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A powerful article - relevant to everynone interested in the public good @PatsKarvelas @lukesdundon @Raf_Epstein @tanya_plibersek @Mon4Kooyong @gedkearney #wildfire #Climate crikey.com.au/2023/07/24/bus…
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A lot of eucalypt forests naturally limit bushfires if they're allowed to mature. We worked out how they do it, and how we can tap into that to mitigate fire risk. 1/6
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Say NO! This incinerator proposal does not add up. Please sign this petition To a Waste to Energy Incinerator in Wollert chng.it/B9gkPjHF via @ChangeAUS
Where finance and the public good meet ... We need all to act now
Today's @TheNewDailyAu column: climate change is worse than the pandemic. The need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere needs the same sort of fiscal and monetary response as Covid.
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Wow, 26 hollows have been counted in this tree. Security guy just kicked me off the site while I was inspecting. He said tree is dangerous. Might be a case of good old Aussie #arboraphobia à la Robin Boyd.
Amazing c. 400 year old River Red Gum at La Trobe Uni is subject of a removal application to @CityofDarebin . Staggering that it can be removed without notice. @EucalyptAus
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For every $ invested in capital works for private schools, public schools get between 27 and 50cents. FFS! How long must our kids put up with this blatant inequality? theguardian.com/education/20…
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Wood heaters produce disproportionate levels of pollution. Consider nearly all households have cars, but only 5-10% have wood heaters but wood heaters emit the most pollution. @DEECA_Secretary @IngridStitt people need support to move to cleaner heating.
Vehicles are not the largest source of pm2.5 air pollution. They make up only 30% of pollution in Melb while the humble wood heater a whopping 51%. Pm2.5 is most health harming form of air pollution. Why is this not publicised @IngridStitt @tanya_plibersek
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(Fossil fuel companies employ fewer people than McDonalds - and don't pay tax in Australia)
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This is also about our public places ... being unsafe for wildlife, and children because of folks who want to bring their uncontrolled dogs into them. @CityofDarebin and #ConservationRegulator need to have a way to make spaces safe @gedkearney @RadioNational #NathanLambert
Do you own a🐕🐩🐕🦺? This sad story from Melb reminds us that one of the most important things that we dog owners can do to help wildlife is to keep our dogs on leash unless it is a designated dog-off leash areas. Every dog owner can make a difference.
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Labor’s Environment Action Network (Lean) has now signed up 294 branches for its push to end native forest logging and broad-scale land clearing, but both policies were omitted from the draft national platform distributed to delegates on Monday.
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To be clear, these are not outlying findings; there is no empirical evidence to show that fuel load drives the rate of fire spread. Studies claiming this relationship are from models built on the disproved science. What about fire intensity then?
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I measured the same trends for all forests in the south-eastern ranges. In all cases, fire - both prescribed and wild - caused increased flammability for decades.
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Fantastic presentation on Declonising Fire Science by @Phil_Zylstra @RoyalSocietyVic last night. And great perspectives from Uncle Dave Wandin.
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World reality
Our planet is burning. Millions are under heat warnings as world shatters temperature record after temperature record. This is only the beginning.
The longer we delay. The worse it will be.
No time to wait. Dump fossil fuels. #ActOnClimate
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We are urging @VicGovAu to speed up the acquisition & protection of Victoria's critically endangered grasslands - only 1% remain in good condition & most are still on private land. Many threatened species depend on them. @IngridStitt @DanielAndrewsMP
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Solar is set to overtake generation capacity of all other power sources by 2027.
In three years, it will overtake gas.
In four years, it will push past coal.
And it's creating jobs as it does it.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
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