Mornington Environment Association Inc. (MEA)
From the Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network (8/24/24)… The Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network, May Newsletter 2024 Contents Special Climate Feature From Our Landcare Facilitator For Your Diary News from Around the Peninsula News Bites Odd Spot: World Record Spider Web State of the Environment Grants…
A message from Save Western Port Woodlands (7/5/24)… Holden Proving Ground – missed opportunity Dear woodlanders The bad news first. When expressions of interest for the purchase of the former Holden Proving Ground site closed on Friday, the State Government was nowhere to be…
From Friends of the Beleura Cliff Path, a report of their May working bee… Beleura Cliff Path Working Bee, May 2024 Read the report Back to News
From Cosmos (5/5/24)… Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source The nuclear industry has been offering so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to large reactors as a possible solution to climate change. SMRs are defined as nuclear reactors with a power output…
From The Conversation (29/4/24)… No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had reached…
From ABC News (30/4/24)… Why are fish still dying in the Darling River at Menindee — and what can we do to prevent it? Over the past few months, the Darling River near Menindee has, once again, been strewn with the rotting remains of…
From The New Daily (28/4/24)… Alan Kohler: Australia’s future rests on net-zero promises and a global carbon price Last week I poured cold H2O on the prospects of hydrogen becoming a good business because it costs $7 to 10 per kilogram to make and…
From ABC News (28/4/24)… Native bats should be celebrated like other Australian wildlife, ecologist says Australia is famous for wildlife from furry marsupials to scaly lizards and deadly spiders, but a scientist says our native bats are not getting the love or admiration they…
From The Conversation (25/4/24)… Sugar gums have a reputation as risky branch-droppers but they’re important to bees, parrots and possums I had the good fortune to care for the sugar gum at The University of Melbourne’s Burnley Gardens in Victoria where I worked for many…
From Cosmos (24/4/24)… Experts weigh in on Murray-Darling Basin plans One of Australia’s leading science academies is calling for an overhaul of the Murray Darling Basin’s governance system as part of a 50-year vision for Australia’s largest water region. The basin, which extends over a…