Local members of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) have raised concerns about the health impacts of climate change affecting mid north coast communities due to bushfires. Spokesperson for the group Dr Sarah Mollard, of Port Macquarie, is calling on all levels of government to listen to emergency experts such […]
My community deserves the unvarnished truth from me, its Mayor. Ignorance and arrogance delivered us ashes. By Carol Sparks Heeding the advice of fire controllers and decades of scientific reports, Glen Innes Severn council last month declared a climate emergency. As the New South Wales government itself has now declared, […]
The NSW Premier has declared a seven-day state of emergency, and the fire chief is predicting “the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen”. Key points: NSW frontline agency commissioners made a “unanimous” decision to declare a state of emergency The last state of emergency was declared during […]
Dangerous fire conditions – conditions are getting worse We have reports of a number of bush fires in the north coast and northern NSW areas becoming more intense – and more dangerous. A number of fires are creating their own weather conditions and pyro-cumulous clouds are developing. These are extremely […]
The eyes of the energy world are upon it, but the renewable energy transition in South Australia is probably one of the misunderstood, misreported and under-appreciated achievements of our time. By Giles Parkinson South Australia, for those who have not been paying attention, has dumped coal and now sources more […]
The 737 Large Air Tanker (LAT) operating out of Coffs Harbour this fire season has already made 107 water bombing missions. Last year the LAT made 125 missions statewide. The LAT has only been operating in Coffs Harbour since August, and is expected to remain a key pillar in the […]
The Australian parliament voted against it. But now 11,000 people who might know one or two more facts than a bubble of politicians have confirmed it is, indeed, happening: the whole world is in the midst of a climate emergency. By Andrea Hamblin And they believe the threats are accelerating […]
Coffs Harbour City Council is in crisis talks over a 26 million dollar landfill contract with neighbouring councils. See the Prime News 7 video clip here; http://Coffs Harbour City Council is in crisis talks over a 26 million dollar landfill contract with neighbouring councils. Coffs Coast Outlook has published several […]
The green economy has grown so much in the US that it employs around 10 times as many people as the fossil fuel industry – despite the past decade’s oil and gas boom. By Adam Vaughan The fossil fuel sector, from coal mines to gas power plants, employed around 900,000 people in the […]
Water legislation: enriching the few, destroying the many ‘I’m going to make a shitload of money.’ Peter, a farmer, listened intently to the merchant banker boasting to the grandly-named Global Food Forum. Because the politicians had changed the rules under their National Water Initiative, the banker explained he’d been able […]