Environment, Annual Report 2018
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser A range of environmental issues was researched and reported on during the year. Major issues included the impact of marine debris, micro and nano-plastics
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser A range of environmental issues was researched and reported on during the year. Major issues included the impact of marine debris, micro and nano-plastics
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Plastic Waste –Problem: In 2015 global plastic production reached 322 million tonnes (Mt), a dramatic increase compared to the 279 Mt produced in 2011.
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environment Adviser (photo credit: https://news.sky.com/story/british-islands-beaches-littered-with-37-million-pieces-of-plastic-10879336) UPDATE ON CARMICHAEL COAL MINE IN THE GALILEE BASIN: The Productivity Commission raised the possibility that Adani’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environment Adviser UPDATE ON MICRO AND NANOPLASTICS: Scientific studies found organisms such as mussels, lugworms, lobsters and fish have ingested microplastics and in some cases absorbed
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environmental Adviser A range of environmental issues were researched and reported on during the year. Threats to Great Barrier Reef and global warming remain major issues.
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environmental Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has confirmed an estimated 29 % of shallow water corals died from
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Climate Change: Further evidence of the increase in greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O)) and the
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Climate Change: The debate on climate change has continued but unfortunately appears to have become more ideological than scientific, perhaps fuelled by
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): In their response to the Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce (GBREST) the Queensland Government (QG) has agreed
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser A range of environmental issues were researched and reported on during the year. The threats to Great Barrier Reef and global warming remain major