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The Great Barrier Reef is being suffocated, we need to help it breathe again.
August 27, 2019
Photo credit: CSIRO The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most diverse and important ecosystems on the planet, and yet it is being suffocated by chemical and sediment run-off from the terrestrial environment. ...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMCG makes no apology for legitimately opposing Adani mine.
July 30, 2019
The Daily Mercury 27.07.19 showed a front page headline decrying thepeaceful protest being organised against businesses that support the Adani mine.The Mackay Conservation Group makes no apology for legitimately opposingthis mine, because of the...
Read More Add your reaction SharePossibilities for our region
July 30, 2019
Humans are capable of amazing things. Our ingenuity is limitless. This month marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the moon. In 1969, only 8 years after President J F. Kennedy announced...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSource your electricity from local renewable projects today
June 26, 2019
Many of us are keen to reduce our environmental impact and do our best but with limited access to public transport, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, coal and gas dominating energy production and suburban sprawl...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAdani is just the tip of the melting iceberg
June 14, 2019
Environmental organisations such as Mackay Conservation Group have focused on preventing the Adani mine from being constructed for several years. We have built a movement of two million people around the country who support...
Read More Add your reaction ShareTime to Stop Rubbishing Our Oceans
June 07, 2019
Tomorrow (June 8) is World Oceans Day, so it’s time to consider the big blue bits that cover 70 per cent of our Earth’s surface. We know that our oceans are being damaged by human...
Read More Add your reaction ShareIrwin's turtle. Will we lose this shy Australian before we even get to know it?
May 30, 2019
Photo supplied by Jeff Tan For those who may have missed it Thursday 22 May was world turtle day, a special day to celebrate and raise awareness of these iconic creatures. Here in Central Queensland...
Read More Add your reaction ShareIceland’s renewable energy boom
May 12, 2019
Iceland is an interesting country. It has a population of 340,000 people, about the same as the population of Mackay and Townsville combined. Its land area is just more than the Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday Region. The...
Read More 2 Reactions ShareLand of the fair go
May 03, 2019
As Australians we pride ourselves on being egalitarian, the land of the fair go. Yet there’s nothing egalitarian about the treatment that Indigenous Australians receive. Apart from poorer health, incarceration, life expectancy and income...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareNew water laws will protect the reef
May 02, 2019
For decades Queensland’s sugar cane farmers have been throwing money into the creeks and rivers that flow past their properties. That’s the money spent on excess fertiliser that runs off during heavy rain and...
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