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3 Jul 2022 SYDNEY, Australia
Australian Court Allows Climate Evidence In Water Sharing Plan
Scientific findings on climate change admitted to an Australian legal review of a water sharing plan for the first time.
22 Mar 2022 BRISBANE, Australia
Australia: Flash Flooding Threatens Quality Of Drinking Water Supply For Millions
Experts have warned of the threat to the drinking water supply of millions of locals in the face of extreme flooding along the east coast of Australia. Record levels of rain have devastated parts of Queensland and New South Wales – leaving vehicles and homes submerged, and sewage systems destroyed...
10 Feb 2022 NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
Tonga Volcano Eruption Contaminates Water Supply; COVID-19 Variant Spreading Rapidly
Eruption sent a plume of ash into the upper atmosphere and triggered a tsunami. Water supplies have been contaminated by ash and saltwater intrusion; COVID-19 is spreading.
28 Jan 2022 SYDNEY, Australia
NSW Government Plan For Warragamba Dam Criticised
Floodplains councils agree that the dam fails to comply with obligations to protect the area and development plans conflict with government conservation commitments.
28 Jan 2022 SYDNEY, Australia
Grant To Murrumbidgee Irrigation Seen As Misuse Of Public Funds
Murray-Darling Basin: Nature Conservation Council criticises $88 Million USD federal government grant to Murrumbidgee Irrigation as a “scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money”.
5 Dec 2021 SYDNEY, Australia
NSW Government Faces Legal Action Over Murray-Darling Water Plan
Too much water has been allocated for extraction and too little for the environment and downstream communities on the Barwon and Darling-Barka Rivers.
25 Oct 2021 SYDNEY, Australia
Ecological Threat Report: 1.26 Billion Risk Conflict And Displacement
New report confirms cyclical relationship between ecological degradation and conflict, examining 3 ecological "hotspots"