An economy and human society built on the concept of infinite compound economic growth was obviously unsustainable. Covid-19 has burst that bubble.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/2020-when-the-great-disruption-began-54173/
Climate talks delayed to allow focus on Covid-19, but enviro groups warn that it is not an excuse for Australia and other nations to go soft on climate action.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/glasgow-climate-talks-postponed-but-ngos-say-its-no-excuse-for-go-slow-on-action-70232/
The report reveals the worst environmental conditions in many decades, if not centuries.
Nationally, Australia’s environmental condition score fell by 2.3 points in 2019, to a very low 0.8 out of ten.
— Read on theconversation.com/a-major-scorecard-gives-the-health-of-australias-environment-less-than-1-out-of-10-133444
COVID-19 is the latest new infectious disease arising from our collision with nature.
— Read on theconversation.com/coronavirus-is-a-wake-up-call-our-war-with-the-environment-is-leading-to-pandemics-135023
The hole in the ozone layer is starting to recover thanks to regulations banning ozone-depleting substances, and this is now leading to changes in Earth’s atmosphere
— Read on www.newscientist.com/article/2238542-the-ozone-layer-is-healing-and-redirecting-wind-flows-around-the-globe/
“Coral bleaching is the equivalent of an underwater bushfire, in that it’s triggered and intensified by record-breaking temperatures due to emissions.”
— Read on www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2020/03/an-underwater-bushfire-third-mass-bleaching-event-in-five-years-on-the-great-barrier-reef-confirmed/
Sorry to deniers of global warming – No. The Sun can influence the Earth’s climate, but it isn’t responsible for the warming trend we’ve seen over the past few decades.
— Read on climate.nasa.gov/faq/14/is-the-sun-causing-global-warming/
Isn’t it a good job that Australia doesn’t have any particle pollution. And fairies at the bottom of the well.
Researchers found the virus was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper and up to 24 hours on cardboard.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-lives-for-hours-in-air-particles-and-days-on-surfaces-new-us-study-shows.html
In an ideal world, we’d use this moment to quickly enact a Green New Deal, employing all the suddenly unemployed Americans in building out our renewable-energy system and laying the high-speed rail tracks that would help curtail the need for short-haul aviation. But, for now, here’s a list of “5 Principles for Just COVID-19 Relief and Stimulus” that dozens of environmental groups have signed on to (350.org, which I helped found, is a signatory),
— Read on www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/if-were-bailing-out-corporations-they-should-bail-out-the-planet
How much sense does this make? They won’t have emission cut targets but trust Process which is Technology Road Map, courtesy Angus Taylor, R&D but cancel this as well as earlier $345M cuts from Uni and CSIRO research. Simultaneously, Angus hits headlines again, hustling with USA to be able to Tap their a Strategic Reserve petroleum fuels, to save building our own, promise since 1972. Now USA declares Emergency which kills any agreement to tap Strategic Reserve. How much more of a waste of space can Angus be?
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions | Environment | The Guardian
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/06/morrison-government-to-stop-funding-20m-international-collaboration-on-shift-to-zero-emissions
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