Making Environmental News 07/05 – 35 Items (Estimated Reading Time = 2 min 40 sec)
This issue there are 35 items.
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No strings attached: climate sceptic’s uni grant The Australian 07 May 2008 THE University of Queensland has accepted $350,000 for environmental research from a climate change sceptic and the Institute of Public Affairs, a right-wing think tank, in a move that has divided university academics. |
| End the forest wars
The Australian 07 May 2008 THE bushfire smoke that blanketed the sky above Hobart late last month graphically marked an abrupt turn in the public debate about forest management. |
| Disaster readiness falls short: expert
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 AUSTRALIA is poorly placed to cope with a major natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina or the Asian tsunami, a former head of Emergency Management Australia says. story also covered by: The Sydney Morning Herald Australia ‘not ready’ for major disaster The Age Australia ‘not ready’ for major disaster ABC Online Australia not ready for major natural disaster: think tank News.com.au Australia not ready for disaster The Herald Sun Australia unready for big disaster The West Australian Australia ‘not ready’ for major disaster The Brisbane Times Australia ‘not ready’ for major disaster Ninemsn Australia ‘not ready’ for major disaster
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| Climate pact for wine industry
ABC Online 07 May 2008 An agreement is being signed by wine industry groups and the South Australian Government aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions in wine production.
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| Themed funds
The Australian 07 May 2008 This “global thematic” approach to investment looks at emerging issues like climate change, water security and quality and the demographic changes that flow from rapid economic development in the emerging markets, and builds investment products to tap into them. |
| ADB to provide 500 million US dollars to combat food crisis
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 The Asian Development Bank will provide 500 million US dollars (320 million euros) in immediate assistance to member nations hit hardest by soaring food prices, the head of the bank announced Tuesday. story also covered by: The Age ADB to provide 500 million US dollars to combat food crisis The Brisbane Times ADB to provide 500 million US dollars to combat food crisis
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| Wong to tour Qld water infrastructure
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 Federal Water Minister Penny Wong will tour one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects on Wednesday. story also covered by: The Age Wong to tour Qld water infrastructure The Brisbane Times Wong to tour Qld water infrastructure The West Australian Wong to tour Qld water infrastructure Ninemsn Wong to tour Qld water infrastructure
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| Energy privatisation fears ‘misplaced’
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 Fears over the privatisation of NSW’s electricity assets are misguided, and union obsession over public ownership is misplaced, former premier Bob Carr says story also covered by: ABC Online NSW heavyweights to discuss power split
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| Island dingo fences go ahead
The Australian 07 May 2008 THE Queensland Government has continued work on Fraser Island’s dingo fences after federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s office yesterday back-flipped on its insistence that construction needed to stop. story also covered by: ABC Online Govts to hold dingo fence crisis meeting Sky News Australia
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| Sex and sustainability
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 Enviro-friendly products need to be promoted as slickly as Chanel bags or Jaguar cars, Green Pages chief Katie Patrick tells Tim Elliott.
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| Oil prices may ‘super-spike’ to $US200
The Australian 07 May 2008 “We believe the current energy crisis may be coming to a head, as a lack of adequate supply growth is becoming apparent and resulting in needed demand rationing” in the West and especially in the United States, a team of Goldman analysts led by Arjun Murti told clients.
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| Blessed are the sceptics
The Australian 07 May 2008 Today we are faced with a newer religion known as environmental activism which has insinuated itself into some aspects of science. It shares some of the intolerance to new or challenging ideas with the old. Immolation at the stake is no longer fashionable but it has been replaced by pillory in the media. |
| Fears for purity of water in law repeal
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 TEN years after Sydney’s dams were threatened by a contamination scare, the Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, wants to weaken laws designed to protect the city’s drinking water, environmentalists say
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| Marine warriors get down deep
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 An underwater squad is charting new territory in caring for the environment, writes Josephine Tovey. |
| Flipper hunted to help whales
The Brisbane Times 07 May 2008 Former swimming sensation Ian “Flipper” Thorpe is understood to have been recruited by the Federal Government to help persuade Japan to abandon whale hunting. story also covered by: The Age
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| Great water gamble could sink us all
The Age 07 May 2008 We should be worrying about what our state debt is made of, not how large it is.
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| Push to safeguard rare butterfly
ABC Online 07 May 2008 A Sunshine Coast conservation group is hoping to save a rare butterfly by re-building its habitat. |
| Shooters to cull Carnarvon Gorge brumbies
The Courier Mail 07 May 2008 A SECOND cull of feral horses at Carnarvon Gorge National Park will start today with 4000 to 6000 to be shot. story also covered by: News.com.au Carnarvon Gorge’s wild horses to be culled
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| Greens attack compo for mill
The Mercury 07 May 2008 THE State Government has been accused of “double standards” for agreeing to compensate Gunns but not the “clean green” industries in the Tamar that might be damaged by the pulp mill. |
| ‘No hope’ of drought-breaking rains for Qld
ABC Online 07 May 2008 Weather forecasters say hopes of drought-breaking rain in Queensland are over, because the La Nina pattern has petered out. |
| PNG cassava biofuel project to create 5,000 jobs
Radio Australia 07 May 2008 In Papua New Guinea, a multi-million-dollar project to export cassava to produce ethanol is expected to create more than 5,000 jobs. |
| Explaining the grain drain
The Age 07 May 2008 Diverse causes are behind the spike in demand for rice, only a minor one of them being biofuels. |
| Ethanol clue from hungry fungus
The Age 07 May 2008 A DEEP-GREEN fungus — best known for eating through uniforms and canvas tents during World War II — might provide a more efficient way to make biofuels such as ethanol, researchers say. |
| Hydro’s wave power plan
The Mercury 07 May 2008 HYDRO Tasmania is looking to harness the power of the ocean to generate enough clean power on King and Flinders Islands to supply about 500 homes.
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| Teacher toads to save wildlife
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 THERE should be an education drive to warn wildlife about the lethal threat posed by cane toads, a scientist says.
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| What organic food should I buy?
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 WITH food prices going up faster than Chinese skyscrapers, anyone who can afford to buy organic everything – from tea to tahini – probably has a personal assistant doing their shopping for them. The rest of us face difficult decisions every time we push a trolley. |
| Bloodied, but unboughed …
The Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2008 IF A tree topples in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens will anyone hear it fall?
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| Voluntary standards for green marketing ignored
The Age 07 May 2008 CONSUMER advocates are calling for mandatory regulation of all green claims made for household cleaning items, paper and tissue products after an investigation revealed that current standards for environmental marketing were largely ignored. |
| Optimism for better river flow
The Age 07 May 2008 THE health of 20 Victorian rivers will be a focus for water authorities next financial year. |
| Penguins use burrowed time for amorous pursuits
The Age 07 May 2008 BLAME it on El Nino or the onset of cold weather, but Phillip Island’s little penguins have found a novel way to keep warm in past weeks. |
| climate change threatens koalas: expert
The Sydney Morning Herald 06 May 2008 The koala is under threat from climate change, according to new research which shows rising carbon dioxide levels are killing nutrients in the plants they eat. story also covered by: The Australian Koalas threatened by climate change The Daily Telegraph Koalas threatened by climate change The Herald Sun Koalas threatened by climate change The Age climate change threatens koalas: expert The Courier Mail Koalas threatened by climate change The Brisbane Times Koalas threatened by climate change: expert The Advertiser Koalas threatened by climate change The Mercury Koalas threatened by climate change The West Australian Climate change threatens koalas: expert The Sunday Times Koalas threatened by climate change SBS World News Australia Climate change threatens koalas: expert News.com.au Koalas threatened by climate change
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| Swimming against the tide
The Age 06 May 2008 Stemming Melbourne’s suburban sprawl may be an imperative in an era of climate change, but it collides with another force of Australian nature — the dream of owning a home. Larissa Dubecki reports.
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| Italy to face court over Naples rubbish
News.com.au 06 May 2008 THE European Commission today said it was taking Italy to Europe’s top court over a rubbish crisis that left heaps of garbage rotting in the streets of Naples for months. |
| Pollution leads to baldness – research
The Courier Mail 06 May 2008 TO the follicly-challenged who’ve tried gels, drugs and even a transplant with little joy, the research will come as a breath of fresh air. story also covered by: The Mercury Pollution leads to baldness – research |
| Toxic water wipes out wildlife in Blue Mountains
Macquarie Radio Network 06 May 2008 Life in the Gross River in the Blue Mountains is being wiped out, with millions of litres of contaminated water beinging leaked into the river daily. |