Human pollution clogs waterways all over Australia
"Aquatic pollution has emerged as an increasingly critical issue in Australia, impacting environmental health, public safety and our native wildlife."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/incredible-730kg-haul-pulled-from-aussie-waterway-exposes-quiet-national-crisis-061305735.html
#rivers #creeks #waterways #pollution #waste #plastic #FishingGear #entanglement #wildlife #platypus #values
I swear to god no one would accept the terms that people continually want #Palestinians to accept to live under.
They literally have absolutely no say in the #election of the people who control- their #airspace, #waterways, right to #travel, movement in THEIR OWN COUNTRY etc etc.
Is spring here? Very nearly!
A little later than usual owing to some dodgy internet, why not join us tonight under a new moon and on the cusp of a new season.
#podcast #narrowboat #boatlife #nature #naturewriting #waterways
Episode 178: On the Leading Edge of Spring.
https://www.noswpod.com/edge-of-spring/
Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry #otters
#WestCoast states are spending millions to protect their inland #waterways from #invasive #crabs. In some places, otters are just eating them. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/20/invasive-green-crabs-are-no-match-for-sea-otters/77090472007/?tbref=hp
Government has broken the law on sewage, says watchdog
The government and regulators have broken the law by being too lenient on water companies that spill #sewage, the UK's #environment watchdog has found.
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said sewage releases should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances, such as during unusually heavy rainfall, but that "this has not always been the case".
A hierarchy on the water and on the roads
Paddleboarder has been cut in half by fossil fueled powered tinnie.>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-08/authorities-concerned-possible-fatalities-surfing-gold-coast/104649650
#ocean #beach #marine #habitat #shared #waterways #surfing #swimming #Paddleboarder #pedestrians #boats #propeller #speed #FossilFuel
"Dozens of native birds and flying foxes have been killed by “acute” lead poisoning in the South Australian regional town of Port Pirie, with contamination fears in the town that is home to one of the world’s largest lead smelters."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/05/native-birds-flying-foxes-lead-port-pirie-south-australia-ntwnfb
#Lead #toxicosis #Nyrstar #pollution #waterways #children #wildlife #biodiversity
#Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt fires Ken McQueen, a member of his administration, b/c of his court appearance as a plaintiff in a long-standing lawsuit over waste #pollution from chicken farms like #Tyson's leading to high phosphorus & E. coli #contamination in state #waterways.
What a guy.
https://kfor.com/news/local/stitt-fires-member-of-cabinet-over-court-appearance/
#Backroads on #DididahtTerritory.
This is part of the #SanJuanRiver & forests in the valley. The #watershed area is under ongoing #ecological threats by industrial #clearcut #logging. This is near #CarmannahWalbran #BritishColumbia provincial park.
The forests here are longtime foraging, mating & birthing grounds for the #CowichanValley Roosevelt elk herd. The San Juan is an important salmon bearing river. The old growth forests here are home to several #SpeciesAtRisk & #EndangeredSpecies.
There is ongoing eco activism work to try & protect more of the forests & #waterways in this #wilderness valley on Southern #VancouverIsland.
The waters were so calm this afternoon. It was like glass. The beautiful #ColquitzRiver is part of our local essential #watersheds / #waterways. It is a fish bearing, salmon bearing local #river.
@cabinradio #ImperialOil who got a slap on the wrist for unreported massive spills of #tarsands tailings into #waterways in northern #Alberta from the #Kearl dirty #oil project now wants to bully regulators in the #NWT. #BigOil is a menace in too many ways.
A #mining company has been #fined close to $221,000 for almost 30 instances of discharging waste into the #environment without authorization in southeastern #BritishColumbia.
On Aug. 8, the #BCMinistryOfEnvironment handed #TeckCoal Ltd. — now operating as #ElkValleyResources — two administrative #penalties based on #WasteDisposal issues over two years at its Elkview operations near #SparwoodBC.
This is not the first time the Elkview #coal mining operations have been penalized for #unauthorized waste disposals. Two years ago, Teck Coal received a penalty of close to $200,000 for several discharges in 2020.
Teck Coal has faced tens of millions of dollars in fines for #contaminating #waterways in B.C. over the years.
It is also now dealing with allegations of dumping harmful substances into waters frequented by fish in the province's southeastern region. #EnvironmentCanada laid five charges against the company in July, and they have not been tested in court.
A court hearing in that matter is scheduled for Oct. 10.
Enough water for #nuclear reactors in #NSW but scientists worry about #wildlife
July 19, 2024
"The federal opposition has proposed seven #NuclearPowerPlants across the country if it wins the next election.
"Its plan involves building the plants on retiring or retired #coal sites, including two in #NewSouthWales, at #Liddell in the #HunterValley and #MountPiper near #Lithgow.
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#Environmental concerns
"The environmental impact of both [closed-loop and once through] systems has raised concerns in #conservation groups.
"While the closed-loop system does not return water warmer to the supply than when it was taken out, the once-through cooling process does.
"Professor Johnson said changes to the temperature of #LakeLyell and #LakeLiddell could be harmful aquatic native #wildlife.
"'#Ecosystems are evolved and used to a certain temperature range, so when temperatures are higher than that, it can change all the things that live in the river,' she said.
"Jacqui Mills from the NSW Nature Conservation Council believed the once-through cooling method could have #catastrophic consequences.
"'If you have hot water discharges, it will very likely kill microorganisms,' Ms Mills said.
"'That has a flow-on impact for the creatures that rely on them like #platypus. It basically disrupts the #environment.'
"Julie Favell from the Lithgow Environment Group said recent examples of coal and other #mining industries breaching #environmental #regulations gave her 'no confidence' that a #NuclearPlant would be safe.
"'Over the past 20 years we have seen so many impacts on #swamps, #waterways, the damage in most cases is irreversible,' she said.
"'You cannot erase human error and natural disasters. There would be nothing left if one of those incidents happened.'"
Gathering things with which to cook dinner … but where did that onion go? I just set it down.
If you rock the boat, the onion will roll. 
I'm cooking because I've invited some other boaters for dinner. Guests!
Because you can't have a community unless you build it.
…Upward of 460M metric tons of plastic are produced every year, equivalent to the weight of >300k blue whales, acc/to the UN #Environment Prgm. Much of the plastic that becomes waste are single-use products that can end up polluting #land, #waterways & #oceans. As the hardy material breaks down in the environment, it creates #microplastics — tiny particles smaller than 5mm that have been found everywhere from Antarctic snow to inside #human bodies.
