#environmentalimpacts — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #environmentalimpacts, aggregated by home.social.
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Darwin's Middle Arm precinct could be roadblocked by endangered herb
By Jane BardonThe NT government is arguing its planned mega Middle Arm gas industry precinct will be needed to help shore up Australia's future fuel and energy supplies — but it has just identified that a tiny endangered herb could be growing in the way.
#EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HerbGrowing #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #Plants #OilandGas #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Habitats #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #EnergyIndustry #JaneBardon
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Breaking: Government sues 3M Australia over PFAS contamination
By Bruce MacKenzie and Xanthe GregoryThe Commonwealth is suing the manufacturer of a firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals that contaminated 28 Defence bases across Australia.
#FederalGovernment #EnvironmentalImpacts #Courts #BruceMacKenzie #XantheGregory
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Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae MaddenModelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
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Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae MaddenModelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
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Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae MaddenModelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
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Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae MaddenModelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
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Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae MaddenModelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
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Legal action filed over federal government's land clearing decision
By Roxanne FitzgeraldThe federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.
#Courts #LandClearing #EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #RoxanneFitzgerald
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Legal action filed over federal government's land clearing decision
By Roxanne FitzgeraldThe federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.
#Courts #LandClearing #EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #RoxanneFitzgerald
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Legal action filed over federal government's land clearing decision
By Roxanne FitzgeraldThe federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.
#Courts #LandClearing #EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #RoxanneFitzgerald
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Legal action filed over federal government's land clearing decision
By Roxanne FitzgeraldThe federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.
#Courts #LandClearing #EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #RoxanneFitzgerald
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Legal action filed over federal government's land clearing decision
By Roxanne FitzgeraldThe federal environment minister's decision to wave through plans to bulldoze almost 3,000 hectares — an area 10 times the size of Sydney's CBD — of habitat, home to threatened species, will be challenged in the Federal Court.
#Courts #LandClearing #EnvironmentalPolicy #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #RoxanneFitzgerald
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Booming cockroach numbers welcome news on this 'paradise of creatures'
By Emma SiossianResearchers say the removal of invasive rodents on Lord Howe Island has sparked a rebound of invertebrate life, including native cockroaches and other insects, vital to the broader ecosystem.
#Conservation #EnvironmentalImpacts #Animals #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #EnvironmentalManagement #ScientificResearch #EmmaSiossian
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Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temps rise beyond 27C
By Peter de KruijffThe risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Heatwaves #Animals #Marsupials #PeterdeKruijff
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Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temps rise beyond 27C
By Peter de KruijffThe risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Heatwaves #Animals #Marsupials #PeterdeKruijff
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Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temps rise beyond 27C
By Peter de KruijffThe risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Heatwaves #Animals #Marsupials #PeterdeKruijff
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Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temps rise beyond 27C
By Peter de KruijffThe risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Heatwaves #Animals #Marsupials #PeterdeKruijff
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Hungry eleven-armed seastars making a meal of Tasmanian scallops
By Laurissa Smith and Bec PridhamThe fast spread of pest eleven-armed seastars has fishers, along with researchers, concerned.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #EnvironmentalImpacts #AgriculturalPestControl #LaurissaSmith #BecPridham
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Meet the woman who dives for shopping trolleys
By Jacob GambleA "tragedy of the trolleys" is unfolding in Rockhampton, where a lack of governance over waterways is creating an environmental hazard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/central-qld-trolley-pollution-of-local-waterways/106718888
#WaterPollution #Supermarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #Volunteering #Governance #Environment #CommunityandSociety #EnvironmentalManagement #WaterResources #LocalGovernment #JacobGamble
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Scientist 'shocked' $300m irrigation scheme pushing ahead without studies
By Emily SmithA $300 million irrigation scheme will supply 37.2 gigalitres of water to farming areas near Hobart from 2030. A scientists fears the taxpayer-funded scheme could put a major river at risk.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/tas-irrigation-scheme-near-hobart-concerns/106674172
#IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterResources #WaterPollution #EmilySmith
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/46544/ Opinion sought on potential environment impact of data centre at Unilever site #BankQuay #Crosfields #DataCentre #EnvironmentalEffects #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalImpacts #PlanningApplication #Unilever #Warrington #WarringtonBoroughCouncil
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These aren't ants but shipping containers escaping on a massive breakaway iceberg
By Jano GibsonDetails of how the shipping containers ended up on a giant iceberg have been revealed in one of the more unusual reports tabled at the annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations.
#AntarcticResearch #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #EnvironmentalImpacts #WaterPollution #EnvironmentalManagement #JanoGibson
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Little penguin numbers climb on Kangaroo Island despite algal bloom impact
By Caroline HornLittle penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.
#Animals #Revegetation #Oceans #MarineBiology #MarineParks #Conservation #Pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #CarolineHorn
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Little penguin numbers climb on Kangaroo Island despite algal bloom impact
By Caroline HornLittle penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.
#Animals #Revegetation #Oceans #MarineBiology #MarineParks #Conservation #Pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #CarolineHorn
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Little penguin numbers climb on Kangaroo Island despite algal bloom impact
By Caroline HornLittle penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.
#Animals #Revegetation #Oceans #MarineBiology #MarineParks #Conservation #Pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #CarolineHorn
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Little penguin numbers climb on Kangaroo Island despite algal bloom impact
By Caroline HornLittle penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.
#Animals #Revegetation #Oceans #MarineBiology #MarineParks #Conservation #Pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #CarolineHorn
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Little penguin numbers climb on Kangaroo Island despite algal bloom impact
By Caroline HornLittle penguin numbers on Kangaroo Island have rebounded, but estimates show there are only about 700 adult breeders after a harmful algal bloom.
#Animals #Revegetation #Oceans #MarineBiology #MarineParks #Conservation #Pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #CarolineHorn
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Fracking could open the door to 10 years of gas supply but is there a risk?
By Josh Brine and Becc BirdA decade's worth of gas supply for South Australia is potentially sitting below the Limestone Coast region. But will it ever be extracted?
#OilandGas #Industry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Farmers #RegionalCommunities #EnergyPolicy #EnergyMarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #JoshBrine #BeccBird
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Fracking could open the door to 10 years of gas supply but is there a risk?
By Josh Brine and Becc BirdA decade's worth of gas supply for South Australia is potentially sitting below the Limestone Coast region. But will it ever be extracted?
#OilandGas #Industry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Farmers #RegionalCommunities #EnergyPolicy #EnergyMarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #JoshBrine #BeccBird
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Fracking could open the door to 10 years of gas supply but is there a risk?
By Josh Brine and Becc BirdA decade's worth of gas supply for South Australia is potentially sitting below the Limestone Coast region. But will it ever be extracted?
#OilandGas #Industry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Farmers #RegionalCommunities #EnergyPolicy #EnergyMarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #JoshBrine #BeccBird
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Fracking could open the door to 10 years of gas supply but is there a risk?
By Josh Brine and Becc BirdA decade's worth of gas supply for South Australia is potentially sitting below the Limestone Coast region. But will it ever be extracted?
#OilandGas #Industry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Farmers #RegionalCommunities #EnergyPolicy #EnergyMarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #JoshBrine #BeccBird
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Fracking could open the door to 10 years of gas supply but is there a risk?
By Josh Brine and Becc BirdA decade's worth of gas supply for South Australia is potentially sitting below the Limestone Coast region. But will it ever be extracted?
#OilandGas #Industry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Farmers #RegionalCommunities #EnergyPolicy #EnergyMarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #JoshBrine #BeccBird
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Why consumers are forking out more for whiting, calamari and garfish
By Rachael MerrittSouth Australia's peak seafood body says a short supply of some species due to the algal bloom and commercial fishing restrictions has led to slight price increases, as it warns it could take industry five to 10 years to fully recover.
#AlgalBlooms #EnvironmentalImpacts #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #RachaelMerritt
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Divers who faced jail for cultural fishing lead sea urchin recovery
By Vanessa Milton and Toby HemmingsAfter decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #CulturalIdentity #EnvironmentalImpacts #Pests #MarineBiology #IndigenousCulture #ClimateChange #VanessaMilton #TobyHemmings
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Divers who faced jail for cultural fishing lead sea urchin recovery
By Vanessa Milton and Toby HemmingsAfter decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #CulturalIdentity #EnvironmentalImpacts #Pests #MarineBiology #IndigenousCulture #ClimateChange #VanessaMilton #TobyHemmings
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Divers who faced jail for cultural fishing lead sea urchin recovery
By Vanessa Milton and Toby HemmingsAfter decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #CulturalIdentity #EnvironmentalImpacts #Pests #MarineBiology #IndigenousCulture #ClimateChange #VanessaMilton #TobyHemmings
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Divers who faced jail for cultural fishing lead sea urchin recovery
By Vanessa Milton and Toby HemmingsAfter decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #CulturalIdentity #EnvironmentalImpacts #Pests #MarineBiology #IndigenousCulture #ClimateChange #VanessaMilton #TobyHemmings
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Divers who faced jail for cultural fishing lead sea urchin recovery
By Vanessa Milton and Toby HemmingsAfter decades of fighting for their traditional fishing rights, Aboriginal custodians are now fighting to save their sea country from ecological collapse.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #CulturalIdentity #EnvironmentalImpacts #Pests #MarineBiology #IndigenousCulture #ClimateChange #VanessaMilton #TobyHemmings
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The southern Sydney bay residents say is becoming a mudflat
By Declan BowringA bin that has been sticking out of the mud for 12 years has become a symbol for an ongoing issue of sediment build-up in Oyster Bay in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/oyster-bay-residents-mud-flat-concerns/106677812
#EnvironmentalImpacts #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DeclanBowring
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The southern Sydney bay residents say is becoming a mudflat
By Declan BowringA bin that has been sticking out of the mud for 12 years has become a symbol for an ongoing issue of sediment build-up in Oyster Bay in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/oyster-bay-residents-mud-flat-concerns/106677812
#EnvironmentalImpacts #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DeclanBowring
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The southern Sydney bay residents say is becoming a mudflat
By Declan BowringA bin that has been sticking out of the mud for 12 years has become a symbol for an ongoing issue of sediment build-up in Oyster Bay in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/oyster-bay-residents-mud-flat-concerns/106677812
#EnvironmentalImpacts #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DeclanBowring
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The southern Sydney bay residents say is becoming a mudflat
By Declan BowringA bin that has been sticking out of the mud for 12 years has become a symbol for an ongoing issue of sediment build-up in Oyster Bay in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/oyster-bay-residents-mud-flat-concerns/106677812
#EnvironmentalImpacts #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DeclanBowring
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The southern Sydney bay residents say is becoming a mudflat
By Declan BowringA bin that has been sticking out of the mud for 12 years has become a symbol for an ongoing issue of sediment build-up in Oyster Bay in Sydney's Sutherland Shire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/oyster-bay-residents-mud-flat-concerns/106677812
#EnvironmentalImpacts #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #DeclanBowring
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Controversial Perth racetrack may cost more than promised, government concedes
By Courtney WithersDespite assurances to the contrary, WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conceded it would be difficult for the government to stick to the $217.5 million budget for the Perth Park project.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalImpacts #CourtneyWithers
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Controversial Perth racetrack may cost more than promised, government concedes
By Courtney WithersDespite assurances to the contrary, WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conceded it would be difficult for the government to stick to the $217.5 million budget for the Perth Park project.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalImpacts #CourtneyWithers
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Controversial Perth racetrack may cost more than promised, government concedes
By Courtney WithersDespite assurances to the contrary, WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conceded it would be difficult for the government to stick to the $217.5 million budget for the Perth Park project.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalImpacts #CourtneyWithers
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Controversial Perth racetrack may cost more than promised, government concedes
By Courtney WithersDespite assurances to the contrary, WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conceded it would be difficult for the government to stick to the $217.5 million budget for the Perth Park project.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalImpacts #CourtneyWithers
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Controversial Perth racetrack may cost more than promised, government concedes
By Courtney WithersDespite assurances to the contrary, WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conceded it would be difficult for the government to stick to the $217.5 million budget for the Perth Park project.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #EnvironmentalImpacts #CourtneyWithers
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Abandoned base's toxic waste clean-up deadline rejected
By Jano GibsonThe Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica's contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the decade, as previously recommended by a federal parliamentary committee.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/wilkes-station-cleanup-australia-antarctic-division/106677892
#EnvironmentalImpacts #Environment #AntarcticResearch #FederalGovernment #JanoGibson
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Abandoned base's toxic waste clean-up deadline rejected
By Jano GibsonThe Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica's contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the decade, as previously recommended by a federal parliamentary committee.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/wilkes-station-cleanup-australia-antarctic-division/106677892
#EnvironmentalImpacts #Environment #AntarcticResearch #FederalGovernment #JanoGibson