‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (www.theguardian.com)
Turns out Hansen should have been a household name in the '90s.
In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands (www.democracynow.org)
Opinion. we warned you about this climate emergency. Now it's here. (www.theguardian.com)
Coal mine extension to 2073 is reckless in the era of global boiling (www.acf.org.au)
The Australian Conservation Foundation has described the Albanese government’s approval of an extension - through to 2073 - for the Gregory Crinum metallurgical coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin as reckless and inappropriate....
Wildlife found thriving on solar farms (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Hares and skylarks are among the most commonly seen large wildlife on UK solar farms, according to the biggest survey of the sector so far.
‘Literally off the charts’: global coral reef heat stress monitor forced to add new alerts as temperatures rise (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Three new levels added by US Coral Reef Watch after ‘extreme’ unprecedented heat, with highest alert warning of ‘near complete mortality’
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet (www.abc.net.au)
we’d expect to see a winter like this about once every 7.5 million years....
Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Australia used twice as much electricity as China on a per capita basis and 48% of it came from coal plants, thinktank says
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion (www.imf.org)
Stop Calling It “Climate Anxiety.” It’s Climate Dread. (newrepublic.com)
Mark Freed experienced growing dread due to the increasing wildfires near his home in California. He felt a sense of helplessness and searched for safer places to live, but still felt disaster was inevitable. Experts define dread as being heavier than anxiety since it involves a tangible threat. With climate change, people dread...
Study Finds Carbon Offset Schemes 'Significantly Overestimating' Deforestation Claims (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Most carbon offset schemes significantly overestimate their impact on reducing deforestation, with many of the carbon credits purchased by polluting corporations amounting to little more than "hot air"
'Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Bamboo – why isn't it our biggest building material? (thefifthestate.com.au)
Bamboo has a few downsides, but environmentally speaking, it could change the game for sustainability in buildings. But why hasn’t a large-scale bamboo industry been considered for Australia?...
Extreme temperatures are tied to more than half a million stroke deaths a year. With climate change, expect more (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new study found.
Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead.
EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting (www.theguardian.com)
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst (www.abc.net.au)
Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is attending the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates....
Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone Face Lawsuit for Misleading 100% Recycling Claims (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Environmental and consumer rights organizations have filed a legal complaint against food and drink giants Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone for the use of misleading “100% recycled” and “100% recyclable” claims on PET plastic water bottles sold across Europe.
Exhausted Queensland fire crews battle 420 bushfires in a week amid warnings of worst fire season in 70 years (www.abc.net.au)
A farmer set a trap to catch whatever was killing his chooks. He caught a quoll extinct in SA for 130 years (www.abc.net.au)
When farmer Pao Ling Tsai set a trap to catch the predator that had been killing his chooks, he expected he would catch a feral cat or fox. “I’ve given the video to National Parks and Wildlife to see what animal took the food, but I think it was another quoll or quolls.”...
California orders bottled water firm to stop drawing from natural springs (www.theguardian.com)
How the fuck we haven’t kicked these companies out of California yet completely baffles me.
The massacre of Tasmania’s forests could be stopped at any time. Where are Australia’s leaders? | Bob Brown (www.theguardian.com)
After the photo of the “Single-rider” tree trunk being trucked out of Tasmania’s Florentine Valley forest gained worldwide notoriety, I took a walk in the forest, guided by the Wilderness Society’s Alice Hardinge....
'Somebody could go to jail for it': $10k reward offered after 265 trees destroyed in Sydney waterfront reserve (www.abc.net.au)
A mayor on Sydney’s North Shore says she wants the person responsible for illegally destroying hundreds of trees jailed....
With just 315 northern hairy-nosed wombats left, conservationists are looking to map their underground homes (www.abc.net.au)
In the middle of the southern Queensland bush, a man in a high-vis orange shirt looks starkly out of place as he slowly pushes a strange four-wheeled machine across the uneven, scrubby landscape....
