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#roads

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BellingenNSW

Dreams of environmental redemption: Reanimate the thylacine

"Perhaps we want an iconic marsupial we can walk on a lead to our local brunch spot."

"Certainly we are not up to the job: we have no experience in making thylacines happy. We have restructured the habitat where the tiger lived, decimated its prey, destroyed its culture. We have built a lot of roads: if everything goes very well and thylacines become as common as pademelons, we can look forward to seeing one on our morning commute, smeared across the highway by a logging truck."

"More likely we are hoping for something to erase our guilt, not just for the extinction of this animal (we could blame someone else for that) but for all the extinctions to come. More likely we want to feel that the damage we do isn’t permanent, that we can travel back in time." Jane Rawson
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theguardian.com/environment/20
#Biodiversity #restoration #thylacines #extinction #marsupials #roads #LoggingIndustry #destruction #wildlife #science #creation #ecology #restoration #MAGA #Australia #writing

The Guardian · Can we recreate a lost world? In Tasmania, anything could happenBy Guardian staff reporter
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marqle

It's weird what grabs the attention and what doesn't.

I was looking up some UK #statistics and it looks like the most dangerous thing our sons do is drive a car.

Over 78% of all car fatalities are male and that's even higher in the younger groups.

Strangely, that's not why men's insurance is higher. That's mostly because men are more likely to make a claim.

Apparently women cause more accidents per capita in the #USA, which is a very odd geographical difference if you ask me.

These are the kinds of discrepancies that make me suspicious of #social #research

Someone must be getting this wrong, surely. #american #women can't be worse #drivers than their #British counterparts, can they?

#cars#driving#roads
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ABC Feeds

Miner reopens private road after six truck rollovers
By Charlie Mills

Heavy haulage trucking is again thundering along a mining company's private road in WA's Pilbara after a brief halt due to safety questions, but experts and residents still have concerns.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/min

ABC News · Mineral Resources reopens private ore haulage road after rollovers raise safety concernsBy Charlie Mills
#RoadTransportIndustry#MiningandMetalsIndustry#MiningAccidentsandIncidents
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NSW.Biodiversity

Deforestation in tropical regions
Sprawling roads enhanced tropical forest loss during the period 2001–2020

"It has been estimated that, between 2001 and 2020, more than 96% of deforestation worldwide happened in the tropics..The expected road expansion triggered by economic growth will accelerate deforestation in tropical regions in the coming decades."

Zheng, X., Chen, J., Zou, Z. et al. Sprawling roads enhanced tropical forest loss during the period 2001–2020. Commun Earth Environ 6, 218 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-021
#roads #biodiversity #deforestation #ParisAgreement #forests

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BellingenNSW

Koala filmed drinking on a rural road had to be euthanised

"Koalas that come down to the ground to seek out water are typically suffering from bad health issues. The iconic animal was recently spotted by a driver hovering over the ground and using its tongue to lick moisture off the bitumen."
au.news.yahoo.com/grim-truth-b
#koalas #roads #drivers #vehicle #Biodiversity #habitat

Yahoo News · Grim truth behind seemingly innocent sight on rural road: 'Didn't realise'By Brianne Tolj
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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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Manly Blog

Chlamydia detected in Sydney’s only disease-free koala population

"The koalas were tested after they were found in Appin in south-western Sydney in September with injuries suggesting they had both been hit by cars." >>

theguardian.com/australia-news
#Koalas #roads #cars #Sydney #AppinRoad #roadtrauma

The Guardian · Chlamydia detected in Sydney’s only disease-free koala populationBy Lisa Cox
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ABC Feeds

Residents angry over lack of flood warning and third highway closure
By Georgia Loney, Cameron Nicholls, and Aaron Kelly

As North Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/nor

#Floods #RoadTransportIndustry #RegionalCommunities #Roads #ExtremeWeatherEvents #GeorgiaLoney #CameronNicholls # #AaronKelly

ABC News · North Queenslanders frustrated over ongoing Bruce Highway closuresBy Georgia Loney
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ABC Feeds

Business owner's pre-election plea for highway duplication and safety
By Elyse Armanini

Community calls for a full duplication of the Sturt Highway have been back by South Australia's peak motoring body, which says planning needs to start now for the project to be realised.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/stu

ABC News · SA business owner pleads for Sturt Highway safety investment and duplicationBy Elyse Armanini
#Roads#InfrastructurePolicy#RoadTransportIndustry
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BellingenNSW

Koala! Go fetch our data!

An underweight koala, with several high-tech monitoring devices attached to its body is lost in a bulldozed habitat. It is making way for cars and a highway. The endangered animal had " a collar with a VHF tracker around its neck, a pin stitched between its shoulder blades and a blue tag on its ear."
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au.news.yahoo.com/koala-wearin
#biodiversity #koalas #wildlife #harassment #mobility #roads #cars #telemetry #ethics #science #monitoring #tracking #conservation #MobilityDesign #LogisticsWarehouse #VegetationClearing #machines

Yahoo News · Koala wearing mysterious devices on busy road sparks concern: 'What's going on?By Michael Dahlstrom
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