More wildlife hospitals and care
for native animals having to exist in fragmented marginal habitats

More native animals are being brought into vet clinics and wildlife shelters than ever before.,, Wildlife carers and volunteers "do incredible work in helping to respond, rehabilitate and care for our sick, injured and orphaned wildlife".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/wildlife-carers-funding-needed-increasing-injured-animals/104881812
#wildlife #care #AnimalWelfare #WildlifeCarers #volunteers #biodiversity #sprawl #cars #pets

#Sprawl isn’t just expensive—it’s unsustainable for our communities and our planet. Read our op-ed on why compact #urbanism is key:

https://www.gchic.org/post/more-sprawl-not-the-solution

Hey, don't believe everything you read in the NYT! More #sprawl isn't the key to fixing America's housing crisis. Here's why:

https://www.gchic.org/post/more-sprawl-not-the-solution

#development #urbanism #UrbanPlanning
@ggwash

Prince George’s County has the chance to take the lead in transit-oriented #revitalization—ditching #sprawl for a lively, connected future. Dive into the details here:

https://www.gchic.org/post/more-sprawl-not-the-solution

My jaw nearly dropped to the floor after reading @ConorDougherty's full-throated defense of MORE suburban #sprawl #development as a solution to the nation's housing crisis. It screamed out for an equally full-throated rebuttal: https://www.gchic.org/post/more-sprawl-not-the-solution
#urbanism #smartgrowth

The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas
video >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238
#koalas #Biodiversity #sprawl #roads #trauma #cars #RoadTrauma #Sydney #NSW #extinction #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety #thylacines

The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas
video >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238
#koalas #Biodiversity #sprawl #roads #trauma #cars #RoadTrauma #Sydney #NSW #extinction #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety #thylacines

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/07/australia-is-in-an-extinction-crisis-why-isnt-it-an-issue-at-this-election
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

Koala habitat

"A lone koala walking through a three-lane tunnel, right in the path of a semi-trailer. The image is a grim sign of the times as Australia’s koala habitat continues to be destroyed. "

"We're moving into their habitat and their corridors, and they're being forced into suburbia... A lot of them are being hit by cars and there are a lot of dog attacks."

"Koalas are listed as endangered across NSW, ACT and Queensland."
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/grim-reality-behind-image-of-lost-koala-the-saddest-photo-ive-seen-in-a-long-time-051430371.html
#biodiversity #koalas #habitat #destruction #suburbia #sprawl #roads #cars #dogs #extinction

A suburb of Phoenix is not where one might expect to see a residential development based on emancipation from the dominion of the car.

Reducing car dependency in Arizona matters beyond the borders of the state. All too often those working for more human and environmentally sound planning and transit policies in the USA are met with a simplistic and thought stopping cry of "It might work in Europe, but our geography makes it impossible!"

https://youtu.be/ljdg11X8YBg?si=Ch4BNepoLbPpiDl3

America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl

"Long stretches of chain stores in single-storey, flat-topped buildings. The cluster of gas stations, with functionally and aesthetically similar convenience stores selling rows and rows of sugary food and drinks...rectangular islands of stuff surrounded by parking lots leading to other little islands of fast food, also surrounded by parking lots, filled with rows and rows of the most enormous pickup trucks"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump

From water pollution to blue gold

Water "“blighted by mats of algae, mountains of foam, scum, and dead fish floating on the surface. Pollution from water companies and agricultural runoff are driving the contamination, which affects all parts of the country, causing toxic algal blooms, mass die-offs of fish, and risks to human health."

"A country that once let raw sewage and industrial wastewater flow directly into its water. Today, it is 98%, and the country has a reputation for pristine swimming waters, sometimes referred to as its “blue gold” – and it’s all thanks to a complex network of sewage plants."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe
#water #pollution #micropollutants #ecosystem #health #swimming #Australia #sewage #floods #runoff #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #MassMortalities #SepticTanks #sprawl #biodiversity #rivers #civilisation

Sprawl is one of the reasons I dislike living in the USA.

What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian

#Sprawl #LandUse #USCulture #USPolitics #Aesthetics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/19/maga-america-suburban-donald-trump

The human carnage on the roads - "accidents" and road violence

"In Australia, a country with a terrible occurrence and societal acceptance of violent road deaths (would we, for example, be so lackadaisical about the death “toll” were we measuring killings, accidental and otherwise, involving knives or dogs or lawnmowers?), we are culturally imbued with notions of our “rights” rather than our “privileges” when it comes to motor vehicle driving. Something to do with our vast expanses and wide-open roads perhaps."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/when-dad-couldnt-drive-any-more-it-was-devastating-but-he-was-just-too-old
#RoadViolence #cars #SUVs #roads #violence #accident #RoadTrauma #RoadTrafficFatalities #roadkill #sprawl #Australia #MobilityDesign

YES! VICTORY! Public pushback makes a difference!

#MaineTurnpikeAuthority drops controversial #GorhamConnector project

by WGME Staff Thu, March 6th 2025 at 7:56 PM

GORHAM (WGME) – "The Maine Turnpike Authority is now dropping its controversial Gorham connector project.

"The project would have built a new highway from South Portland to Gorham, with the goal of easing heavy road congestion.

"The MTA paused the project last year after receiving backlash from local residents.

"The project would have required the demolition of nearly a dozen homes and confiscation of #farmland."

"'There was a lot of concern, and people wondered if it's the right-sized tool for the job, a lot of people have concerns that, building another highway, there's concerns that it will just fill up,' MTA Director of Communications Erin Courtney said.

The MTA says it's heading back to the drawing board to re-examine traffic conditions and review past mobility studies to find better ways to ease congestion in the area." [Like #LightRail, #RapidTransitBusLines and more #BikeLanes!]

https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-turnpike-authority-drops-controversial-gorham-connector-project-south-portland
#Maine #SaveSmilingHillFarm #SmilingHillFarm #InducedSprawl #GorhamConnector #MainersForSmarterTransportation #Maine #MaineNews #GorhamBypass #GorhamSpur #Maine #RapidTransit #SaveTheFarms #ProtectTheForest #InducedDemand #Sprawl #SaveRedBrook #ProtectTheWetlands #BrookTrout #SaveTheForest #Wildlife #HuskyLine #RapidBusTransit

Australian farmers push for "right to farm" legislation in a bid to push back against suburban sprawl: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-03-03/qld-right-to-farm-push-as-urban-growth-extends-to-farm-areas/104998330 #auspol #farming #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #sprawl

Highway expansions and road widening
How America (Australia) Can Break Its Highway Addiction

"After a century of rampant roadbuilding, the U.S. highway network is ubiquitous, dominating the American landscape in bucolic rural settings as well as dense urban ones. Rather than being a tool for mobility, it has become a monument to an auto-centric lifestyle that fouls the air and depletes the public coffers. Neither the country nor the planet can afford to keep expanding it."

"At the federal level, even asking questions about the collective climate impact of highway building appears verboten."
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https://slate.com/business/2024/08/construction-traffic-cars-driving-transportation-highway.html
#Sprawl #roads #highways #expansion #cars #automobility #industry #asphalt #Motordom #MobilityDesign #ClimateBreakdown #pollution #NSW #CoffsHarbour #bellingen #GlenifferRoad

Logging machinery and other combustion machines are driving koalas out of their habitat at Bellingen/ Gleniffer'sTuckers Nob forests.
#biodiversity #bellingen #gleniffer #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #cars #sprawl #FCNSW #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob

Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!

"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."
Reasons?
"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-wildlife-hospital-buckling-under-surging-animal-admissions/104923496
#Biodiversity #wildlife #birds #carers #sprawl #FishingHooks #roads #drivers #IntroducedSpecies #pets #dogs #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety