every time i see his name or face in an article I brace for the worse.

Funny, although most young people nowadays already don't know what a savings account is.

They should be angry, we are trading our bank balances and security for their future. It is one big "fuck you I got mine moment". Feeling betrayed is only natural.

all new cars do, so as an Australian this is the reason to get a Chinese car.

I don't care if the Chinese government is spying on me, I do care if my government, or any close ally with information sharing about me is spying on me.

that we need to buy cars is the problem. Viye Green for better public transport and less car dependency.

(I’m) mad at the people who could have solved the problem before now, but they didn’t. They just thought “It’s fine, this problem doesn’t really matter”. And then look at the world now, it’s such a big problem.

These people have names and addresses

Thank you for the article. You are right, it's not the kind of post that fits here. I'll see if I can find one that's more general.

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-insects-victims-invaders.html

That's the most recent study I could find but it's still a couple months old. It doesn't shed much new light on the trend though, which has been on the media for years now. Not sure if it's "news worthy" as a Lemmy post, but if you think so please go ahead

Very true. Would you like to do a post on the insect decline? If not, I'll see what I can find.

Wear warm clothes. Sit under a blanket at home.

Be glad you still hear crickets. Insects are declining fast

‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’:

don't be, when you get older you'll come to prize your savings account over the environment just like everyone else :)

Agreed Hanrahan. I've put up another post related to what you say but in this particular case they're doing an alright job. Had they not done what they are doing and saving seed the plants mentioned would have been lost forever. We've got to be active on two fronts, calling out what harms AND calling out what heals so more is done from scientists to everyday people. Being angry all the time does not help us and it definitely does not help the young. We need to be constructive as well as critical.

great job ? that's perhaps an appropriate repsonse for a 3 yr old for their first drawing, not the actions of WA governemt , what they're doing is beyond horrific.

this is just more bullshit kicking the can down the road and should be called out for what it is, at best, a bandaid on a Ebola lesion.

They're reneging on thier climate change promisies, expanding gas, land clearing for suburban sprawl, not building electrified interstate rail, not releasibg a plan to ban cars and trucks, not closing airports, all while expannding thier fossil fuel strategic reserves and on and on

all of that is destroying the enviorment and then being prised for scattering a few seeds is beyond the pale :( bushfires will get much worse hotter and more frequent, especially as the bottom of WA dries out even further from climate change and the top 3/4 of the state is arguably unlivable now.

A pox on both the government and the voters who elected them for their part in destroying us all :)

of course and she says that , I still find her admirable

All fabric has always had factory contamination, that's because looms use industrial lubricating oils.

Always wash clothes. This is very old advice, like 100 years old advice.

I've been washing new clothes for years now already.

The article include a short term solution for buyers, while regulators get their act together. It's good advice even outside Australia:

Dr Van Amber advises washing any new textiles before their first use — including clothes, sheets, towels and tablecloths.

"Wash everything that comes into your home before you use it, because we don't know what sort of residual chemicals might be in garments or textiles when they're being produced."

Great work

I'm pretty sure a few years back a satellite was launched which can measure methane emissions. Just check the numbers and fine the mines. Simples. Oh yeah, forgot about all the donations to our pollies.

I wish, I'd buy it.

Although I did electricity my bicycle and I got music and audiobooks on my phone so I guess I kinda got that already unless its raining or something.

Can I just have a battery and radio on a set of wheels? Brakes optional...

And a new TV .... 😕

And your phone

Not just EVs.

Most (all?) newer cars.

the whole point i’m trying to make is these things sound good but don’t actually do anything

these companies are not so stupid to just make it easy to cut them out

it usually cost more to do so and quality may sometimes be better but supply and quality will be inconsistent