Renewables need land — and lots of it. That poses tricky questions for regional Australia RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY in Australia is expected to double, or even triple, over the next 20 years. There is one oft-overlooked question in this transition: where will it all be built? Many renewable energy technologies need extensive
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Environmental issues in the Capital region and surrounds.
Great Barrier Reef geography: inter-reef habitat at risk from warming
Life on the hidden doughnuts of the Great Barrier Reef is also threatened by climate change Mardi McNeil, Queensland University of Technology; Andrew Hoey, James Cook University; Jody Webster, University of Sydney, and Luke Nothdurft, Queensland University of Technology ABOVE: A sea cucumber living on the Great Barrier Reef inter-reef seafloor. Kent
Why care about ALL native species? Ecosystem collapses now
Australia has adopted a comfortable view that only already ‘endangered’ wildlife or plants need our stewardship. Think koalas versus kangaroos. Even koalas are political footballs in NSW while their vital habitat disappears. Since 1788 almost no research has been done on the environmental roles of diverse wildlife that evolved with natural
Sky Weather meteorologist politely nods as Alan Jones explains Climate Change to her
The Bulletin always likes the ironic view of national happenings chronicled by the Betoota Advocate (a couple of folk north of us in Channel Country) . So here's one from this week. More clear-eyed views of the Australian public square as seen from the regions on this link. __________________________ A ‘WOMAN of science’ as
10 million animals are hit on our roads each year
The vanishing Arctic
Footballer David Pocock moves from protest to lead
TWO MONTHS after retiring from rugby, celebrated former Wallaby David Pocock has taken his first formal role in climate activism by joining the board of an anti-fossil fuel activist group, the Lock the Gate alliance. The appointment will spur conjecture Mr Pocock is eyeing a future political career — which he
Commonwealth protects Platypus, Koala, Swift Parrot, Greater Glider habitat
HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI) has congratulated the federal government for a positive move this Christmas season as Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley announced new habitat protections. The listing of River-flat eucalypt forest on coastal floodplains of southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community sees more than 20,000 highly
BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate 2020 shows Australia is experiencing climate change now
Barilaro tantrum gets results: Koalas lose to property developers
The National Party destroyers of the NSW environment may have scored a win with the childish foot-stomping by the Member for Monaro. A BILL JUST went before the NSW Parliament that would exempt big agribusiness and property developers from koala protection laws in many circumstances. The Nature Conservation Council has called