Wood heaters and woodsmoke pollution in Canberra has been a long term concern for the people of Tuggeranong, where our ‘inversion layer’ means wood smoke ‘hangs around” and does not dissipate into the atmosphere, often having adverse impact on some people in our community eg …
If you are interested and want to find out more about the proposed new Materials Recycling Facility and Food Organics and Green Organics (FOGO) facility for Hume please read the following information at https://www.cityservices.act.gov.au/Infrastructure-Projects/programs/waste-and-recycling-infrastructure/eis-for-new-processing-facilities Besides coming and talking to us and answering questions at out next …
The Suburban Land Agency will be releasing Block 9 Section 788 Calwell which is located next to the ambulance station off Johnson Drive adjacent to the Calwell shopping centre. The site is zoned as a Community Facilities Zone.
ACT Health is monitoring and reporting air quality across Canberra with one of the monitoring stations located at Monash. Up to date reports and health advice is available by clicking here.
A second monitoring station located at Chisholm independently operated as part of the Purple Air network can be accessed by clicking here.
Communities@Work, supported by the Tuggeranong Community Council’s Youth Engagement Committee and the YWCA Canberra, invites young people in Tuggeranong to join Lauchlan Duncan and Stephanie Wilson from Climate Change and Sustainability and Kirilly Dickson Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, around a table over pizza to discuss issues
At our last TCC meeting we had a talk from Dr Fiona Dyer and Rod Ubrihen from the University of Canberra, who spoke about the research being undertaken on Lake Tuggeranong to stop the annual blue green algal infestations that happens every summer when the heat rises. They said to date, the results were inconclusive and their final report will be submitted to government when all the results are fully analysed. They also indicated that more research would be needed. Accordingly the Council has written to the Chief Minister asking that ongoing funds be made available for further research and when a solution is decided upon that it be adequately funded.
Research has been undertaken to better determine how best to deal with algal issues in Lake Tuggeranong itself. The work at Isabella Pond, Isabella Lake and the rain gardens being build nearby will help filter water going into the lake, but what about what is …
