by Matilda Meikle | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment
This weekend, the Tidy Towns Award winners will be announced in Singleton. The Keep Australia Beautiful NSW 2022 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award is presented to a town that demonstrates continued commitment to environmental sustainability. It celebrates...
by Matilda Meikle | Feb 16, 2023 | Environment
Bushfire survivors are fighting for climate action in court. The members of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) are arguing that commissioning new fossil fuel projects is dangerous, considering the abundance of information we have about climate change. Their...
by Matilda Meikle | Feb 9, 2023 | Environment
Controlling feral animals could be the solution for lowering methane emissions. Researchers from Charles Darwin University have found that the control of feral buffaloes could save millions in carbon offsets, revitalising the economic standing of these important...
by Matilda Meikle | Feb 2, 2023 | Environment
Australia has announced they will be joining the Global Offshore Wind Alliance. GOWA is an association organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency, with the aim of seeing 380 gigawatts of offshore wind infrastructure built globally by 2030. Currently,...
by Matilda Meikle | Feb 2, 2023 | Environment
Bioplastics could be the solution to the plastic waste problem plaguing our planet. Each year, the world produces over 380 million tonnes of plastic waste. This rubbish ends up in our oceans and natural environments, damaging animals and plants alike. However,...
by Matilda Meikle | Jan 25, 2023 | Environment
A study by the University of Queensland has revealed that Black Swans risk being wiped out if avian flu reaches Australia’s shores. For the first time, researchers were able to generate a genome of these unique native animals, which revealed they are missing immune...
