Paula Rose

Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 09:48 UTC

“That means a laden semi-trader will do 10,000 times the road wear and tear of an average family car, but they are certainly not paying 10,000 times the road user charges.”

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 09:45 UTC

With transport emissions increasing, Australia needs to consider more sustainable freight transportation options, such as reprioritising rail over road – but there are a few obstacles standing in the way.

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:35 UTC

The ‘wood wide web’ theory charmed us all – but now it’s the subject of a bitter fight among scientists | The debate about the degree to which forests and fungi communicate raises the painful question of confirmation bias

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:52 UTC

“demonstrated that 30 km/h speed limits have led to significant reductions: 37% of road crash fatalities, 18% in emissions, 2.5dB in noise pollution and 7% in fuel consumption (on average), with very small variations of average traffic speed”

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

Even Amtrak was surprised by the instant popularity of its new Chicago-Twin Cities route - The success of the new Amtrak Borealis bodes well for other regional train routes.

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

As Heat, Storms Intensify, US Climate Migrants Are Going the Wrong Way - Millions of Americans are migrating to cities that are exposed to higher risk of extreme heat, flooding and hurricanes. We need a plan to turn them around, now.

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:12 UTC

A common good: In the age of the individual, are we losing our understanding of the collective and our sense of shared humanity? | The Monthly

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 00:57 UTC

Costs in conservation: Common costly mistakes and how to avoid them

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 00:16 UTC

After the inhuman destruction of Gaza's health system, looks like bombing hospitals is bad again

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:09 UTC

China’s Batteries Are Now Cheap Enough to Power Huge Shifts

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 08:05 UTC

Climate change could make fungi more dangerous

Higher temperatures may trigger mutations that cause more aggressive growth or drug resistance

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 08:03 UTC

Protesting stuff is your democratic right – or is it? | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:49 UTC

The Climate Is Falling Apart. Prepare for the Push Alerts.

In our era of extreme weather, this is how we’ll watch the world change.

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:48 UTC

Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’

Blackened trees, dead animals and scorched earth – early wildfires have already devastated Brazil’s Pantanal and local people worry they may lose the battle to save them

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 03:14 UTC

Adaptation to climate change will be an absolute nightmare

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 03:05 UTC

Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat?

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 02:57 UTC

Liberal senator, Tasmanian salmon farming lobby call for defunding of Environmental Defenders Office - ABC News

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:35 UTC

Australia exposed as one of world's worst climate wreckers in key UN-backed report | RenewEconomy

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:30 UTC

Locals 'horrified' as great browning spreads through forests thought to be 'invulnerable'

It wasn't until the sunlight changed that a local man spotted a 'great browning' parching trees on a nearby hillside. Now he sees it everywhere.

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 07:16 UTC

The unwritten rules of multiculturalism as explained by an older white man | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 03:16 UTC

“The minimum level of public transport service required to get people out of cars runs every 15 minutes between 7am-7pm and within 800 metres of our homes”

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 03:15 UTC

Stuck in traffic: 7 million Aussies missing out on public transport 

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 03:13 UTC

Next stop suburbia: making shared transport work for everyone in aussie cities | Climate Council

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 00:01 UTC

Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential - The Lancet

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 12:49 UTC

Why Finland and others are vaccinating people against bird flu
The virus is spreading undetected in mammals

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 09:44 UTC

Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 09:39 UTC

Northvolt: the battery company seeking to make batteries with salt

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 07:30 UTC

Dead owls are piling up in my freezer: Perth scientists take a stand.

Pesticides killing australian native wildlife: ban on rat baits

www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 10:02 UTC

Send your pets to work! And other cost of living hacks you can use every day

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 08:41 UTC

In this satirical city builder, your goal is to convert walkable cities into parking lots and use propaganda to convince everyone it's what they want

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:47 UTC

The alarming disease wreaking havoc in Australia - and you've probably never heard of it before

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 07:37 UTC

Vivid midwinter sunset tonight

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:49 UTC

Rising risks of climate disasters mean some communities will need to move – we need a national conversation about relocation now

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:30 UTC

A third of land set aside for restoration in worse state than before, Australian offset audit finds

Federal review sparks fresh warnings that biodiversity scheme is increasing risk of animals going extinct

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 09:39 UTC

Australian, New Zealand property markets face creeping climate risks | Reuters

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 03:26 UTC

Ethical super savings found invested in controversial weapons manufacturers

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 00:01 UTC

BoM staff redirected to work for fossil fuel companies. The Bureau of Meteorology is facing internal dissent after it seconded forecasters from its overstretched aviation unit to provide contract services to mining companies.

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 23:51 UTC

Santos uses new tactic to fight climate change movement after traditional owners lose court challenge against Barossa gas project. Experts say the new strategies could stymie all public interest lawsuits, which led to the Mabo and Franklin Dam determinations www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 23:35 UTC

Beware the criminalisation of environmental protest in Australia.

Anti-protest laws of Tasmania and other Australian states should worry all who care about the environment and freedom of expression.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Paula Rose @paularose.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 23:20 UTC

The growing carbon debt -
Why the climate change is different from other environmental challenges

www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-growin...

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