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Housing demand drives forestry companies' shift from blue gum to pine
By Sam Bradbrook

As Australia looks to meet housing construction targets, companies in SA and Victoria's Green Triangle are investing more heavily in softwood timber.

abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/gre

ABC News · Forestry companies shift focus to pine to meet demand for housing timberBy Sam Bradbrook

The Supreme Court has issued a ruling that drastically limits the scope of environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects.

Federal agencies are no longer obligated to assess wide-ranging indirect impacts, including those related to climate change. An environmental lawyer looks at the implications:

theconversation.com/supreme-co

The ConversationSupreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews
More from The Conversation U.S.

Greenery is important but usually difficult in large cities: the alternative - go up!
" Vincent Callebaut's Tao Zhu Yin Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, a 21-floor tower that is shaped like DNA's double helix, was completed in 2024. Its 23,000 plants absorb an estimated 130 tons of CO2 each year, and their cooling effect on the façade reduces the need for air conditioning by 30%." bbc.com/culture/article/202506

A 'high-rise forest', an apartment building with multiple trees on each level (Credit: Eindhoven, Netherlands/ Stefano Boeri Architetti)
BBC · 'A home for trees and birds, and also humans': How high-rise forests can transform city life – and make us happierBy Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Gippsland residents fear erosion measures no match for rising tides
By Madeleine Stuchbery and Danielle Kutchel

The Victorian government spent more than $500,000 earlier this year on protective works that have already failed to stop erosion in a coastal community.

abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/dun

ABC News · Gippsland communities fear erosion protection not coping with rising tidesBy Madeleine Stuchbery

I just gotta shake my head at a far right racist asshole trying to rule the Netherlands.....and now he's given up less than a year in. I'm seeing more and more evidence that the #Facism wave is slowing down and #ClimateChange may bring more progressive governments to power

"The Dutch government has collapsed after far-right Wilders pulls out of coalition."

#Politics

cbc.ca/news/world/netherlands-

CBCThe Dutch government has collapsed after far-right Wilders pulls out of coalition. What now? | CBC NewsDutch opposition parties called Wednesday for fresh elections as soon as possible, a day after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders sparked the collapse of the country's four-party coalition government.