Peter Riley“Capitalism is like a dead fish in the moonlight; it glitters, but it stinks.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/fish-kill-on-sunset-strip-shores-near-menindee/106302904
BellingenNSWAquatic ecosystems marinated in a mixture of toxic chemicals?
"Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods. Experts call for review after two sets of water samples from the Darling-Baaka River reported by the state’s top scientific bodies contained different results"
“Atrazine, simazine, tebuthiuron and metolachlor are no longer approved for use in the European Union and have been classified by the European Chemicals Agency as being “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, but they are still approved for use in Australia."
"Vincent Pettigrove, a professor of aquatic pollution at RMIT, said while the guideline values provided an indication of whether the chemicals of interest were at concentrations which may cause environmental harm, there were no national guidelines for “the majority of pesticides registered for use in Australia ...The guideline values are for one chemical and were therefore “unable to consider the total effects of a mixture of chemicals”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/27/menindee-fish-kills-pesticide-levels-testing-darling-baaka-river
#water #rivers #NSW #regulation #runoff #toxins #pesticide #pollution #harm #aquatic #ecosystems #fishkills #EPA #science #Menindee #MurrayDarling #DarlingBaakaRiver #Ecocide
The Rail LifeMenindee!
Posted from Condobolin because I've had no mobile coverage for the last few hours.
System degradation - The Darling River
"The suffocation of up to 30 million fish in western NSW has been described by a scientist as a "canary in the coal mine" for a sick river environment. NSW deputy chief scientist Darren Saunders said the fish deaths were symptomatic of a larger problem."
"The fish are a canary in the coal mine"
"What we found is there's a much broader degradation in the ecosystem in the Darling Baarka. But essentially the environment is sick, the fish are essentially an indicator."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01/menindee-fish-kill-inquiry-findings-darling-river-health/102803676
#DarlingRiver #Menindee #FishKill #river #NSW #ecosystem #degradation #care #coal #climate #extinction makers
Lesley HeadWith thanks to the Roy Geog Soc Qld, I'll be talking about the social life of Australian nature and the case of Barka/Darling River ecocide on Tues May 2. In person in Brisbane and via Zoom (also recorded for later) https://www.rgsq.org.au/event-5246498 #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial
Mojo ♻️
If you teach about the social life of water, this brilliant 18 min conversation btwn Clint Jasper and @suejackson is your friend. #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial #place #geography
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/countrybreakfast/features/102136852
Country Breakfast features - ABC Radio National
In the wake of another mass fish death in the Lower Darling, this week Griffith University's Professor Sue Jackson is here for a history lesson on basin water management. In a paper co-authored with Leslie Head, written after the 2019 Menindee fish deaths, Jackson writes that the model of the water cycle we all learned about in high school is missing a key element: humans.
Poetry NewsThe fish in Menindee have died
Now abundant and rancid, eyes have cried
The clean-up will soon start
Money and time, depart
But these stinky fish must be denied
Bob LeFridge 
“The smell is just next level.”
A climate change-induced heatwave causes the death of millions of fish near Menindee in NSW. A wall of fish is making its way downstream and it's so big there's not much anyone can do about it.