“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.
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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.
Over Eighteen Thousand Cows Die in Texas Dairy Farm blaze
Livestock takes up nearly 80 percent of global agricultural land yet produce less than 20 percent of the world’s calories.
Plan of management not fit for purpose
“We hope the council meeting will be more than a rubber-stamping exercise by Administrator Hart…”
Nature based management makes rivers more resilient
Wollombi Brook encapsulates the sort of changes we need to make to meet river health goals set by the United Nations in its Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to 2030.
Banks back Barossa carbon bomb
This is classic greenwashing and it is high time Natixis and the other NZBA banks stop financing new fossil gas projects, including Barrosa.
Minister supports calls for environmental land sale investigation
It has to be one of the highest value pieces of environmental land on the Central Coast because it is a potential home to 19 threatened species…