Richard McLellan / kaarnka (raven/crow - Martu)
@RichardMcLellan
Adjunct Research Fellow; — Chair #ForestConservationFund & #GunduwaRegionalConservationAssociation; — Alter ego @OutbackEco
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https://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/team/ilws-postgraduates/richard-mclellan 08-08-2009 11:25:37
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Territorians have been contacting me saying their local representatives aren’t willing to stand up alongside them to protect the area.
More housing is urgently needed but they argue there’s lots of other land Defence Housing Australia can use that won't destroy threatened species habitat.
After an incredibly hot and dry 7 month period, the sky has finally turned grey and there’s a chance of rain in the #PerthHills . We desperately need the rain, the bush around us is now very stressed with trees and bushes dying (photo taken 30/04/24) #PerthWeather #biodiversity
The cognitive dissonance in Western Australia today.
WA had its hottest summer on record, triggering a potential “forest collapse” due to climate change
Fossil fuel co Woodside Energy holds its AGM, boasting annual underlying net profit of $5 billion
Their profit, our loss
A climate & ecological emergency
'Perth’s gardens have been kept alive with desalinated water over the driest 6 months in the city’s history, but beyond the reach of sprinklers native vegetation from Kalbarri to Albany is dying from a summer without end'
watoday.com.au/national/weste…
“This is a crisis. It’s our hottest & driest summer ever recorded in WA. It’s having devastating impacts on our environment. This is a climate & ecological emergency. We urgently need the state gov to start acting like its one, incl no support for new fossil fuels” - WA Forest Alliance
Western Australia’s hottest, driest summer on record. Forests collapsing & farmers suffering. Conditions climate scientists warned of decades ago if we kept burning oil & gas.
And yet the Roger Cook ALP gov wants more fossil fuel projects!! #WAClimateCrisis #NoNewFossilFuels
It’s not only our hottest summer ever recorded, but also our driest #WesternAustralia #ClimateEmergency ⬇️
Labor promised a great deal on the environment – but yesterday, they backed away from the main challenge.
'[...] yesterday’s announcement was basically the continuation of business as usual,' write Professor Euan Ritchie 🌏 🌳 🐾 🔥 🎶 (@Deakin) + colleagues (@UNSW, University of Melbourne). theconversation.com/australias-lon…
I am speechless about this. Our PM celebrating 1,000 shipments of a fossil fuel across the Great Barrier Reef when the Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching and mortality event on record. Anthony Albanese UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Fanny Douvere
“We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments. It’s time to act and there are no more excuses.” Reef scientist Dr Selina Ward. Fanny Douvere UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Anthony Albanese
theguardian.com/environment/20…