LibGuides: The Vertical File: Senior School edition: En-Ez

Topics include:

Environmental Issues | Indigenous/First Nations peoples responses
Environmental Issues | Making a Difference
Environmental Issues | Plastics
Environmental Issues | Plastics | Impact beyond the Oceans
Environmental Issues | Plastics | Impact on the Oceans
Environmental Issues | Plastics | Microplastics
Environmental Issues | Political Decisions
Environmental Issues | Political Decisions | Australia
Environmental Issues | Recycling
Environmental Issues | Technological Waste
Environmental Issues | Water Access
Environmental Issues | Water Access | Australia

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Environmental Issues | Indigenous/First Nations peoples responses

Climate change affecting diversity in some of Australia's most remote areas, despite work of Indigenous rangers
News article: 24 Nov 2019; ABC News - Ann Jones (Off Track)

Environmental Issues | Making a Difference

Australian scientists may have discovered solution to our plastic recycling problem
News article: 20 Nov 2019; 7:30 Report (ABC News) - Nadia Daly
This Australian invention could fix our recycling crisis
Web article: 13 Sep 2019; Australia's Science Channel
Pool to pond as homeowners ditch salt and chlorine for urban wildlife waterholes
News article: 5 Sep 2019; ABC News - Harriet Tatham and Julie Ray
Fate of tiny marsupials hangs in balance within sprawling desert enclosure
News article: 28 Aug 2019; ABC News (Goldfields) - Rhiannon Stevens and Tom Joyner
Irish Teenager Wins Google Science Award for Removing Microplastics From Oceans
Web article: 2 Aug 2019; EcoWatch - Jordan Davidson
Paper straws won’t save the planet – we need a four-day week
News article: 21 Jun 2019; The Guardian - Andre Spicer
How to make biodegradable 'plastic' from cactus juice
Video report: 4 Jun 2019; BBC News - Tom Heyden
Couple Spends 20 Years Planting an Entire Forest and Animals Have Returned
Web article: 23 Apr 2019; My Modern Met - Kelly Richman-Abdou
Biofase - avocado seed cutlery
Company website: nd; Biofase - English language version

Environmental Issues | Pacific Islands Forum

Pacific Islands Forum: Tuvalu children welcome leaders with a climate plea
Web article: 11 Aug 2019; The Guardian - Kate Lyons

Environmental Issues | Plastics

The Plastic Problem
Documentary: 27 Nov 2019; PBS NewsHour - Amna Nawaz et al
coca-cola is officially the world's biggest plastic polluter
Web article: 2 Nov 2019; i-D - Roisin Lanigan
Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row
Press release: 23 Oct 2019; Greenpeace Phillipines
Oh Great, There's a New Form of Plastic Pollution That Looks Exactly Like Rocks
Web article: 19 Aug 2019; Science Alert - Michelle Starr
It's raining plastic in the Rockies
Web article: 15 Aug 2019; Mother Nature Network (MNN) - Christian Cotroneo
The piles of plastic waste swallowing villages in Indonesia | 7.30
YouTube video: 12 Jul 2019; ABC News - David Lipson (7:30 Report)
Disability advocates condemn South Australia's proposed ban on single-use plastics
News article: 10 Jul 2019; ABC News - Samantha Dawes and Daniel Keane
Japan's famous Nara deer dying from eating plastic bags
Web article: 10 Jul 2019; The Guardian - Justin McCurry
How Your Toothbrush Became a Part of the Plastic Crisis
YouTube video: 21 Jun 2019; National Geographic

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Related article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/story-of-plastic-toothbrushes/ - 14 Jun 2019; Alejandra Borunda
Why some countries are shipping back plastic waste
News article: 2 Jun 2019; BBC News - Reality Check Team
Slipping on the banana peel, now let's unpack that
News article: 7 Mar 2018; The Sydney Morning Herald - Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Environmental Issues | Plastics | Impact beyond the Oceans

Plastic pollution kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands
Web article: 5 Dec 2019; The Guardian - Jessica Murray
Abrolhos Islands seabirds using plastic to build their nests, prompting calls for research
News article: 15 Jul 2019; ABC News (WA Country Hour) - Joanna Prendergast

Environmental Issues | Plastics | Impact on the Oceans

Environmentalists remove 40 tonnes of abandoned fishing nets from Great Pacific Garbage Patch
News article: 30 Jun 2019; ABC News - Associated Press
Pregnant whale that washed up on Italian beach had 22 kilograms of plastic in stomach
News article: 2 Apr 2019; 9 News via CNN
'It's mind-boggling': Party balloons found by researchers floating 250km out to sea
News article: 10 Sep 2018; ABC News - Damian McIntyre
Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash
News article: 27 Aug 2018; NBC News - James Rainey
A 24-year-old is going ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some experts are worried.
Web journal briefing: 6 Aug 2018; Business Insider Australia - Kevin Loria
640,000 Metric Tons of Ghost Gear Enters Oceans Each Year
Web article: 8 Mar 2018; EcoWatch - Lorraine Chow
Diver films wave of plastic pollution off Bali on scale 'never seen before'
News article: 6 Mar 2018; ABC News - Anna-Lena Janzen and Nick Kilvert
Plastic and cigarette butts make up most of debris in waterways
News article: 4 Mar 2018; The Sydney Morning Herald - Sarah Muller
Bali beaches buried in rubbish as Indonesia battles oceans of plastic
News article: 29 Dec 2017 (updated: 30 Dec 2017); The Sydney Morning Herald - Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa
Did Blue Planet's tragic baby whale really die of plastic poisoning? Professor accuses BBC of FAKE NEWS over 'questionable' Attenborough narrative that had viewers sobbing on their sofa
Web article: 21 Nov 2017; The Daily Mail - Mark Duell
Blue Planet II: Whales dying from pollution as they ingest toxic plastic
Web article: 19 Nov 2017; The Independent - Lydia Smith
Plastic bottles, toothbrushes, chip bags make up huge floating garbage site in Caribbean
Web article: 31 Oct 2017; ABC News - Nicole Chettle
Oil and plastic are choking the planet
Web article: 25 May 2017; David Suzuki Foundation - David Suzuki, Ian Hanington
The Oceans Are Drowning In Plastic -- And No One's Paying Attention
Web article: 27 Apr 2017; Huffington Post - Dominique Mosbergen
Plastic and how it affects our oceans
Web article: 28 Feb 2017; ABC Science - Genelle Weule
From sea to plate: how plastic got into our fish
Web article: 15 Feb 2017; The Guardian - Susan Smillie
'Extraordinary' levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trench
Web article: 14 Feb 2017; The Guardian - Damian Carrington
Sydney Harbour hidden plastic pollution is killing endangered turtles and marine life
Web article: 12 Feb 2017; ABC News - Nicole Chettle

Environmental Issues | Plastics | Microplastics

Vicious cycle: delicate wash releases more plastic microfibres
Web article: 26 Sep 2019; The Guardian - Ian Sample (Science editor)
Microplastics ‘significantly contaminating the air’, scientists warn
Web article: 15 Aug 2019; The Guardian - Damian Carrington (Environmental editor)
Microplastic Is Everywhere and It's Sneaking Into Our Bodies
Web article: 5 Jun 2019; Vice - Anne Gaviola
AusMAP's war on microplastic pollution enlists foot soldiers from all over Australia
News article: 13 May 2019; ABC News - Samantha Jonscher
Why your laundry is littering the ocean with plastic
Web article: 30 Oct 2017; Sydney Morning Herald - Paula Goodyer
Microfibres: Scientists warn of growing cost of inaction on tiny particles polluting oceans
Web article: 21 May 2017; ABC News - Jake Sturmer and Jenya Goloubeva

Environmental Issues | Political Decisions

Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis
Web article: 30 Jul 2019; The Guardian - Anna Ploszajski
Ministers reject plans for 1p per garment levy to tackle fast fashion
Web article: 18 Jun 2019; The Guardian - Damian Carrington (Environment Editor)
A Disappearing World: Singapore Is Harvesting Land from Cambodia
Web article (plus YouTube video): 11 Mar 2019; The Atlantic - Kalyanee Mam
Six things New Zealand’s new government needs to do to make climate refugee visas work
Web article: Nov 30 2017; The Conversation - Nina Hall: Assistant Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University

Environmental Issues | Political Decisions | Australia

These two Western Sydney streets are completely different temperatures — here's why
News article: 21 Nov 2019; ABC News - Mridula Amin
Queensland Government allows timber industry to keep harvesting native forest, says it will save up to 500 Wide Bay-Burnett jobs
News article: 4 Nov 2019; ABC News - Josh Bavas
Josh Frydenberg overruled department to block Lord Howe Island wind turbines
Web article: 18 Sep 2019; The Guardian - Anne Davies
Pacific islands will survive climate crisis because they 'pick our fruit', Australia's deputy PM says
Web article: 16 Aug 2019; The Guardian - Ben Smee
This Tiny Aboriginal Town Is Fighting A "Huge Toxic Time Bomb" - A big mistake means Glencore's McArthur River Mine will need 1,000 years of monitoring once digging stops. The government is about to decide if it can keep mining.
Web article: 11 Aug 2019; BuzzFeed News - Hannah Ryan
New Acland coalmine caught drilling illegally at 27 sites – and fined just $3,152
Web article: 30 Jul 2019; The Guardian - Ben Smee
NSW deputy premier vows to open up Murray Valley national park to logging
Web article: 11 Jul 2019; The Guardian - Lisa Cox
WA Government issues Chinese company a stop-work order over Kimberley land clearing
News article: 21 Jun 2019; ABC News - Claire Moodie
The World’s Most Insane Energy Project Moves Ahead
Web article: 14 Jun 2019; Rolling Stone Magazine - Jeff Goodell

Environmental Issues | Recycling

How recycling is actually sorted, and why Australia is quite bad at it
News article: 14 Aug 2019; SBS News - Jeff Seadon
'What a waste': Trucks queue to dump recycling in landfill
News article: 7 Aug 2019; 9 News - Benjamin Ansell
Thousands of tonnes of recycling destined for landfill as SKM shuts its doors
News article: 26 Jul 2019; 9News - Benjamin Ansell
60,000 tonnes of donation waste going to landfill
News article: 2 Jul 2019; 9 News - Tom Livingstone (Associate Producer)
60 Minutes: Australia’s recycling lie exposed: Plastics being dumped, buried and burned in Malaysia
News article; 14 Apr 2019; 9 News - Liz Little
Australian household recycling 'at risk' from China ban
News article: 4 Mar 2018; The Sydney Morning Herald - Mark Solomons
Duped at the dump: Recycling rort as the truth is buried
Investigative article: 26 Feb 2018; The Sydney Morning Herald - Mark Solomons

Environmental Issues | Technological Waste

What Really Happens to AirPods When They Die
Web article: 29 May 2019; OneZero (Medium) - Will Oremus
Tech Companies Love Pretending to Save the Planet
Web article: 22 May 2019; Medium - Scott Galloway
AirPods Are a Tragedy
Web article: 6 May 2019; Vice - Caroline Haskins
Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014
Web article: 12 Dec 2017; Futurism - Kyree Leary

Environmental Issues | Water access

Nestlé plan to take 1.1m gallons of water a day from natural springs sparks outcry
Web article: 26 Aug 2019; The Guardian - Richard Luscombe
Opinion piece: Why India's Chennai has run out of water
News article: 2 Jul 2019; BBC News - Nityanand Jayaraman
Cape Town faces Day Zero: what happens when the city turns off the taps?
Web article: 3 Feb 2018; The Guardian - Jonathan Watts
Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ as the city faces Day Zero
News article: 29 Jan 2018; ABC News - no author given.

Environmental Issues | Water Access | Australia

Canberra agrees to send water to 'buy time' for drought-affected Braidwood
News article: 17 Jan 2020; ABC News - Jake Evans
Stanthorpe's water officially runs out, trucks bring supplies from dam near Warwick
News article: 14 Jan 2020; ABC News - Nathan Morris
Farmer sobs revealing true toll of not being able to care for his livestock
News article: 29 Sep 2019; Today (9Now) - Bella Peacock