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NSW.Biodiversity

More wildlife hospitals and care
for native animals having to exist in fragmented marginal habitats

More native animals are being brought into vet clinics and wildlife shelters than ever before.,, Wildlife carers and volunteers "do incredible work in helping to respond, rehabilitate and care for our sick, injured and orphaned wildlife".
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/wil
#wildlife #care #AnimalWelfare #WildlifeCarers #volunteers #biodiversity #sprawl #cars #pets

ABC News · Wildlife carers want funding to help rising number of injured animalsBy Claudia Forsberg
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BellingenNSW

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

The Guardian · Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?By Adam Morton
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NSW.Biodiversity

Quolls are on the environmental trajectory of the thylacine

"The spotted-tail and northern quoll are at best functionally extinct across the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and at worst they had completely disappeared from the area." >>
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/quo

Population growth highlights and trends, Queensland regions, 2023 edition.(pdf) >>
qgso.qld.gov.au/issues/3061/po

"Dog attacks in the Sunshine Coast region are up 10 per cent. Pet owners are urged to follow some fundamental steps to reduce incidents and improve safety of people and pets. A total of 382 dog attacks were reported – 166 on people and 216 on another animal." >>
sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/
#biodiversity #wildlife #quolls #conservation #sprawl #Queensland #pets #dogs #extinction #Australia

ABC News · Spotted-tail and northern quolls 'functionally' extinct in large areas of QueenslandBy Nikki Sorbello
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BellingenNSW

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - and humans are the reason

"Our activities have become a planet-shaping force, from changing the climate through our emissions to farming 44% of all habitable land. As our footprint has expanded, other species have been pushed to extinction."
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theconversation.com/invisible-
#biodiversity #loss #destruction #ecosystems #impoverishment #flora #sprawl #roads #infrastructure #graziers #livestock #LoggingImpacts #pollution #DarkDiversity #extinction

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BellingenNSW

Koala habitat

"A lone koala walking through a three-lane tunnel, right in the path of a semi-trailer. The image is a grim sign of the times as Australia’s koala habitat continues to be destroyed. "

"We're moving into their habitat and their corridors, and they're being forced into suburbia... A lot of them are being hit by cars and there are a lot of dog attacks."

"Koalas are listed as endangered across NSW, ACT and Queensland."
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au.news.yahoo.com/grim-reality
#biodiversity #koalas #habitat #destruction #suburbia #sprawl #roads #cars #dogs #extinction

Yahoo News · Grim reality behind image of lost koala: 'The saddest photo I've seen in a long time'By Kamilia Palu
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Jonathan Emmesedi

A suburb of Phoenix is not where one might expect to see a residential development based on emancipation from the dominion of the car.

Reducing car dependency in Arizona matters beyond the borders of the state. All too often those working for more human and environmentally sound planning and transit policies in the USA are met with a simplistic and thought stopping cry of "It might work in Europe, but our geography makes it impossible!"

youtu.be/ljdg11X8YBg?si=Ch4BNe

#Tempe#CarFree#Urbanism
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Ben Fulton

America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl

"Long stretches of chain stores in single-storey, flat-topped buildings. The cluster of gas stations, with functionally and aesthetically similar convenience stores selling rows and rows of sugary food and drinks...rectangular islands of stuff surrounded by parking lots leading to other little islands of fast food, also surrounded by parking lots, filled with rows and rows of the most enormous pickup trucks"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawlBy Alexander Hurst
#Highways#Sprawl
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BellingenNSW

From water pollution to blue gold

Water "“blighted by mats of algae, mountains of foam, scum, and dead fish floating on the surface. Pollution from water companies and agricultural runoff are driving the contamination, which affects all parts of the country, causing toxic algal blooms, mass die-offs of fish, and risks to human health."

"A country that once let raw sewage and industrial wastewater flow directly into its water. Today, it is 98%, and the country has a reputation for pristine swimming waters, sometimes referred to as its “blue gold” – and it’s all thanks to a complex network of sewage plants."
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theguardian.com/environment/20
#water #pollution #micropollutants #ecosystem #health #swimming #Australia #sewage #floods #runoff #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #MassMortalities #SepticTanks #sprawl #biodiversity #rivers #civilisation

The Guardian · From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its riversBy Phoebe Weston
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BellingenNSW

The human carnage on the roads - "accidents" and road violence

"In Australia, a country with a terrible occurrence and societal acceptance of violent road deaths (would we, for example, be so lackadaisical about the death “toll” were we measuring killings, accidental and otherwise, involving knives or dogs or lawnmowers?), we are culturally imbued with notions of our “rights” rather than our “privileges” when it comes to motor vehicle driving. Something to do with our vast expanses and wide-open roads perhaps."
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/
#RoadViolence #cars #SUVs #roads #violence #accident #RoadTrauma #RoadTrafficFatalities #roadkill #sprawl #Australia #MobilityDesign

The Guardian · When Dad couldn’t drive any more, it was devastating – but he was just too oldBy Paul Daley
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DoomsdaysCW

YES! VICTORY! Public pushback makes a difference!

#MaineTurnpikeAuthority drops controversial #GorhamConnector project

by WGME Staff Thu, March 6th 2025 at 7:56 PM

GORHAM (WGME) – "The Maine Turnpike Authority is now dropping its controversial Gorham connector project.

"The project would have built a new highway from South Portland to Gorham, with the goal of easing heavy road congestion.

"The MTA paused the project last year after receiving backlash from local residents.

"The project would have required the demolition of nearly a dozen homes and confiscation of #farmland."

"'There was a lot of concern, and people wondered if it's the right-sized tool for the job, a lot of people have concerns that, building another highway, there's concerns that it will just fill up,' MTA Director of Communications Erin Courtney said.

The MTA says it's heading back to the drawing board to re-examine traffic conditions and review past mobility studies to find better ways to ease congestion in the area." [Like #LightRail, #RapidTransitBusLines and more #BikeLanes!]

wgme.com/news/local/maine-turn
#Maine #SaveSmilingHillFarm #SmilingHillFarm #InducedSprawl #GorhamConnector #MainersForSmarterTransportation #Maine #MaineNews #GorhamBypass #GorhamSpur #Maine #RapidTransit #SaveTheFarms #ProtectTheForest #InducedDemand #Sprawl #SaveRedBrook #ProtectTheWetlands #BrookTrout #SaveTheForest #Wildlife #HuskyLine #RapidBusTransit

WGME · Maine Turnpike Authority drops controversial Gorham connector projectThe Maine Turnpike Authority is now dropping its controversial Gorham connector project.
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Davey 민선

There are times when my optimism is tested on . This is one of those times, but I will not stop fighting against and unsustainable urban design, and I will always ask my peers here in the wealthy industrialized world to have an honest discussion with me on what we can do. Now. Today.

theguardian.com/environment/ng

The Guardian · ‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despairBy Alessia Amitrano
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Skip Lacaze

@Hey_Beth I’d like to see a or as an alternative to typical which often results in open spaces and prime ag lands near existing cities being destroyed. However, the first draft of this proposal didn’t look green enough and it would be better to put it on the of the , where it could replace thousands of acres of almonds, use other land too alkaline to farm, and include new neighborhoods with decent housing and water for families.

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