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  1. Malnourished and sick kangaroos, isolated by urban sprawl on New South Wales's Mid North Coast

    "...The kangaroos were chronically malnourished because they could not find enough to eat in an area bordered by ocean, the nearby Emerald Beach settlement, and the Pacific Highway. Our theory is that ongoing development … the M1 being upgraded and an increase in suburban dwellings, that this population is isolated." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/sic

    First the thylacine, the others a bit later...

    #biodiversity #wildlife #EasternGreyKangaroos #habitat #kangaroos #marsupials #CoffsCoast #CoffsHarbour #LookAtMeNowHeadland #EmeraldBeach #sprawl #tourism #PacificHighway #roads #harm #MidnorthCoast #StarvingWildlife

    Image: Coastal sprawl - No place for endemic wildlife on the Mid North Coast of NSW

  2. Why car dependence is now a strategic liability

    Failure to electrify
    Road projects and mega-highway projects are unaffordable
    No walking, cycling infrastructure or EV bus improvements

    Every bus electrified, every cycleway built, every train funded is a direct reduction in exposure to the next crisis. The question now is whether (your place) begins to treat the car dependence not as a lifestyle choice but as a strategic liability. >>
    theconversation.com/iran-oil-c
    #FossilFuels #cars #CarDependence #roads #infrastructure #war #MegaHighwayProjects #PacificHighway #MobilityDesign #dependency

  3. Mobility design for all

    The cost of doing b̶u̶s̶i̶n̶e̶s̶s̶/ transport should factor in wildlife bridges /corridors at reasonable intervals. When they can construct 40,000-vehicle-a-day conveyor belts through wildlife ecosystems, then they could ensure mobility for koalas, gliders, swamp wallabies and wombats too.
    Elsewhere motorways are being retrofitted to allow animals to move safely between fragmented sections of bushland. >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/caw

    Coffs Harbour bypass >>
    nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and
    #biodiversity #wildlife #mobility #WildlifeBridges #MobilityDesign #roads #highways #CODB #cars #PacificHighway #RoadTrauma #CoffsHarbour

  4. Drugs with estimated street value of $1.45 million seized in traffic stop

    Police say they have seized drugs with an estimated street value of almost $1.5 million from a vehicle…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #arrested #AU #Cannabis #cocaine #driver #Drugs #highwaypatrol #pacifichighway #police #seized #Seizure #vehicle
    newsbeep.com/au/494206/

  5. Emergency Warning:

    Pacific Hwy Fire, Bulahdelah

    (Mid Coast LGA) – Seek Shelter Now: Those south of Booral Rd, in the vicinity of Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River.

    A bush fire is burning in the vicinity of the Pacfic Highway Bulahdelah. The fire is burning in a northwesterly direction towards Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River area.

    If you are to the south of Booral Rd, in the the vicinity of Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River area, you are in danger. Seek shelter now, or as the fire approaches. It is too late to leave.

    For more information, visit the Hazards Near Me app and the #RFS website: rfs.nsw.gov.au/fnm

    #NSWBushfires #NSWEmergency #NSWRFS #NSWfires #fireseason2025
    #PacificHighway #bulahdelah

    2.16pm RFS FB

  6. Emergency Warning:

    Pacific Hwy Fire, Bulahdelah

    (Mid Coast LGA) – Seek Shelter Now: Those south of Booral Rd, in the vicinity of Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River.

    A bush fire is burning in the vicinity of the Pacfic Highway Bulahdelah. The fire is burning in a northwesterly direction towards Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River area.

    If you are to the south of Booral Rd, in the the vicinity of Emu Creek Rd in the Crawford River area, you are in danger. Seek shelter now, or as the fire approaches. It is too late to leave.

    For more information, visit the Hazards Near Me app and the #RFS website: rfs.nsw.gov.au/fnm

    #NSWBushfires #NSWEmergency #NSWRFS #NSWfires #fireseason2025
    #PacificHighway #bulahdelah

    2.16pm RFS FB

  7. The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

    Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6

    Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

    #FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

  8. The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

    Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6

    Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

    #FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

  9. The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

    Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6

    Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

    #FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

  10. The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

    Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6

    Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

    #FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

  11. The road to climate action is a 4 lane highway through the biodiversity of the Amazon.

    Why Brazil is Building a Mega Highway in the Amazon Forest >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=PxWAtUgfp6

    Had a déjà vu feeling here regarding the local Gleniffer Road widening and the Coffs Harbour Bypass Highway.

    #FossilFuels #CoalGas #roads #biodiversity #GlenifferRd #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbourBypass #coffs #NSWLogging #forests #destruction #harm #climate #FossilFuels #roads #highways #CoffsHarbour #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #biodiversity #wildlife #COP30 #deforestation

  12. Australia’s addiction to mega roads continues despite the spectre of climate change.

    " The stream of projects shows Australia’s approach to urban transport is stuck in the car-obsessed past. It’s an approach at odds with state planning policies that prioritise other less-polluting transport modes, such as train and tram extensions, bike lane infrastructure and better pedestrian footpaths.

    As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned, roads hinder national efforts to meet climate targets. They “lock in” emissions, by establishing long-term infrastructure that commits societies to greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come...Globally, roads account for 69% of transport emissions, and this is growing. "
    >>
    theconversation.com/australia-
    #cars #vehicle #pollution #GHG #climate #roads #highways #CarDependency #MobilityDesign #Sprawl #PacificHighway #CoffsHarbour #bypass

  13. Koala habitat and roads

    "A research project to compile the first genome map of koalas across eastern Australia has exposed areas where the species is most at risk.The most surprising results were in coastal pockets of NSW, where koala populations are increasingly hemmed between sprawling coastal communities, and the Pacific Highway."

    "Those koala populations are really quite constrained genetically because you've got ocean on one side, highway on another and a town to the north and a town to the south.The fracturing of habitat makes it hard for koalas to mix and diversify the genes of their offspring, putting the species at risk of extinction from environmental shocks, and serious diseases like chlamydia."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-03/koa
    #koalas #wildlife #habitat #MidNorthCoast #NSW #roads #cars #sprawl #extinction #GlenifferRoad #Bellingen #CoffsHarbour #PacificHighway