So Here We Are

Welcome to the September roundup of environmental news. In Australia at least, this has been dominated by three announcements within a week of each other. The first is the Friday afternoon approval of Woodside's North West shelf gas facility until... 2070. This project is a known 'carbon bomb' that will be emitting large quantities of methane into the atmosphere for decades to come. This puts the lie to the Australian Government's 'net zero by 2050' policy, As with his predecessor, the Environment Minister Murray Watt continues to present a flimsy defence in that the current legislation by which he operates has no provision to consider the effects of climate change on the environment. That legislation is currently under review, but there is still a strong resistance to allow references to climate change to be included. At least we saved 40,000 year old Murujuga rock art, didn't we? - Wikimedia commons The second was the release of the Climate department'...

Welcome to August's round up of news. There has been a lot of it! Far more than just the links I'm giving here, so I hope I've selected the ones of most general interest. It keeps coming, too, with news breaking even as I type...   "About those tariffs for Norway..."  (Wikimedia) In organising the articles, I did consider whether or not to dispense with 'the ugly' sub-sections and group those articles into their own section called 'What Donald did Next'. It would be easier to avoid for those who browse on a 'need to know' basis! However, as there have been a few ugly acts from other parties, I'll stick with tradition. Environment Quite a few good news pieces on efforts to preserve one species or another. The question is whether that progress can be maintained generally. Rakali: fighting crime, and cane toads.(David Todd via ABC)  The Ugly   Trump's war on climate solutions is why Puget Sound oyster fishers and farmers can't get...