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Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

Greenwashing BHP - Bloody Huge Polluter/Bloody Huge Profits
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/bhp-leaked-documents-climate-emissions-cuts-delay-electric-truck/106706762

#4corners tv expose 25-05-2026
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

(Note “Abolish the ABC” is political party (& hate group) One Nation policy and conservative LNP Coalition want ABC #privatisation … the publicly owned statutory broadcaster is taxpayer funded.)

#Capitalism #climatecrisis #Extractivism #fossilfuels #oligarchy

Greenwashing BHP - Bloody Huge Polluter/Bloody Huge Profits
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/bhp-leaked-documents-climate-emissions-cuts-delay-electric-truck/106706762

#4corners tv expose 25-05-2026
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

(Note “Abolish the ABC” is political party (& hate group) One Nation policy and conservative LNP Coalition want ABC #privatisation … the publicly owned statutory broadcaster is taxpayer funded.)

#Capitalism #climatecrisis #Extractivism #fossilfuels #oligarchy

Greenwashing BHP - Bloody Huge Polluter/Bloody Huge Profits
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/bhp-leaked-documents-climate-emissions-cuts-delay-electric-truck/106706762

#4corners tv expose 25-05-2026
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

(Note “Abolish the ABC” is political party (& hate group) One Nation policy and conservative LNP Coalition want ABC #privatisation … the publicly owned statutory broadcaster is taxpayer funded.)

#Capitalism #climatecrisis #Extractivism #fossilfuels #oligarchy

Greenwashing BHP - Bloody Huge Polluter/Bloody Huge Profits
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/bhp-leaked-documents-climate-emissions-cuts-delay-electric-truck/106706762

#4corners tv expose 25-05-2026
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

(Note “Abolish the ABC” is political party (& hate group) One Nation policy and conservative LNP Coalition want ABC #privatisation … the publicly owned statutory broadcaster is taxpayer funded.)

#Capitalism #climatecrisis #Extractivism #fossilfuels #oligarchy

Greenwashing BHP - Bloody Huge Polluter/Bloody Huge Profits
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/bhp-leaked-documents-climate-emissions-cuts-delay-electric-truck/106706762

#4corners tv expose 25-05-2026
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

(Note “Abolish the ABC” is political party (& hate group) One Nation policy and conservative LNP Coalition want ABC #privatisation … the publicly owned statutory broadcaster is taxpayer funded.)

#Capitalism #climatecrisis #Extractivism #fossilfuels #oligarchy

‘We will not survive’: jailing of Daria Egereva highlights plight of Russia’s Indigenous people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/jailing-daria-egereva-plight-russia-indigenous-people #Russia #Indigenous #HumanRightsAbuses #authoritarianism #extractivism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HumanRights

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

Australia’s environmental degradation

"One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

"Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

"It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/australias-green-wall-street-is-failing-to-launch-threatened-species-deserve-better-than-the-nature-repair-market
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

Australia’s environmental degradation

"One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

"Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

"It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/australias-green-wall-street-is-failing-to-launch-threatened-species-deserve-better-than-the-nature-repair-market
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

Australia’s environmental degradation

"One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

"Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

"It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/australias-green-wall-street-is-failing-to-launch-threatened-species-deserve-better-than-the-nature-repair-market
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

Australia’s environmental degradation

"One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

"Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

"It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/australias-green-wall-street-is-failing-to-launch-threatened-species-deserve-better-than-the-nature-repair-market
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

Australia’s environmental degradation

"One must ask why the federal government is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of most Australians, and continuing to condemn our life-sustaining environment and wildlife to profound decline and destruction?"

"Experts in biodiversity and environmental law have found major flaws in the draft national standard for matters of national environmental significance.’..Market-driven nature repair projects will not help address this deficit."

"It would be a betrayal of Australia’s most important public good to settle for the mere appearance of action – we deserve the promised serious investment in our collective future." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/18/australias-green-wall-street-is-failing-to-launch-threatened-species-deserve-better-than-the-nature-repair-market
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #FastTack #degradation #NatureMarkets #regulation #EnvironmentalNeglect #extractivism

Freedom News: **Reform is coming: Representation on parole**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/13/reform-is-coming-representation-on-parole/

Behind the electoral turbulence lies the decomposition of liberal democracy, as representation becomes less effective in securing stability ~ Blade…
The post Reform is coming: Representation on parole appeared first on Freedom News.

#Comment #News #Elections #Extractivism #Fascism #Geopoliticalreshaping

Freedom News: **Reform is coming: Representation on parole**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/13/reform-is-coming-representation-on-parole/

Behind the electoral turbulence lies the decomposition of liberal democracy, as representation becomes less effective in securing stability ~ Blade…
The post Reform is coming: Representation on parole appeared first on Freedom News.

#Comment #News #Elections #Extractivism #Fascism #Geopoliticalreshaping

Freedom News: **Reform is coming: Representation on parole**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/13/reform-is-coming-representation-on-parole/

Behind the electoral turbulence lies the decomposition of liberal democracy, as representation becomes less effective in securing stability ~ Blade…
The post Reform is coming: Representation on parole appeared first on Freedom News.

#Comment #News #Elections #Extractivism #Fascism #Geopoliticalreshaping

Freedom News: **Reform is coming: Representation on parole**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/13/reform-is-coming-representation-on-parole/

Behind the electoral turbulence lies the decomposition of liberal democracy, as representation becomes less effective in securing stability ~ Blade…
The post Reform is coming: Representation on parole appeared first on Freedom News.

#Comment #News #Elections #Extractivism #Fascism #Geopoliticalreshaping

Freedom News: **Reform is coming: Representation on parole**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/13/reform-is-coming-representation-on-parole/

Behind the electoral turbulence lies the decomposition of liberal democracy, as representation becomes less effective in securing stability ~ Blade…
The post Reform is coming: Representation on parole appeared first on Freedom News.

#Comment #News #Elections #Extractivism #Fascism #Geopoliticalreshaping

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Mining harm and liability

"Brazil’s worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave ​of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless, flooded forests and polluted the length of the Doce River. BHP cannot appeal against ruling it is liable for 2015 dam collapse" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb

Mariana dam disaster >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster

BHP found liable in transnational claim over Brazil’s Fundão dam collapse >>
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/municipio-de-mariana-v-bhp-group/
#mining #extractivism #liability #disaster #pollution #rivers #watercourses #contamination #environment #harm #MiningWaste #TailingsDam

Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
#FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

Smoulderscape

Still suffocating in smoke pollution
from the 'agricultural activity' of
post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

Déjà vu
* " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
https://theconversation.com/50-years-later-vietnams-environment-still-bears-the-scars-of-war-and-signals-a-dark-future-for-gaza-and-ukraine-254971

* Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/vietnam-war-1962-1975/events/aftermath/agent-orange

#Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

Suffocating in smoke pollution
from the 'agricultural activity' of
post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

"You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
(Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

"Structural violence
is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence

When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116146034632404631

(The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

#Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116134685710504402
Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116134917857123855

#Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

National environmental standards ?

"Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems."

“There’s no requirement for these processes to actually deliver the outcomes and objectives expressed in the standard.”

"...Australia’s populations of threatened species had declined, on average, by 50% over the past two decades." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/federal-government-accused-of-watering-down-proposal-to-protect-australias-threatened-species-and-ecosystems
#biodiversity #ecosystems #wildlife #EPBCAct #destruction #harm #extractivism #extinctions #StreamlineEnvironmentalApprovals #Australia

Some reading on our climate:

The Journal of Environmental Research Letters - Editor's Choice Awards
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/page/Best_article_awards

Some random choices:

Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb59f

Potential impacts of marine carbon dioxide removal on ocean oxygen
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade0d4

Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb6be

Weather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae20a7

Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3c54

Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd268

Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd5e8

Extreme heatwave over Eastern China in summer 2022: the role of three oceans and local soil moisture feedback
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acc5fb

Existing fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5°C
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6228

Unmasking the impunity of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a call for enforcement and accountability
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5193

Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd26c

Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab83a7

Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab738e

The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab154b

#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #freshwater #ecosystems #ocean #deoxygenation #IndigenousePeoples #dispossession #GHG #deforestation #heatwaves #bushfires #agriculture #extractivism

It is the Australian story for biodiversity:
"The swift parrot’s distinctive call was recorded dozens of times in a patch of Tasmanian forest. Then the forest was logged" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/06/the-swift-parrots-distinctive-call-was-recorded-dozens-of-times-in-a-patch-of-tasmanian-forest-then-the-forest-was-logged

#Biodiversity #birds #wildlife #SwiftParrot #loggingImpacts #forestry #ClearFelling #extractivism #harm #governance

King Charles’s official representative in the Northern Territory

"As the controversial pastoralist prepares to take his oath on Friday, Aboriginal leaders have vowed to refuse to host the administrator – King Charles’s official representative in the territory, and the equivalent of a state governor – in remote communities, saying Connolly is “toxic”. "
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/26/nt-administrator-david-connolly-apologises-racist-posts-mps-plan-boycott-ntwnfb

"The former head of the NT Cattlemen's Association
has been at the centre of recent controversy due to his past social media commentary, which has been deemed offensive by groups including the Northern Land Council and Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT."

"As a cattleman, who also helped set up the NT's fledgling cotton industry, Mr Connolly was never shy about criticising what he saw as impediments to northern development...The tug-of-war between environmental concerns and industry development remains as present in the territory as ever."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/david-connolly-phil-scott-onstage-clash-political-fault-lines/106382028

The NT: In them old cotton fields back home >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/116133626999168906

#NT #cotton #extractivism #pastoralism #environment #IndigenousPeoples #biodiversity #water

Plantations industrialised with capitalism.
Let's spin a sugary yarn 🧶

@economics @histodons @geography

#EstelleSays #sugar #tobacco #accumulation #racism #extractivism #landGrab #raceMaking #lineofColor #racialization #rapeCulture #systemicRacism #capitalism #whiteSupremacy #whiteFragility #Discovery #Encounter #Columbus #plantations #America #history #slavery #England #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #Bristol #Liverpool #London #decolonial #antiRacism #sweet #sweets #Caribbean #marketing #commOdon

"As the foundation of modern political systems, the nature/culture divide had profound consequences for the production of a ‘science of man’, distinguishing between men and women, body and mind, civilised and savage, and arguably human and semi-human.
[…]
"Since the first steps of Columbus, the ‘colonial bioprospecting’ has been inventorying plant, mineral and animal species for profit. To it was added an ‘ethnoprospecting’, i.e. a universal census and classification of human species, which are also thought to have ‘different natures’. By becoming ‘as diverse as nature itself’, humanity is broken down into phenotypes rather than geographical origins, and we slide from a descriptive vision to a normative view, predisposed to hierarchy."

Sylvie Laurent in "Capital et race : Histoire d'une hydre moderne"

#SylvieLaurent #raceMaking #eugenism #capitalism #extractivism #Discovery #Colombus #plantations #America #history #NewWorld #racism #property #ownership #taxonomy #hierarchy #science #epistemology #supremacy

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
>>
https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
>>
https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
>>
https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
>>
https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
>>
https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism