There are many actions taken by individuals, corporations, and governments that by themselves might be considered minor but when taken together can substantially cause harm to environmental values. Revision of the federal EPBC Act provides an opportunity to include provisions that will help mitigate adverse effects of these “cumulative impacts” on areas containing threatened species Continue reading »
environment
by Dave Rollo
Think about the county where you live. Picture your favorite streets, event spaces, scenery, or terrain. If you’ve lived there awhile, chances are you know what makes it great: the natural, cultural, and commercial places whose characteristics make your community special to you and your neighbors.
Your connection to them becomes part of your sense of place. You delight in taking visiting family and friends to these special sites and you lament changes that threaten or despoil them.
The post What Makes a County Great? appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
An opinion piece (‘Degrowth approach is disastrous’, Canberra Times, 9 September, p.38) by authors from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) attacked the concept of degrowth to a steady-state economy (SSE) and defended the notion of continuing economic growth on a finite planet. The Canberra Times did not publish the opinion piece I submitted in Continue reading »
Stuart Spray speaks to the activist and TV presenter, who has announced he is challenging the Prime Minister on the legality of abandoning key net zero commitments
By backing ambitious and transformative environmental policies, Labour could offer a clear vision for substantive change, writes the CEO of the Environmental Justice Foundation
The world’s largest and smelliest flower teeters on extinction.
The post Save This Stinking Flower! appeared first on Nautilus.
Rishi Sunak's Party is placing itself in opposition not just to its own record, but to observable reality itself, reports Adam Bienkov
The manner in which the Conservatives' anti-net zero campaign has been waged has resonant parallels with that which produced Brexit, writes Julian Petley
A North Carolina facility’s record of violations undercuts the dream of plastics recycling.
The post They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste appeared first on The Intercept.
Hands-on fieldwork, cutting-edge science, and baboons who steal your lunch.
The post When a Million-Acre National Park Becomes a Classroom appeared first on Nautilus.