Lithgow Environment Group Inc. in Bowenfels, New South Wales | Environmental conservation organisation

Lithgow Environment Group Inc.

Locality: Bowenfels, New South Wales

Address: PO Box 3081 2790 Bowenfels, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.lithgowenvironment.org

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24.01.2022 Ever wanted to design an emoji? Help get the iconic platypus added to the international emoji library and raise awareness of the plight of this extraordinary but threatened species! Submit your platypus emoji design for the chance to win an awesome original platypus artwork. You could be the creator of the world’s first official platypus emoji!... The competition is live from 9am AEST Tuesday November 24 until 11:59pm AEST Friday December 11 Enter here: platypusemoji.org.au THE PRIZE The winner (announced December 16) gets an original, framed platypus artwork from cartoonist Christopher Downes, called Platypus’s Garden. And their design will be submitted to Unicode with our application. www.acf.org.au #PlatypusEmojiNow See more

21.01.2022 Well the EPA tell us our air quality in the Blue Mountains & Lithgow generally is good and with air pollutants below health based Australian air quality standards. Full report link below.

19.01.2022 'Birds of Sydney' ID Art Poster..... XMAS SPECIAL - $5 OFF * 51cm X 72cm * laminated or un-laminated * 170 sp. in habitat, with bird ID key... Are you looking for that 'Special Xmas Prezzie' for a birdwatcher or nature lover ? Why not one of my Regional Bird ID Art Posters ? There's 3 to choose from: * Birds of Sydney (170 species) * Birds of The Blue Mountains (109 species) * Birds of the Capertee & Wolgan Valleys (121 species) All are available as 'laminated' (best to affix directly to a wall/door/hanger etc), or un-laminated (best if you are wanting to frame up to your own liking). Printed in Australia from my original hand painted artwork. XMAS SPECIAL - $5 off all posters: * Sydney - Lam: $33 ea. Un-lam: $23 ea. * Blue Mts. - Lam: $30 ea. Un-lam: $20ea. * Capertee & Wolgan - Lam: $30 ea. Un-lam: $20 ea. Please add postage - $10 (up to 3 posters) Enquiries / Orders - please email me: [email protected] For more infomation, visit my website: fionalumsden.com Thankyou Fiona

19.01.2022 As we head into a heatwave with fire warnings returning, Lis Bastian from The Big Fix will be part of a Courtyard Picnic and Talk Panel at the Blue Mountains Cu...ltural Centre this Saturday 28 November. At 11am she'll be talking about Re-Designing the Future and the work being done by local residents who have been severely impacted by the fires over the last year - most importantly to rehydrate our landscapes. She'll talk about how one property survived the fires for a second time on the Darling Causeway and the exciting proposal for a Rainforest Conservancy at the Mounts ... as well as ways everyone can become involved in other World Heritage Regeneration programs. She'll be followed at 11.30am by Leanne Thompson speaking about the inspiring Capertee Hydrology Project. Lunch hampers will be available for a courtyard picnic and there will be live music and kids activities as well as planting sessions to help launch the Cultural Centre’s own rooftop bushtucker and veggie garden! You can also buy veges to take home from the Blue Mountains Food Coop tent or bring produce from your own backyard to swap with others at the Crop Swap tent. The event is free but bookings for all of the above are essential due to COVID and you can read more and book here: https://bit.ly/39kb4TO

17.01.2022 Great to see movement with LCC Transition Working Group Main report "A Case for Economic Change". Equally noting that a opportunity for the community to provide feedback to Lithgow City Council.

15.01.2022 We have waited for years, it is time to reserve the Gardens of Stone Proposal area now. The #destinationpagodabusinessplan can open the door to an untapped asset and protect at the same time.

15.01.2022 WIRES volunteer Natalie from Nimbin was caring for 2 Tawny Frogmouth orphans, they were out in a flight aviary learning to fly when she noticed that an adult Ta...wny Frogmouth was talking to the little orphans in the aviary at night. Having observed the adult sitting very close to the aviary first on a star picket just 2 meters away from the aviary, then the following morning sitting on a chair leaning against the aviary where it spent the rest of the day assuming it's "I am really a tree branch" pose. After Natalie went into the aviary to feed the fledglings they soon moved down to a branch that was at the same level as the adult sitting on the chair outside. It seemed that the adult Tawny Frogmouth really had a serious interest in these juveniles! Since the little ones were also trying to get closer to the adult Natalie figured, despite not speaking fluent Tawny herself, it wasn't saying anything mean to them. Natalie named the adult Big T. That night at dusk Natalie decided it was worth seeing if Big T would adopt the little ones, they were now capable of flight. She put the 2 fledglings outside the aviary. Big T flew to a nearby tree and called them up. They both managed to fly up to Big T and soon all 3 were sitting together. As soon as it was dark Big T took off. The two orphans flew around and ended up in different trees. Natalie held her breath, but soon after observed Big T fly to each chick and feed them, then fly off again. A flurry of activity ensued as the orphans practiced flying and landing as they tried to follow Big T around. At one point Natalie saw all 3 perched right on top of the roof of the house! Since that first night the three have been inseparable, Big T is feeding them, teaching them to hunt, how to pose to look like a stick, safe to say they have formally been adopted by Big T.

15.01.2022 Lithgows native wildflowers just keep on giving. #visitnsw #destinationnsw

13.01.2022 This is the same company currently who has a scoping report v.2 with DPIE for large-scale Battery Energy Storage System, Brays Lane Wallerawang Finally we have lift off. Welcome Neoen to Lithgow. Bring it on.

12.01.2022 Issued at 3:23 am Sunday, 29 November 2020. Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING WIND... For people in Illawarra, Snowy Mountains and parts of Hunter, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts. A low pressure trough crossing the western parts of the state will track east for the rest of today. Vigorous northwesterly winds are expected to develop ahead of this system. For Alpine areas above 1900 metres: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 70 to 90 km/h, with gusts in excess of 120 km/h, are expected to continue this morning then start to ease this afternoon. For areas below 1900 metres: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h, with gusts in excess of 90 km/h, are expected to develop about the ranges this morning, likely extending to the coastal parts of the Illawarra, South Coast and the Lower Hunter late this morning or early afternoon. Winds are then forecast to ease by this evening. Locations which may be affected include Katoomba, Lithgow, Bowral, Nowra, Ulladulla, Goulburn, Perisher Valley, Charlotte Pass, Thredbo, Cabramurra, Cooma, Bombala, Newcastle and Maitland. The State Emergency Service advises that people should: * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees. * Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony. * Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences. * Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall. * Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill. * Stay vigilant and monitor conditions. Note that the landscape may have changed following bushfires. * For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500. The next Severe Weather Warning will be issued by 11:00 am AEDT Sunday.

11.01.2022 Waste-to-energy incineration is also a source of mercury emissions. The increased mercury levels have been recorded in fish living in the reservoirs for hydroel...ectricity. The adverse effects of mercury exposure on human health have been indicated in a number of studies, and there seems to be no ‘zero effect’ exposure level. As a result, the mitigation of mercury emissions is gaining more and more attention. The danger of mercury pollution drew widespread attention after the cause of the Minamata disease (Ekino et al., 2007) was identified as a severe case of mercury poisoning. Mercury compounds are generally more toxic than the compounds of other nonradioactive heavy elements (Pushie et al., 2014). Mercury can easily vaporise in combustion processes and be released into the atmosphere as mercury vapours. Moreover, combustion temperatures are usually high enough to decompose mercury compounds and release Hg0 vapour (metallic Mercury). Elemental mercury has a very low solubility in water, which makes it challenging to remove elemental mercury by commonly used methods for flue-gas cleaning. Human exposure to metallic mercury takes place mostly by swallowing contaminated foods or drinks or breathing in mercury vapours. When ingested, only a very small amount of metallic mercury (less than 0.01% of the dose) is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract (Da Broi et al., 2017). Inhaling of mercury vapours is much more dangerous as mercury enters the bloodstream through the lungs. The density of saturated mercury vapour strongly depends on the temperature. Charvat. P ‘et.al., 2020, ‘An overview of mercury emissions in the energy industry - A step to mercury footprint assessment’, Journal of Cleaner Production, ScienceDirect, Volume 267, No 122087 See more

10.01.2022 New gas is a backward step for Australian clean energy! It’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do to ...our communities and climate. We’ve brought together a brand new team of corporate lawyers laser-focused on holding companies and their directors to account. But these are huge companies with enormous resources behind them. Can you help us hold energy giants to account?

07.01.2022 Lithgow & District Nursery needs a helping hand. Can you help.

07.01.2022 There are two days left of FrogID Week and we’re receiving really great submissions from across the country! Keep recording your daily frog calls through the ...FrogID app! Find out more here bit.ly/FrogID2020FB Stephen Mahony/Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)

04.01.2022 I'm looking forward to leading an Introduction to Permaculture from 10-4pm this Saturday 14 November for the Lithgow Area Women's Shed. If you'd like to join us contact Susan on 0439 089 035 or Leanne on 0438 766 891.

04.01.2022 Have your Say. What is a Community Participation Plan? Council is inviting the community to have their say on the Draft Lithgow Community Participation Plan 2020.... At the Ordinary Meeting of Council held 22 November 2020, Council resolved to publicly exhibit the Draft Lithgow Community Participation Plan 2020 for 28 days. A Community Participation Plan provides the community with a clear process of how and when Council will engage with the community in relation to proposed development and plan making across the Local Government Area, including mandatory requirements for public exhibition in relation to its planning functions. https://council.lithgow.com/draft-lithgow-participation-pl/

03.01.2022 First two are BBBs (they’re getting slightly less camera shy) but are the second two Amegilla?

01.01.2022 #DestinationPagodaEconomicBusinessPlan for Lithgow could benefit with this funding boost to existing dollars to kick start a town in transition, a town that is still healing, a town surrounded by the natural environment but needs financial assistance. #DestinationPagoda. #AndrewGee #PaulToole #LithgowCityCouncil

01.01.2022 Neoen Australia proposing to develop a large-scale Battery Energy Storage System, Brays Lane Wallerawang. Great Western Scoping report V2. currently with Dept of Planning Industry and Environment. For the full report see link below. https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projec//40891... Introduction Neoen Australia (the proponent) is proposing to develop a large-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Wallerawang, New South Wales (NSW), within the Lithgow Local Government Area(LGA). The Project is identified as State Significant Development (SSD) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979(EP&A Act) by virtue of meeting thresholds defined in the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011(SRD SEPP). The Project seeks to provide a critical element of the expanding renewable energy industry and the future capacity and resilience of the NSW energy network through providing a large-scale energy storage system. Neoen believe that the provision of the physical infrastructure to store electricity is a critical first step to supporting the investment in and development of renewable energy solutions for NSW. The large-scale BESS that would be delivered by the Project would operate unlike any other device currently connected to the NSW network, and would provide a range of services with extremely fast response times to support a stable network and security of supply. The energy storage capacity provided by the Project would allow for increased installation of renewable energy sources while maintaining network stability and security. This Scoping Report has been prepared to seek Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) for the Project. These SEARs would allow the preparation of an EIS in line with the expectations of the regulators and in accordance with Part 4 of the EP&A Act