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Monday 21 January 2019
Safe Climate

HOW TO STOP THE CLIMATE CRISIS: SIX LESSONS FROM THE CAMPAIGN THAT SAVED THE OZONE

THE GUARDIAN

Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth’s ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?

STATE OF THE CLIMATE: HOW THE WORLD WARMED IN 2018

RENEWECONOMY

Why last year proved to be so remarkable across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of the planet.

Healthy Rivers

MURRAY-DARLING BASIN ROYAL COMMISSION WON'T LOOK AT FISH KILLS

ABC NEWS

The South Australian Government refuses an offer from the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission to investigate recent fish kills in the lower Darling River.

Victoria

MELBOURNE’S TOWN HALLS, UNIVERSITIES POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY

HERALD SUN

Melbourne has become the first Australian municipality to have its town halls and other infrastructure powered by renewable energy.

National

GREAT BARRIER REEF FOUNDATION FUNDS FIRST PROJECT AFTER CONTROVERSIAL $443M GRANT

THE GUARDIAN

Health survey of remote parts of reef by the Australian Institute of Marine Science the first venture

CALL FOR NEW COAL PLANTS AS GRID FEELS THE HEAT

THE AUSTRALIAN

Australia’s fragile electricity system needs additional supplies of reliable baseload generation — which may include Trevor St Baker’s plan for coal-fired plants — to ease pressure on the grid during peak summer demand and lower prices, acting energy minister Matt Canavan says.

BUSINESS, INSURERS AT ODDS WITH COALITION'S 'PROBLEMATIC' CLIMATE POLICY

AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Extreme weather, dire warnings from business about the risks of climate change, and a conservative government wrong-footed by the politics of climate change? We've been here before.

ANTI-COAL GROUP COULD HAVE FINAL SAY ON ADANI MINE

TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN

THE fate of Queensland’s Carmichael mine is in the hands of an environmental group whose members champion radical action on climate change, oppose coal and have appeared as expert witnesses against Adani.

Natural World

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION YIELDS REMAINS OF TINY, ANCIENT 'WATER BEARS'

THE GUARDIAN

Scientists surprised by haul of crustaceans and tardigrades in undisturbed subglacial lake

RARE WATERBIRDS ON THE MOVE IN SEARCH OF DROUGHT REFUGE

ABC NEWS

Rare waterbirds appear to be increasingly moving into South Australia to escape dry conditions in northern areas of the country, according to wildlife experts.

MELTING GLACIERS SPELL TROUBLE FOR MILLIONS IN ASIA

THE AGE

In Central Asia, a warming climate is shrinking many glaciers. The Tuyuksu is losing ice every year. Around the world, vanishing glaciers will mean less water for people and crops in the future. Here, the people need to prepare sooner.

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