
“Living in these cramped, filthy conditions subjects the cattle to immense stress and sickness, with common painful conditions including footrot, botulism, respiratory disease and liver abscesses,” according to AL.
Victoria ends native logging
It’s what we have needed for decades; to protect remaining carbon sinks, biodiversity, water catchments and First Nations culture. This is a sensible move to wind up the timber industry and transition affected workers. This is justice for climate, forests, and humanity.
Delta’s ‘dirty deeds’ exposed
A deep and lasting impression was left on those who witnessed the severity of the two fish kills in Wyee Bay in August and September 2022, which led to the death of an estimated 15,000 fish and copious, larger marine species including White spotted eagle rays – an endangered species occurring naturally in tropical, not temperate, climates.
Special report: association gets REEL about sustainability
According to Cottrill, there are $576m in household savings to be had by people on the Central Coast by converting to renewable energy
In the shadow of a lethal time bomb
The problem is that the EPA licenses covering Vales Point allow them to emit up to 850mg of NOx/m3, 99% of the time, and emit up to 980mg/m3 for 1% of the time. This is 6 times the European Union’s annual average limit for existing coal power stations of just 150mg/m3 and 4 times the United States annual average limit.