Month: July 2021

“CSIRO” report misleads on fracking risks

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Post date July 12, 2021
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“CSIRO” report misleads on fracking risks | The Australia Institute

A study purported to be from the CSIRO that showed that fracking was “safe for the environment” was actually overseen by the gas industry, and was based on just six of Queensland’s 19,000 coal seam gas wells, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute. The report was published by the Gas I…

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Huge Garbage Patch Found in Atlantic Too

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Post date July 5, 2021
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Huge Garbage Patch Found in Atlantic Too

Akin to the Texas-size garbage patch in the Pacific, a massive trash vortex has formed from billion of bits of plastic congregating off North America’s Atlantic coast, researchers say.

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Post date July 5, 2021
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in the ocean, seas, and other large bodies of water.

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Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years

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Post date July 4, 2021
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Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years

International team of researchers also found that deforestation rose nearly four-fold in 2019

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The Amazon Rain Forest Is Nearly Gone

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Post date July 4, 2021
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The Amazon Rain Forest Is Nearly Gone. We Went to the Front Lines to See If It Could Be Saved

If nothing is done, the Amazon might completely disappear before the end of the century

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World of Change: Amazon Deforestation

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Post date July 4, 2021
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World of Change: Amazon Deforestation

The state of Rondônia in western Brazil is one of the most deforested parts of the Amazon. This series shows deforestation on the frontier in the northwestern part of the state between 2000 and 2012.

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Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’

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Post date July 4, 2021
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Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’

Destruction of the rainforest increased by 9.5% compared to the previous 12 months, new data shows.

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Labor accuses Minister of ‘prejudice against renewables’ in vetoing wind farm loan

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Post date July 2, 2021
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Labor accuses Minister of ‘prejudice against renewables’ in vetoing wind farm loan

Northern Australia Minister Keith Pitt rejected the loan, claiming the wind farm would not provide firm power to the grid, but Labor says he is prejudiced against renewable energy.