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Safe Climate

THOUSANDS BLOCK ROADS IN EXTINCTION REBELLION PROTESTS ACROSS LONDON

THE GUARDIAN

Climate group occupies major landmarks in campaign that could last several days.

ONLY REBELLION WILL PREVENT AN ECOLOGICAL APOCALYPSE | GEORGE MONBIOT

THE GUARDIAN

No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD WIPE OUT $20 TRILLION OF ASSETS, BANK OF ENGLAND WARNS

THE TELEGRAPH

The global financial system could be left reeling as $20 trillion of assets are wiped out by climate change, if institutions and companies fail to prepare now, the Bank of England has warned.

YOUNG REPUBLICANS WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

SLATE MAGAZINE

It’s becoming harder and harder to ignore this reality.

WARMING ARCTIC PERMAFROST RELEASING LARGE AMOUNTS OF POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS

SCIENCEDAILY

A recent study shows that nitrous oxide emissions from thawing Alaskan permafrost are about twelve times higher than previously assumed.

Healthy Rivers

WATER RELEASE PLANNED FOR COPETON DAM

THE INVERELL TIMES

Up to 3,700 megalitres of environmental water will be released from Copeton Dam over a 28-day period.

Victoria

MELBOURNE GLASS RECYCLING PLANT BARRED OVER FIRE THREAT

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Another major Melbourne recycling plant has been banned from taking more combustible waste after the environmental watchdog deemed its stockpiles a fire hazard.

EASTERN VICTORIA'S WINEMAKERS BATTLE A TRICKY VINTAGE AS DROUGHT AND BUSHFIRES TAKE THEIR TOLL

ABC RURAL

Bushfires, drought, birds and bats — this year's vintage has been a tough one for eastern Victoria's winemakers, but what is left is good quality.

National

'ENVIRONMENT CRISIS': WILDERNESS SOCIETY PURSUES PARTIES OVER ELECTION COMMITMENTS

THE GUARDIAN

Exclusive: Green group’s intervention seen as a hurry up to Labor, which is yet to produce its final policy

TIME TO DITCH CLIMATE WARS, HEWSON TELLS PANEL

THE AUSTRALIAN

Former Liberal leader John Hewson has warned business and energy leaders the federal election will be fought on the issue of global warming, asking the party that wins on May 18 to “put the climate wars” behind them.

AUSTRALIAN-DESIGNED SOLAR PANEL FIRM LOOKS TO SHAKE-UP BOOMING SECTOR

BRISBANE TIMES

Australian designed and manufactured solar panel firm Solpod wants to disrupt the Australian solar sector.

CATTLE, INFRASTRUCTURE LOSSES WORSE THAN FIRST THOUGHT FOR QLD LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS

ABC RURAL

Farm lobby AgForce says more than $800 million in sheep and cattle died during the worst floods seen for 50 years.

Sustainable Living

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR FOOD SCRAPS WHEN YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT?

ABC NEWS

Avid gardener Rabia Markham grows vegetables in a community garden, but apartment living leaves her struggling to find somewhere to compost the scraps.

Natural World

WINDS CARRY MICROPLASTICS ‘EVERYWHERE' - EVEN ON TO REMOTE MOUNTAINTOPS

THE GUARDIAN

Study finds even supposedly pristine region of the Pyrenees is polluted, but impact on human health remains unknown.

AGGRESSIVE WASP WITH NO PREDATORS FOUND BUILDING 'SUPER NESTS' IN AUSTRALIA'S LAST LINE OF DEFENCE

ABC NEWS

WA is the only place in the world to have successfully stopped the highly aggressive European wasp from taking hold, prompting experts to declare a biosecurity incident.

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