The diseases most people die of have been attributed to unhealthy lifestyles. But evidence now suggests bacteria are to blame, heralding a revolution in medicine By Debora MacKenzie FOR decades, health experts have been lecturing us about our bad habits, blaming them for the surge in “lifestyle diseases”. These often […]
Despite the prime minister’s pledge, there are plenty of challenges facing the country’s waste recovery efforts By Sarah Martin In 2016-17 Australia generated an estimated 67m tonnes of waste, almost 2,700kg for each person. Only 12% of plastic waste is recycled. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian Scott Morrison has vowed to […]
The main policy-making and priority-setting event for the local government sector, the annual Local Government NSW conference, is being held mid-October in Sydney, and Bellingen Shire Council has decided to put motions forward on biodiversity, dealing with climate change and managing waste. Crs Dominic King, Steve Klipin, Jennie Fenton, Toni […]
The supposedly sleepy koala is more active than previously thought, according to new research led by Southern Cross University Senior Research Fellow Dr Janette Norman. The research shows almost a quarter of the koalas in northern NSW travel up to 16.6km in their search for new habitats - a surprising […]
Solar power is getting so cheap it is overtaking fossil fuels – and that’s without next-generation photovoltaic technology and artificial photosynthesis By Tom Chivers “WHEN I was a student in the mid-1980s,” says Harry Atwater, “there were only a few megawatts of solar deployed worldwide. Enough to power a supermarket […]
Last night at the Coffs Bypass Group’s general meeting we talked about the imminent release of the EIS and the importance of a ‘Construct Only’ project NOT a ‘Design & Construct’ project. The Toowoomba bypass is a fantastic example of what we don’t want. The article from 2015 below, highlights […]
Bird estimated to have weighed about 7kg has been named Heracles inexpectatus By Anna Ploszajski and Lisa Martin Fossils of the largest parrot ever recorded have been found in New Zealand. Estimated to have weighed about 7kg (1.1st), it would have been more than twice as heavy as the kākāpo, […]
China appears on track to reach its carbon goals up to nine years earlier than planned under the Paris agreement, in a potential huge boost for efforts to tackle climate change. By Adam Vaughan The world’s biggest polluter accounts for a quarter of humanity’s emissions today, making the nation a […]
The Coffs Coast Outlook understands conciliation between the Proponent and CHCC has been ‘terminated’. In other words Council has not, in the words of an objector to the development, folded. By the Editor That is seen as being good news by Lot 2 development objectors How things go from here […]
The Coffs Coast Climate Action Group will be rallying outside the local office of GHD today as part of a nationwide week of action by #StopAdani groups. By The Coffs Coast Action Group and Janene Carey Multinational engineering and construction company GHD is one of the biggest contractors working on […]