'As their sales continue to rise, SUVs’ global CO2 emissions are nearing 1 billion tonnes'. (International Energy Agency, Paris) >

Deep-Sea Mining Could Begin Soon, Regulated or Not 'Mining the seafloor could boost global production of clean energy technology—and destroy the ocean in the process.' (Scientific American) > 

Indonesian environmental organisation Sungai Watch cleaning up plastic choked rivers. (Sungai Watch) >

'Tasmania has not published a State of the Environment Report since 2009'from the Summary: 'The Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) has not produced a State of the Environment (SOE) Report since 2009, despite a legislative requirement to do so every five years.2 As a result, Tasmanians are in the dark as to the scale and detail of environmental changes that have occurred across the state.' ... 'Get your skates on' (The Australia Institute) >

Statutory review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) 'The purpose of the review was to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms remain appropriate for securing those objectives.' The independent review panel was led by Dr Ken Henry AC - former Commonwealth Treasurer and subsequently National Australia Bank head. (Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Government) >

'Australian governments list threatened species and proffer commitments to recovering them.  Yet most of Australia's imperiled species continue to decline or go extinct and a contributing cause is inadequate investment in conservation management.' (The Society for Conservation Biology) >

'The Earthshot Prize was designed to find and grow the solutions that will repair our planet this decade.' 'From inspiring leaders, passionate activists and brilliant innovators to forward-thinking cities and countries making a real difference, learn about our extraordinary group of innovators from 2021 and 2022.' (Founder and President: Prince William, UK) >

United Nations diplomat David Gressly sought Crowd Funding to avoid a derelict oil tanker 'FSO Safer' from breaking up and spilling 1.14 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. Crowd Funders donated more than $75 million to avert disaster. A firm of Marine Salvage experts was engaged to complete the work. For the story, see the salvage firm's website ... (Boskalis, Papendrecht, Netherlands) >

'We aim to clean up 90% of floating ocean plastic pollution' (The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) >

'Long-term experience ... shows that treated domestic sewage can be safely and cost-efficiently utilized for potable reclamation.' (International Water Association journal, London) >