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A distressed reader called The Echo office during the week to say she had seen a large male echidna dead on the road, heading out of Byron, and saw another dead specimen not far away the next day. Remember humans that this is echidna breeding season and there are plenty of them about. Sometimes our roads criss-cross their habitat and they have no other option but to travel across roads. Slow down.
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Trump’s attempt to disband a group of top scientists who were tasked with reviewing the US air quality standards has been trumped. When they were disbanded, the group which includes some of the nations top scientists, came back together in a volunteer capacity to continue their work. ‘This is the first time in the history of the EPA where the credibility of the agency’s science review process has been so compromised that an independent panel of experts has recognised the need for, and will be conducting, a comprehensive review,’ said Chris Zarba, who once served as director of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board (www.ecowatch.com). Q Q Q Q
Ads showing menstrual blood for the first time on Australian TV did not breach the industry’s code. The review panel noted the advertisement was part of an advertising campaign designed to normalise menstruation, and remove any stigma of shame or embarrassment reports the ABC. Q Q Q Q
Take a snap of roadkill for science this October. In some parts of Australia there is a dead animal on the road
Give me your sceptics, your doubters,/ Your hungering masses yearning to be carbon free,/ The wretched refusers and your climate refuters./ Send these, the conflicted, temper-lost to me,/ I lift The Echo beside that which matters! Photo Tree Faerie every five minutes. A passionate 79 year old PHD student developed The Roadkill Reporter app to help map roadkill hot spots.
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According to netxtshark. com banana leaves are the new single use plastic. Some supermarkets in Asia are taking banning single use plastics one step further. Everything from bananas and cucumbers to asparagus and lettuce are now cosily wrapped in banana leaves and twine for a sustainable packaging alternative. They are even looking at how to wrap meat in banana leaves.
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Half a million were led on a climate march in Montreal by Greta Thunberg on Friday. Greta was also given the keys to the city for inspiring so many people to fight against climate change.
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