Locals outraged after forever chemicals found in waterways
By Fleur Connick
For 25 years this waterway was polluted with toxic "forever chemicals". It was only disconnected from a major drinking supply 18 months ago.
#EnvironmentalHealth
Murray-Darling Basin Plan under review for first time in 14 years
By Jackson Byrne
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says the basin plan has delivered real benefits, but climate change, disconnected floodplains and poor water quality mean things still need to change.
#MurrayDarlingBasin #Water #WaterSupply #Rivers #EnvironmentalHealth #NaturalResources #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalPolicy #IrrigatedFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Droughts #JacksonByrne
Urgent action needed on climate before NT is 'unlivable', activists warn
By Matthew Qvortrup
The Climate Justice Alliance says rising temperatures and increasingly severe heatwaves present a direct and immediate threat to people across the Territory, particularly in the Top End.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/climate-change-will-make-nt-unlivable/106301158
#ClimateChange #EnvironmentalHealth #Heatwaves #EnvironmentalImpact #MatthewQvortrup
On SA's devastated coasts citizen scientists are looking for hope
By Declan Durrant and Caroline Horn
On Kangaroo Island – where the bloom has washed death ashore for almost a year – a group of citizen scientists are focusing their efforts on "what’s still out there".
#MarineBiology #MarineParks #TravelandTourism #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact #Oceans #Fish #EnvironmentalHealth #DeclanDurrant #CarolineHorn
'Very poor' air quality recorded in Melbourne due to bushfire smoke
By Georgie Hewson and Madi Chwasta
A health warning was issued to Melbourne residents as the city was covered in smoke from a bushfire burning in the Otways, in Victoria's south-west.
Air quality in Melbourne rated among worst in world due to bushfire smoke
By Georgie Hewson
A health warning is issued to Melbourne residents as the city is covered in smoke from a bushfire burning in the Otways, in Victoria's south-west.
Residential #wood #burning is a dominant source of wintertime air #pollution in the United States, accounting for more than one-fifth of winter exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
#Environmental #Medical #AtmosphericScience #EnvironmentalHealth #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01232602.html
Eco-charcoal gains traction as a cleaner, cheaper alternative to firewood {Business Africa} http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQVlXG #EcoCharcoal #CleanCooking #SustainableEnergy #Cameroon #EnvironmentalHealth
Doubt doesn’t have to disprove harm.
It just has to delay action.
Microplastics uncertainty is already being weaponized—just like tobacco and climate science before it.
#Microplastics #RegulatoryCapture #CorporatePower #EnvironmentalHealth
'A carpet of red' as millions of baby crabs storm Christmas Island's beaches
By Alistair Bates
Wildlife officials on one of Australia's most remote territories are welcoming the final chapter of its famous red crab migration, the return to shore of millions of baby crabs.
#Animals #Crustaceans #TravelandTourism #EnvironmentalHealth #AlistairBates
Radon levels vary significantly depending on a building’s construction year 🏠
The Canada Cross-Radon Survey includes a detailed Alberta case study (p.51) showing how radon behaviour changes across construction periods.
#Radon #IndoorAirQuality #BuildingScience #EnvironmentalHealth
Nature's distressing struggle for life against plastics tsunami
By Mietta Adams and Alistair Bates
A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-10/christmas-island-turtles-battle-plastic-pollution/106092234
#Oceans #Pollution #EnvironmentalHealth #PlasticsPolymersandRubberManufacturing #Art #CommunityOrganisations #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #Animals #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #MiettaAdams #AlistairBates
"environmental harm doesn’t decide whether we mine the deep sea, profit will" That’s a sobering reflection of our current system: where corporations chase gains while fragile ecosystems pay the price
https://www.science.org/content/article/deep-sea-mining-race-ramps-mission-will-assess-whether-ecosystems-recover-afterward #DeepSeaMining #Environment
When green energy threatens what it is meant to save
By Jean Bell and Daniel Miles
In a tiny town near the Victoria–South Australia border, a proposed wind farm near a protected wetland is posing a big question for Australia's planning regulators.
#EnvironmentalPolicy #RenewableEnergy #Birds #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalTechnology #EnvironmentalHealth #Ecology #NationalParks #NativeSpecies #JeanBell #DanielMiles
🌊 MbEN recommends that the proposed Simba Silica Extraction Project be rejected now, without wasting more taxpayer time and money to re-review a project that remains substantially the same as their prior proposal.
🔗 We encourage you to read our public comments on the proposed Sio Silica project:
https://mbeconetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025_12_01_MbEN-Comments-on-File-6275_Sio-Silica_Final-1.pdf
#stopsiosilica #sioslica #sioslicasimbasand #mben #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #cleanwater #environmentalhealth
'Dead zones' prompt tour operator to fund marine study
By Fiona Breen
For more than two decades, Rob Pennicott has taken tourists to see the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. But what he describes as "dead zones" have him so worried that he is funding a study to find what is going wrong.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-21/dentrecasteaux-channel-imas-study-pennicott-tours/106097994
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #AquaticWeeds #Fish #Reefs #Science #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalHealth #TourismandLeisureIndustry #FionaBreen
Gelignite blasts, overfishing, habitat destruction decimated Mary River cod numbers
By Jennifer Nichols
Mary River cod were fished to the brink of extinction, their habitat destroyed, even blasted with gelignite, but a recovery plan is being updated.
#Agriculture #EnvironmentEducation #EnvironmentalHealth #Conservation #LandManagement #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #JenniferNichols
'Best signs we've seen': SA algal testing shows positive signs ahead of peak summer period
By Evelyn Leckie
Authorities say the "best signs" in a "long time" have been observed in the latest round of monitoring of the state's algal bloom crisis.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-11/positive-signs-amid-algal-bloom-monitoring/106131392
#Oceans #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalHealth #EvelynLeckie
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