@astonrbrown

Producer at ABC RN Global Roaming I do not regularly monitor this inbox [email protected]

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Australia's student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they now? - @astonrbrown @guardianeco theguardian.com/environment/…

Australia’s student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they...

Young people rode a wave of hope and power when hundreds of thousands protested with them in 2019. Then, momentum was lost

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“I still run into people who still think I’m printing the paper, it hasn’t printed for 18 months, so they obviously weren’t reading it," one editor of a rural Australian newspaper - one of 100s which have closed in the past 10 years - tells @astonrbrown theguardian.com/australia-ne…

‘We don’t know what’s going on any more’: how Australia lost its rural newspapers

The Country Press Association says up to 50 regional newspapers could close when Facebook funding agreements begin to lapse later this year

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Given high-speed rail’s much mocked history of failed starts in Australia, Tim Parker manages to appear optimistic, even excited, about the line he has been tasked with delivering. Grand stations, onboard wifi, good coffee and pets are part of his vision theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Sydney to Melbourne in four hours: meet the man who seriously believes in high-speed rail for...

Exclusive: Tim Parker has taken the reins of a project that has crushed the dreams of so many over the decades. But he insists it can become a reality

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“What the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?” Btw, my response was a warming of 3C, in line with many of my IPCC colleagues… theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair

Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned

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Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to 'climate neutral' approach - @astonrbrown @guardianeco theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate...

The US cattle industry adopted a ‘climate neutral’ goal in 2021, but scientists say that ‘misses the point’ in keeping global temperature rises below 1.5C

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David Littleproud’s electorate of Maranoa is now one of the most developed renewable energy zones in Qld. Once agriculture dominant, change began with the arrival of high voltage power lines in the 1980s. Coal-seam gas followed in the 2000s. #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…

‘Leave politics to the politicians’: why rural Queensland is a hotbed of renewable energy

Renewable energy developers are following tracks laid by the gas industry in the Western Downs – but they’re also making the same mistakes

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Broken Hill's union-run newspaper the Barrier Truth announces closure after nearly 130 years abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/b…

Outback newspaper the Barrier Truth announces closure after nearly 130 years

The union-run newspaper's shutdown is another blow to the Far West New South Wales town of Broken Hill, which lost its nightly commercial news bulletin a year ago.

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300,000ha Queensland cattle station acquired for conservation following $21m donation dlvr.it/T5bmwj

300,000ha Queensland cattle station bought for conservation after $21m donation

State government and Nature Conservancy jointly purchase Vergemont station, which contains habitat for endangered night parrots

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Horseback archery draws new riders across Australia: ‘You can ride on any horse with any gear’ theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Horseback archery draws new riders across Australia: ‘You can ride on any horse with any gear’

Enthusiasts say the sport is more inclusive and less snobby than other equestrian pursuits, making beginners feel more welcome

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Great read, great photos ... Queensland’s ‘rubbish rambler’ on 15 years of roadside finds @astonrbrown theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Lost phones, a sex swing and dozens of deodorants: Queensland’s ‘rubbish rambler’ on 15 years of...

Leonard Monaghan has gathered 104 tonnes of rubbish in Warwick since 2008 – and admits he might be ‘a bit obsessed’

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Lost phones, a sex swing and dozens of deodorants: Queensland’s ‘rubbish rambler’ on 15 years of roadside finds dlvr.it/T4nsfM

Lost phones, a sex swing and dozens of deodorants: Queensland’s ‘rubbish rambler’ on 15 years of...

Leonard Monaghan has gathered 104 tonnes of rubbish in Warwick since 2008 – and admits he might be ‘a bit obsessed’

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An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works theguardian.com/australia-ne…

An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works

Seven hundred breeding cows and heifers reared in a ‘carbon neutral farming system’ sold in NSW on Thursday. But can a live cow be carbon neutral?

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Australian farmer claims to have held the 1st carbon-neutral cattle sale Claims are based on proprietary (unshared) soil carbon data collected by Agricore, consultants engaged by the farmer Is the stated average 40% soil C📈over 1 year genuine & durable? theguardian.com/australia-ne…

An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works

Seven hundred breeding cows and heifers reared in a ‘carbon neutral farming system’ sold in NSW on Thursday. But can a live cow be carbon neutral?

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An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works dlvr.it/T4TgHS

An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works

Seven hundred breeding cows and heifers reared in a ‘carbon neutral farming system’ sold in NSW on Thursday. But can a live cow be carbon neutral?

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“Farming & environmental groups say the project risks causing irreversible damage to the Great Artesian Basin, a vital freshwater source for farmers & one of the country’s “greatest environmental assets” ⁦@astonrbrown⁩ #auspol #ClimateLitigation #CCS theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Queensland farming lobby launches legal challenge against Great Artesian Basin carbon capture trial

AgForce is seeking a judicial review of a 2022 decision that found the project did not need to be assessed under federal environmental laws

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Farmers Rohan and Fiona Morris from Gleneden Family Farm profiled in The Guardian today, alongside Randal and Juanita Breen from Echo Valley Farm. Farmers creating markets that recognise higher quality product loom.ly/Kx5lavs

Farmers skip the middlemen to get a ‘better deal’ for higher quality produce

Rohan and Fiona Morris are part of a growing number of farmers ‘doing things differently’ by selling meat products directly from his farm

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How many cattle are there in Australia? We may be out by 10 million dlvr.it/T3szZQ

How many cattle are there in Australia? We may be out by 10 million

Official estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics put the national herd at 26 million but a University of Queensland study says there could be up to 35 million

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Excellent Aston Brown @GuardianAus report on Big Grazier soil carbon entrepreneurs capitalizing by being early movers in C market schemes & brazen hype that doesn't match scientific findings 'Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law & the soil carbon revolution' 1/4 theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law and the soil carbon revolution

Wilmot Cattle Co in northern New South Wales is pioneering soil carbon sequestration, but scientists say it’s not a long-term solution

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“Carbon sequestration through forestry is a short-term buy out of trouble,….but ultimately, unless you do something about the methane, you’re not going to stay net zero” Professor @rjeckard via @astonrbrown #auspol #Climate #emissions #methane theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions

Trees and soil on Jigsaw Farms in western Victoria have now passed peak sequestration – reflecting the challenge for the broader red meat industry

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One of Australia's most applauded carbon neutral farms is no longer able to offset all of its emissions. What does this mean for the red industry that has an ambitious net-zero by 2030 target? Words in @GuardianAus theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions

Trees and soil on Jigsaw Farms in western Victoria have now passed peak sequestration – reflecting the challenge for the broader red meat industry

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