Aussie Enviro

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/collapse/p/1554065/we-watched-these-coral-colonies-succumb-to-black-band-disease-6-months-later-75-were-de

During the last global coral bleaching event in 2023 and 2024 , the Great Barrier Reef experienced the highest temperatures for centuries and widespread bleaching. With bleaching events becoming more frequent, the very existence of coral reefs is under threat.

A recent report by Oil Change International found Australia led the world in expanding its oil and gas industries between 2015 and 2024, increasing production by 77%.

On coal, Australia is shipping more of the thermal stuff than it was a decade ago. And the Albanese government has approved at least 32 fossil fuel developments and expansions since its election in 2022, overwhelmingly for export

#Vote Green

A Manjimup fisherman says the State Government has ignored more than a decade of community warnings about declining fish stocks, amid fears the recent West Coast gillnet ban will create new pressures further south.

On December 3, the State Government announced a full closure of all commercial demersal gillnetting in the West Coast bioregion.

It includes a 50 per cent commercial catch reduction for zone two on the South Coast.The West Coast bioregion will become an exclusively recreational fishing zone for snapper and dhufish following a 21-month recovery closure for boat-based recreational fishing, remaining permanently closed to commercial fishing for demersal fish from January 1, with a compulsory buyback of commercial fishing licences.

The reforms aim to protect demersal fish like pink snapper, red emperor and dhufish from extinction and to help stocks recover for future generations, with scientific stock assessments of WA’s prized demersal fish showing species are under “severe threat”.Under the reforms, the West Coast fishing region from Kalbarri to Augusta will not reopen on December 16.

While many fishers are worried this will mark the end of their businesses, Manjimup man Wayne Pedretti, who has been campaigning to save the region’s fish stocks for years, believes it could just push the problem further south.

He remains concerned about the vulnerability of local species.

Having fished in the Broke Inlet, 25km west of Walpole, for nearly 50 years, Mr Pedretti said the well-known breeding ground for pink snapper and groper remained dangerously unprotected, despite years of warnings.

Mr Pedretti told the Times he had repeatedly voiced his fears to governing bodies as part of the group Save Our Fish Stocks, formed 13 years ago.

The group believes netting should be banned at Broke Inlet to protect the breeding grounds.“We were told over a decade ago that the commercial sector would reduce their catch by 50 per cent — we thought we finally had a win,” he said.

“But the very next day, they reneged. If they had stuck to that agreement, maybe we wouldn’t be going through this now.”

Mr Pedretti is increasingly frustrated at the lack of action, and said he had offered to take decision-makers to the inlet to show them the problem first-hand

“I offered to set a small 60m net overnight and show them the hundreds of dead pink snapper and groper we would get in that net in the morning,” he said.

“I could explain that the pros use kilometres of net, then they might be able to see the damage, but they were never interested.”

He said the threat of gillnetting boats coming into South Coast waters to avoid the complete ban would devastate the region — and it was already happening.

“A mate called me and said they’re all down netting along Long Point, west of Walpole,” he said.

“They are going hammer and tongs before the reduction kicks in. If they are allowed to continue in this way, the breeding stocks will be pillaged and the inlet and the region will never recover.”Premier Roger Cook said the changes had been “difficult decisions to make” but it was “the right thing to do”.

“We want our kids and grandkids to be able to enjoy fishing in our beautiful State into the future,” he said.

“Our iconic demersal fish species like dhufish and snapper are on the verge of extinction in some parts of WA, so we need to take urgent action to save them for the future generations of fishers.

“We know that these reforms will have a large impact on the fishing industry and sectors, and we have been working with them closely throughout this decision-making process.

“We will be providing a $29.2 million Fisheries Support Package to help them to adapt to the incoming reforms and establishing an advisory council to provide guidance as the reforms are implemented.”

Some key quotes from the article,

The AEMO has slashed the amount of wind generation capacity it says should be added by the end of the decade from 42.6 gigawatts to 26 gigawatts

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Whereas the AEMO had in 2024 said 10,000 kilometres of new transmission lines were needed by 2050, it says this figure is now expected to be about 6,000km.

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Notably, none of the new capacity under construction was wind, Mr Dixon said, a sure sign of the industry's struggles.

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Mr Dixon said the cost of building both had jumped in recent years, especially for high-voltage lines, which in some cases were now two to three times more expensive to build than a few years ago.

By contrast, he noted that costs for solar panels and batteries had fallen by 6 per cent and as much as 50 per cent, respectively, since 2022.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/30846832

The Coalition’s tortuous decision to abandon the climate target was built on a big lie, that the recent increases in power prices are the result of the transition to renewables – even though wholesale electricity prices have been falling.

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Edit: If you suspect a bird is sick or there are unusual deaths avoid touching it, take photos or videos and record the location if possible. Report it all to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline 1800 675 888 https://birdlife.org.au/h5-bird-flu-avoid-record-report/

There’s also AviFluMap https://birdlife.org.au/h5n1-avian-influenza/

[Cross-posted from !koalawallawoods@lemmy.world](https://aussie.zone/post/27086925)

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So, set low, milquetoast taegets that are essentially useless and cant even achieve that.

Weve tried nothing and gave run out if ideas

Our Deep Sea ecosystems are some of the most uncharted in the world. But before we get to fully understand them, we could lose them.

The capital cost of a synchronous condenser roughly the size of Ararat’s is $137m, according to a report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo). One study suggests that in a 100% renewable energy system, the equivalent of up to 40 machines could be required across the electricity grid.

triple the money they provide to others for adapting to a warming world by 2035

omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it

Once rich with magnesium and life, Australia’s soils are running on empty — and so are we

You don’t have to own a farm to be part of the fix:

• Buy from regenerative growers at local markets. Ask how they treat their soil.
• Compost food scraps. Every peel or coffee ground returned to earth repairs a small piece of the cycle.
• Grow something. Even a balcony herb pot reconnects you with the living chemistry of soil.
• Support food literacy. Teach children that true nourishment begins underground. When consumers reward soil care instead of packaging, agriculture follows.

I did not notice this but every year we are getting closer

`>Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said.

Solution ? Vote for politcans who will extract more, coal and gas and a usless COP gab fest in Australia while we LARP at giving a shit ? after all we still have the other 1/3 of corals to kill !

I went through SolarQuotes.com.au to get an idea of battery installation prices. I've already got 6.6kw of solar.

Everything seemed to come out at around $800-$1000/1kw of storage which seems huge. I feel solarquotes attracts high priced quotes the same way hi-pages does.

At the prices I'm seeing I'm more likely to buy a tired Nissan Leaf ($20k) to act as the battery given they come with a 40kw(at new) battery and use the Japanese ChadMEO 2-way-charging.

Thoughts?

Thanks.