Aussie Enviro

For a more sustainable future, we need to embrace living in smaller spaces. This means not letting our houses be our primary space for every activity in our lives

Smaller, well insulated, medium density housing. Alas nothing like the current dystopian sprawl of Australian cities.

Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Almost 100,000 hectares of bushland in the northwest has burned to date. This includes the Tarkine rainforest and alpine ecosystems of Cradle Mountain that may never recover.

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Ms Joenpolvi said similar results were found in posts on the luxury cars – those that included progress-focused language about sustainability achieved well above the average shares on Facebook for each brand.

“The posts that mentioned their luxury cars had ‘sustainable materials’, ‘eco-friendly materials’ or were fighting ‘plastic pollution’ achieve dismal shares, such as just 6 per cent of the average shares for that brand.

• Project cost $3.8b
• approx 1000mw hours
• 201 Turbines
• Possibly support 375 jobs during conatruction, and 70 permanent jobs
• Waiting on community engagement, and planning approvals.
• Begin construction by 2029 - 2032

Could be a winner. Nice to see good news.

It is not just human waste that is being pumped into the ocean off Sydney’s popular beaches due to the city’s unusual and archaic sewerage system – government scientists have confirmed billions of microplastics are also polluting the water.

An ocean of shit and plastic :)

The bills ban charities from using general donations on public communications about ‘electoral matters’, which includes commentary on issues like climate change during an election campaign.

Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie said the dirty deal is an attack on democracy and truth in politics:

“This law kneecaps charities from doing their essential work during elections. By silencing independent voices, the Labor and Liberal parties are making sure Australians only hear from politicians on issues like climate change.

“This law gags independent and fearless advocates like the Climate Council from speaking out on the very issue we were set up to solve. How will Australians know what politicians are up to on climate change, if the only voices left in the debate during elections are politicians or their financial backers in the fossil fuel industry?”

Anyone have more info or insite ? The artcle seemed long on outrage from residents nd short on alternative solutions.

This denial does seem ubiquitous across coast lines every where in Australia.

While i understand they aren't the ones causing this the reality is its happening.

1. Be prepared for a long haul
2. Know the system
3. Be strategic
4. Seize the moment

YouGov research for the Australian Conservation Foundation, found:

85% of parents worry about their children’s health and safety in extreme heat.

70% of parents have kept their child inside more often over the summer holidays, with higher numbers for parents of children aged 5 or younger (76%) and Queenslanders (75%) 67% of parents who kept children indoors had negative feelings including feeling confined (32%), stressed (26%), trapped (23%), anxious (21%), sad (21%) and overwhelmed (18%).

79% report heatwaves impact their family’s sleep, with 21% saying reporting significantly impacts children’s sleep and 58% saying it somewhat impacts their children’s sleep.

45% reported limiting the use of air conditioners or fans during heatwaves because of the cost of power bills.

A bushfire burning in the Takayna/Tarkine in Tasmania's north-west has come within metres of a grove that contains the oldest-known Huon pine, estimated to be 3,000 years old.

Well fcuk :(

There is something significant missing from most of the political and media discussion about the Australian government’s promised, and now abandoned, nature protection laws: the environment. Logically, it should be a focus of the debate. In practice, it barely gets a look in.

Nature bats last :(

Well that's just fcukibg depressing :(

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor has shelved plans to pass its contentious nature positive environmental laws before the election.

The decision comes after fierce resistance from West Australian Premier Roger Cook and sections of the mining industry.

Drill, baby, drill!

Artificial lighting at night can also disrupt nocturnal insect reproduction. And, predators such as owls and bats may learn to hunt around artificial lights where prey becomes more concentrated and vulnerable.

The exact reasons why nocturnal insects are drawn to light remain unclear, but recent research suggests that some nocturnal insects use light to maintain stable, level flight by orienting their bodies so light hits their upper surface.

$200 million to support NAB’s Green Finance for Vehicles and Equipment providing discounted green finance for businesses and manufacturers A 0.5% interest rate discount on investments in manufacturing, transport and recycling as well as industry more broadly. Some eligible activities might include:

Manufacturing: Projects in production and/or manufacturing facilities which produce key components used in renewable energy generation, including in solar, wind and battery storage. Transport and vehicles: Purchase of electric vehicles, hybrid utes, and electric or hydrogen trucks, buses and heavy equipment. Also, manufacturers focused on the production of net zero emissions vehicles, from cars and trucks to buggies and earthmoving equipment. Recycling: Facilities which repair or re-use products or components, as well as those producing recycled glass, metal, paper and plastic from post-consumer waste. Customer loans for investments through the NAB Green Finance for Vehicles and Equipment program are expected to range from ~$10,000 to $5 million.

A business that secures a $5 million loan with a 0.5% interest rate reduction would save around $25,000 per year.

$100 million to support NAB’s Agribusiness Emissions Reduction Incentive program providing discounted green finance for farmers and agribusinesses to reduce emissions A 1.15% interest rate discount on finance solutions which back farmers and agribusinesses to reduce their emissions.

The finance can be used for a range of emissions reduction activities, from enhanced fertilisers which can reduce nitrous oxide emissions to methane inhibitors and changed land-use methodologies. It also encourages farmers to estimate their baseline emissions as part of their ongoing farm emissions reduction plans and to consider investments in technologies and practices that yield financial and environmental returns. Customer loans for investments through the NAB Agribusiness Emissions Reduction Incentive program are expected to range from ~$1 million to $5 million.

An agribusiness that secures a $5 million loan with a 1.15% interest rate reduction would be able to save $57,500 per year or invest that money back into an eligible green project such as methane or nitrogen inhibitors or re-forestation.

With the election coming up, there are interesting open letters being released.

They can be useful to understand how organisations would like to see the country progress.

Oooff, WAs gas biting natures arse.

A Curtin University-led report has revealed that Western Australia (WA) consumes more than three times the global average of raw materials and must change its economy to reduce waste and pollution, conserve resources and lessen reliance on new materials

Good luck with that in a gas is good for climate change state, a state who elects young earth creationists like Andrew Hastie.

I do a bike ride across the mountain to Derby here in Tasmania from my place, the only bit of bush is near the top, (farmlamd before) forestry after). I always stop to listen to the bush.