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- Green Home Building and Ecology in Australia Thu, 25 Oct 12, 7:37amInfo and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.
- The Great Barrier Reef will be listed as a World Heritage Site in danger if UNESCO's recommendations are adopted. In the draft recommendations, UNESCO has urged the World Heritage Committee to consider listing the...
- Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP), a project initiated by the Tasmanian and Australian governments to preserve endangered Tasmanian devils on Maria Island, has backfired after the predators killed seabirds in large...
- Using “Enviromentalism” and the UN as a trade weapon: China fires fake “Reef Scare” missile 2 days agoFlynn Reef, Queensland, Photo by Wise Hok Wai Lum Ever since Australia asked for an investigation into the source of Covid, China has been accidentally-on-purpose sticking pins into our trade deals...
- This Tasmanian farmhouse has a ceiling insulated with local wool Fri, 11 Jun 21, 1:30amFound on a sheep farm in the rural landscape of Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, this modern farmhouse addresses sustainability and tradition in its design...
- Endua creates hydrogen-powered clean energy storage, using tech from Australia’s national science agency Tue, 8 Jun 21, 12:01amHydrogen-based generators are an environmentally friendly alternative to ones powered by diesel fuel. But many rely on solar, hydro or wind power, which aren’t available all the time. Brisbane-based Endua is making hydrogen-based...
- Aussie Regulator Warns Companies to Disclose Climate Risks Wed, 2 Jun 21, 3:00pmMixed signals anyone? As debate rages over the Aussie government funding a new gas generator, businesses are being coerced to increase their disclosure of alleged climate risks.
- It’s the biggest medical scandal since 1850 — there are even claims the US President was treated in secret Mon, 31 May 21, 9:15pmHistory books will be written and most professors, academics, bureaucrats and even many doctors will have no excuse.
- It’s the biggest medical scandal since 1850 — even the US President had to be treated in secret Mon, 31 May 21, 9:15pmHistory books will be written and most professors, academics, bureaucrats and even many doctors will have no excuse.
- A message for the school strikers: Get serious, and tell your teachers to switch off the air con… Sat, 29 May 21, 5:44amSaint Greta’s comeuppance US site RedState was very impressed with this letter sent to Alan Jones, and read on SkyNews, Australia.
- Queensland’s Near Miss: hydrogen may have exploded at a coal plant (and renewables don’t save the day) Thu, 27 May 21, 5:43amTuesday was a wild day for Queensland Electricity. An explosion struck the Callide C Power Plant triggering a cascade of other plants to switch off within seconds. The massive 2.5GW fall in supply took the grid frequency...
- Thousands of Future Burger Flippers Stage a Climate Strike Sat, 22 May 21, 11:00amRemember back when everyone was wondering who would do the menial jobs, if everyone graduated with a degree? Greta Thunberg has solved this problem for us.
- NSW power so erratically expensive an aluminium smelter powered down three times in a week Sat, 22 May 21, 4:01amThe Tomago smelter uses more than 10% of the entire New South Wales electricity grid supply. But the price spikes in electricity are so crippling the industrial giant could not afford to keep running on three occasions in...
- ClimateStrike: The oldest mass protestors still willing to “strike” for climate change are children Fri, 21 May 21, 8:27pmDid any of them even give up their pocket money this week?
- #Children’s ClimateStrike: The oldest mass protestors still willing to “strike” for climate change in Australia Fri, 21 May 21, 8:27pmDid any of them even give up their pocket money this week?
- Sustainable Tasmanian home boasts big views and a small footprint Thu, 20 May 21, 4:30amIn Tasmania’s breathtaking Tamar Valley, Australian architecture firm Cumulus has completed the Darkwood Residence, a small and sustainable home that is designed to make the most of its impressive surroundings...