If farmers could supplement their feed with seaweed, this could help with two of the biggest challenges of our time: fighting climate change and growing more food with fewer resources. CSIRO and James Cook University are currently conducting further experiments to examine how feeding seaweed to cattle affects production. These experiments aim to confirm the effects measured in the lab and could create a new industry in growing seaweed as a feed supplement for livestock. https://blog.csiro.au/seaweed-hold-key-cutting-methane-emissions-cow-burps/
The Inflation Reduction Act (Uncle IRA) in the USA is "a vast investment multiplier" for the renewables industry and Australia will be left behind if we don't adopt a similar scheme. Australian Treasury is considering a response to the IRA that would include tax benefits for renewables and energy transition projects. But we need it now - according Dr (Twiggy) Andrew Forrest.He is advocating: 1. Carbon emissions and global warming automatically be part of environmental assessments, 2. favourable status be given for renewable solutions and 3. a Carbon Solutions Levy to be applied.All good measures...
Soft plastics recycling returned to 12 Melbourne suburbs in February this year (2024) as
part of a trial to rebuild a national soft plastics recycling system It involves 5 Woolworths, 5 Coles and 2 Aldi Supermarkets in Victoria. Much like the original (failed) REDcycle scheme, the new trial has identified potential end markets for used soft plastic - an additive for asphalt roads, a replacement for
aggregate in concrete, or a material for making shopping trolleys and
baskets. However, to be successful, the scheme must be
cost-effective and suitably located, with established markets for the
recycled products.https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/soft-plastics-recycling-trial-starts-in-12-melbourne-suburbs/
MethaneSAT, set to launch in early March 2024, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,
boasts "unprecedented precision” in mapping and tracking
methane emissions. Orbiting the Earth 15 times daily at 350 miles high, the satellite will focus on the top oil and gas regions
globally, providing comprehensive analyses of methane levels and fugitive emissions.Methane has more than 10X the global warming impact of CO2. Also, alarmingly, the Int. Energy Agency report (2023) states:
“Immediate, targeted methane abatement in the fossil fuel sector can prevent nearly 1 million premature deaths due to ozone exposure.https://impakter.com/slashing-methane-emissions-could-save-nearly-one-million-lives-new-report-says/
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