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COVID-19 update: 5 new cases in the NNSWLHD
Northern NSW Local Health District, Acting Chief Executive, Lynne Weir, says there were five new cases of COVID-19 reported for the District to 8pm last night, 21 October.
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End of Days
Sometimes life would be a lot simpler if I could just believe in God. If I could believe that...
Let’s get real
AFL Aussie Rules Grand Final in Western Australia... Rugby League Grand Final in Queensland...
Melbourne Cup in Tasmania?
Margaret Keating,...
End the cult
A military conflict between China and the USA would very likely result in global nuclear war, a major setback...
Cr Darlene Cook: ‘working to restore accountability and trust in our Council’
Current Lismore Councillor Darlene Cook has served one term on Lismore Council and at the December LGA election, she plans to run for Mayor.
No means no, say traditional owners
As Water Week draws to a close, with a theme of 'Caring for Water and Country', a group of Widjabul Wia-bal elders have emphatically said they do not want the Dunoon Dam proposal to be put back on the table by pro-dam councillors.
COVID’s genetic solution?
A lucky few are unusually resistant to COVID-19. Scientists are trying to find a reason in their genes.
Stories about "methane":
Methane: the breakfast of champion trees
A research study lead by Southern Cross University scientists has discovered an unlikely microscopic ally in the battle to reduce the amount of methane gas in the atmosphere.
Dairy industry grasping at seaweed
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia
The dairy industry, drowning under public scrutiny of its woeful animal welfare record and environmental destructiveness, is no longer clutching at...
What to do with the poo?
Australia has lagged behind the rest of the world in waste processing and Southern Cross University is bringing Australia to the table.
No CSG or bubbling methane in the Richmond River
Baseline coal seam gas (CSG) datasets have been established for the Richmond River catchment identifying that there are no methane seeps into the Richmond river.
Australia’s gas emissions could cause Paris target failure
A new report by the University of Melbourne Energy Institute has found that unmeasured methane leakage and fugitive emissions from unconventional gasfields could cause Australia to fail its Paris climate commitments.
Stop eating meat to save the reef
Desmond Bellamy, special projects coordinator, PETA Australia, Byron Bay
The Great Barrier Reef, described by David Attenborough as one of the ‘greatest wonders’ on earth,...
Methane monster will exterminate life on earth
Peter Olson, Goonengerry.
The icy padlock, on the frozen cage, holding the methane monster, is now broken: the methane monster is a nightmare much worse...
Methane feedback
Sapoty Brook, Main Arm. Significant ice ages during the last three million years have enabled the build-up of stores of methane clathrates in shallow areas of the Arctic Ocean. These are now thawing.
How to avoid the methane meltdown
Sapoty Brook, Main Arm - off the grid. A recent article in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, reports a spike in the number of methane plumes emanating from coastal ocean depths of about 500 metres. This may be the beginning of methane hydrate destabilisation in non-arctic waters.
Rush towards survivable society
Sapoty Brook, Tyagarah. Winning the global fight against CO2 emissions slowly is the same as losing. We will be overrun by accumulating and quickening climate and ocean catastrophes.
Local News
NSW Education responds to Teachers Federation over Murwillumbah Education Campus staff cuts
The NSW Education Department has responded to the NSW Teachers Federation's accusation that Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has only just revealed the extent of staff cuts at the mega school.
Local News
The Rebels and the Wraiths visit Nationals: ‘We are facing a planetary crisis’
Eve Jeffery - 0
As part of a fortnight of climate actions and protests with the Extinction Rebellion, over 30 activists visited MP Kevin Hogan’s office in Lismore yesterday pushing ghostly empty white prams.
National News
NSW Legislative Council expresses concerns over push to burn native forests for power
The NSW Legislative Council unanimously passed a motion expressing its concerns over the growing push by industry to burn NSW native forests for electricity and hydrogen production.
Local News
Diadem Street, Lismore
Around 2,000 residents in Lismore lost their electricity connection on Wednesday night after a large gum tree took out power lines.
