by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Australia intends to set aside nearly a million square miles of land to protect endangered species. This summer, an environmental report card by the Australian government showed the country as one of the worst for species decline. They’ve lost more mammal...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
‘Duty of Care’ about the environment is up for debate again in the Australian courts, unfortunately. In 2020, eight student activists took Australia’s Environment Minister Sussan Ley to court to try to stop her from approving the expansion of a...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The Great Barrier Reef may not outlast this generation, if conditions don’t improve. A UN climate report released on Monday identified 127 major consequences of rising global temperatures, some of them already happening, some of them irreversible. One...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Articles, Green Energy
The demand for energy in South Australia, Australia’s fifth-largest state (by population), is estimated at just over 1700 megawatts per hour (MW). That demand comes from 1.76 million people, and approximately A$50 billion in business a year. On Sunday, October...
by Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
“Climate change is a killer, but we don’t acknowledge it on death certificates.” This quote, from Dr. Arnagretta Hunter, a professor at Australian National University’s Medical School, is a stark stab supported by the findings of expert analysis of over a...