Mudgee District Environment Group
Mudgee District Environment Group has much pleasure in joining with Dr Julia Imrie in presenting a copy of her doctoral thesis to Mid-Western Regional Council Library: “Changing land use in an uncertain climate; Impacts on surface water and groundwater in the Goulburn River, NSW” Electronic access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/172041 A key aim […]
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No New Weir. Don’t Damn The Macquarie. Healthy Rivers Dubbo has launched a community powered campaign featuring television, radio and newspaper advertisements to highlight concerns about plans to dam the Wambuul Macquarie River at Gin Gin, between Narromine and Warren. Next month the Detailed Business Case for the proposed ‘Macquarie […]
Healthy Rivers Dubbo (HRD) is a grass roots community group dedicated to providing a strong voice for our local rivers, aquifers and wetlands in the Murray – Darling Basin for the benefit of wildlife, plants and people. Media Release “A plan to build an enormous regulating weir on the Macquarie […]
‘Incredibly, while bushfires still burn in parts of the state, water is trucked hourly to towns like Gloucester and the coast battens down for extreme rain, we spent Thursday morning explaining to a parliamentary inquiry that climate change impacts are relevant to planning decisions in NSW.’ By Rachel Walmsley, Director […]
Written by Joanne McCarthy Published in Newcastle Herald January 31, 2020. Read online: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6606030/the-drip-gorge-at-risk-after-groundwater-modelling-challenged/?cs=7573 A CHANGING climate, “inappropriate” mine discharge regulations and poor groundwater modelling could see the Goulburn River’s salinity reach a level where it challenges the Hunter River salinity trading scheme, a new report has found. The largest tributary […]
Swathes of trees in multiple areas of the Mid-Western Region – and indeed across the state – look like they’ve burnt by fire even though no such event has occurred, and a research project is asking locals to help document this. The Dead Tree Detective is a citizen science project, […]
Australians get through an estimated 88 rolls of toilet paper per person per year. Americans appear to be more enthusiastic wipers, using an average of 141 rolls per year. That’s a lot of paper getting flushed away! Times have changed since Aussies hung squares of newspaper in the dunny. There […]
FROM: Climate Change Protests Australia ‘Climate Change Protests’ is a national index of climate change protests occurring across Australia. This website lists events but has no involvement in the running or co-ordination of any of them. Peaceful protests and nonviolent resistance are important parts of any functioning democracy. They have […]
Global warming is already changing the world before our eyes — let’s see what has happened in your lifetime, and what’s in store for your future. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-06/how-climate-change-has-impacted-your-life/11766018?fbclid=IwAR0dMOTYbWEF89VGAuZhY_4o5wq0f7WhJt5o1ySZ5zilsqdD0-1JxYOL7lI