Some flash flooding causing road closures and inundating homes but rainy weather forecast to ease later on Friday, BoM says
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Heavy rainfall overnight has resulted in Warragamba Dam spilling over, amid evacuation orders and road closures across New South Wales.
Up to 200mm of rain has fallen in parts of the state overnight, while residents in low-lying areas around the Georges River in Sydney’s west are preparing to evacuate.
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06/06/2024 - 21:04
06/06/2024 - 16:30
Exclusive: Party wants to appeal to voters’ patriotism by improving access to nature and green spaces
Local communities would be given the right to buy up derelict eyesores and turn them into parks under a Labour government, while walkers and swimmers would gain access to hundreds of miles of river pathways, the party has pledged.
Labour will make a direct appeal to voters’ patriotism, presenting the restoration of nature as a matter of national identity and status.
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06/06/2024 - 14:21
Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon sink has been uncertain. Scientists have long wondered whether nutrient-poor tropical soils would limit the ability of mature and recovering forests to thrive. A study offers a hopeful response, suggesting that forests have flexible strategies that help them overcome the challenge of scarce nutrients.
06/06/2024 - 14:05
Patrice Miller was found dead in her home in what authorities confirm is first known attack of its kind
A 71-year-old woman was mauled to death by a black bear in a Sierra Nevada community in 2023 in what is believed to be California’s first fatal black bear attack, the state department of fish and wildlife confirmed this week.
Patrice Miller was found dead in her Downieville home in November by a Sierra county sheriff’s deputy who was called to the residence to check on the senior after she had not been seen for several days, KCRA3 reported.
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06/06/2024 - 12:27
Climate advocates say Hochul missed crucial opportunity to follow cities around the world in reducing gas emissions
An 11th-hour decision to halt a plan to charge a fee for cars entering the heart of New York City has provoked outrage from environmental advocates and Democratic lawmakers, potentially scuppering hopes of congestion pricing taking hold in any US city in the near future.
New York City was, on 30 June, primed to be the first American city to toll drivers in its traffic-clogged centre, with cars entering Manhattan south of 60th Street set to be charged $15 a day in a plan heralded as a landmark moment in tackling air pollution, helping curb carbon emissions and providing a funding boost for New York’s sprawling yet beleaguered public transit system.
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06/06/2024 - 12:00
NYC Bird Alliance dropped name of 19th-century conservationist and abolition opponent John James Audubon
One of the nation’s largest birding and conservation groups is changing its name to distance itself from a 19th-century enslaver.
New York City Audubon announced on Thursday that it would become the NYC Bird Alliance in an effort to “broaden our reach and deepen our impact across the diverse communities of New York City” after an “overwhelming majority” of members voted in favor of the change.
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06/06/2024 - 10:00
Exclusive: Data shows implementing policy that closes 92% of English countryside cost £69m over five years
England’s model for countryside access cost six times more to implement than Scotland’s right to roam policy, new figures reveal.
In England, only 8% of the countryside is open for walking, picnicking and other outdoor activities. This includes footpaths, the coastal path, mountains, moors, heaths and downs. In Scotland, all of the countryside is open for access as long as guidelines are followed such as leaving no trace and not harming farmland.
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06/06/2024 - 10:00
Exclusive: Network sources say headlines replaced by sponsored segments from gas lobbyists but ‘made to look exactly the same’ as news
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Channel Ten has been accused of blurring the lines between news and advertising by running commercials for the natural gas industry that appear to be part of the network’s prime-time news bulletins.
Sources at the network told Guardian Australia that starting in March sponsored segments from gas lobbyists started running that were “made to look exactly the same as the headlines and using the 10 News sets”.
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06/06/2024 - 08:11
Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island
Increased tropical cyclones due to global heating could lead to dramatic declines in seabird populations, according to a new study.
Scientists found that after Cyclone Ilsa – a category-5 tropical cyclone – hit Bedout Island in Western Australia in April 2023, several seabird populations experienced a collapse of 80-90% due to the storm at the internationally important breeding site.
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06/06/2024 - 08:00
The hubs seek to produce, store and distribute food to the one-quarter of Native Americans experiencing food insecurity
On the Hopi reservation in the high desert of northern Arizona, construction is underway.
A dilapidated auto garage is being converted into a fully-equipped kitchen, food storage areas, dining room and an attached greenhouse. The new facilities will become the first-ever Hopi-region food hub, used to increase Indigenous access to fresh, healthy and affordable food through farm shares, farmer’s markets, agricultural workshops, seed sharing, cooking lessons and other programs.
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