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Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion

Queensland has tightly restricted the construction of townhouses and apartments for decades, and that’s the way it seems set to stay

The Guardian - AU

Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a meltdown, research finds

About 1,000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011

The Guardian - AU

Proposed Queensland nuclear power plants risk contaminating water supplies in event of disaster, research finds

Queensland Conservation Council analysis finds reactors could strain water supplies even under normal operations

The Guardian - AU

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Queensland’s reliance on coal is back on the agenda and conservationists are firing up

The Liberal National party’s reluctance to say how it would meet the state’s emissions reduction targets while backing coal-fired power has become an election issue

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Fight against homophobia taken to MMA after strides made in boxing

Following the success of the World Gay Boxing Championships organisers are addressing behaviours in other combat sports

The Guardian - AU

Steven Miles to set more ambitious emissions reduction targets on day one as Queensland premier

Leader will refocus climate debate on job creation in rural areas to remove tension between resource-rich regions and urban south-east, sources say

The Guardian - AU

Tired of waiting for a Queensland EPA, conservation group launches own ‘enforcement arm’

The Queensland Conservation Council says new entity will take ‘proactive actions’ to ensure state’s environmental laws are enforced

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Qld to legislate commitments to renewable targets

Commitments to renewable energy targets will be legislated by the Queensland government in a decision that has been welcomed by conservationists.

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Queensland coalmines to rival electricity sector for climate pollution by 2030, report finds

Eighteen new coal projects represent ‘carbon bomb’ that should not be approved, conservationists say

The Guardian - AU

Pride month 2023 | This Tamil glossary brims with respectful terms to address the LGBTQIA+ community

Years of research by the Queer Chennai Chronicle and a team of volunteers, have gone into putting together a lucid Tamil glossary with daily-use terms to address gender, sexuality and their many layers

The Hindu

Compensation uncertain amid coal power plant struggles

The Queensland government is being urged to take over a troubled coal-fired power plant amid uncertainty about compensation for price caps.

AAP

Qld land-clearing report not up to scratch

The Queensland government says a new report shows deforestation has fallen, but environmental groups says it's still happening at an alarming rate.

AAP

Queensland energy minister says renewable generation capacity must be tripled by 2035

Mick de Brenni flags investment in ‘mega pumped-hydroelectric dams in the mountain ranges’, distribution networks and green hydrogen

The Guardian - AU

Glass House Mountains native logging proposal unites bikers, residents, environmentalists

Anger is brewing about a Queensland government proposal to log native forest near the Glass House Mountains just two years before it becomes conservation land.

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