| Saudis block call for island warming study
The Australian
11 June 2010
SAUDI Arabia has blocked a call by vulnerable island states, supported by Australia, for a study into the impact of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, delegates say.
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Saudis block call for climate study
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Saudis block call for climate study
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Saudis block call for climate study
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Saudis block call for climate study
Coral islands left high and dry
The Australian
11 June 2010
THE globetrotting leaders of Pacific islands who have attained international celebrity – especially in Europe – over the slow drowning of their homelands, are in a state of shock. The latest research indicates that most of the Pacific’s low-lying islands are growing, not shrinking.
Climate change denial has gone too far, say MacTiernan
The Sunday Times
11 June 2010
LABOR MP Alannah MacTiernan says the public is starting to wake up to the fact that the denial of climate change has gone too far.
Stormwater poses beach health risk
The West Australian
11 June 2010
Stormwater that potentially contains hydrocarbons and heavy metals is lingering off Perth’s beaches for up to 30 days after draining into the ocean, according to a world-first study.
Ministers urged to face the heat over insulation
The Australian
11 June 2010
KEVIN Rudd and key ministers involved in the government’s insulation scheme have again been called to attend a Senate inquiry into the $2.45 billion program.
Warmist can’t take the heat
The Herald Sun
11 June 2010
HMM. So how has Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery got away with it for so long?
Celebrity chef serves up lessons on environment
The Northern Territory News
11 June 2010
FRESH bananas, figs and tomatoes are just some of the thriving fruits and vegetables growing in Alawa Primary School’s Kitchen Garden.
First in carbon labelling
The Sydney Morning Herald
11 June 2010
THE first products to have a label showing their carbon footprint will be on Australian supermarket shelves later this year after a deal was struck between ALDI and the environmental organisation Planet Ark.
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Labels to show carbon output
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Labels to show carbon output
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Grocer’s emission statement
Green thumbs and high-rise ambitions
The Age
11 June 2010
In the midst of the concrete surrounds, near the far end of the wharf, an oasis of greenery has been created, an open garden with a profusion of ready-to-pick herbs, vegetables, and flowers.
Rock-rat is alive and well after all
The Northern Territory Times
11 June 2010
IT TOOK a year of planning and boffins flying into rough country by helicopter to camp on the sides of mountains – but they found the little critter they feared was extinct.
On the brink of extinction, tigers need man as never before
The Sydney Morning Herald
11 June 2010
Nearly extinct, tigers can still be saved but efforts necessary for their survival face two huge obstacles: deforestation and the black market, where the big cats sell for 50,000 US dollars a piece.
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On the brink of extinction, tigers need man as never before
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On the brink of extinction, tigers need man as never before
Another city beach closed
The Northern Territory Times
11 June 2010
THE recent outbreak of e.coli may prove to come from seaweed but it has turned attention on the amount of sewage being allowed to wash into Darwin’s harbour and on to beaches.
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Casuarina joins list of dirty beaches
World’s biggest energy companies held crisis talks over BP oil spill
The Australian
11 June 2010
LEADERS of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have held crisis talks to determine the cause of BP’s deadly accident in the Gulf of Mexico, the chairman of Gazprom told The Times.
BP chief summoned as US doubles oil leak estimate
The Age
11 June 2010
The United States has more than doubled the estimated size of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, while BP’s chairman was summoned to a White House meeting with President Barack Obama.
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BP summoned to White House
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U.S. doubles Gulf oil spill estimate
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40,000 barrels of oil spilling into Gulf
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40,000 barrels of oil spilling into Gulf
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40,000 barrels of oil spilling into Gulf
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40,000 barrels of oil spilling into Gulf
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40,000 barrels of oil spilling into Gulf
Qld conservationist to train US oil spill volunteers
ABC Online
11 June 2010
A far north Queensland conservationist will head to the United States next week to help rescue birds affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
New controls to manage mine water disposal
ABC Online
11 June 2010
The Queensland Government has introduced new controls for the management of water produced in the state’s coal seam gas mines.
Qantas sees red over German ‘environmental’ departure tax
The Australian
11 June 2010
QANTAS has slammed a new German “environmental” departure tax that will mean Australians will pay more to fly to Europe.
Boots recharge mobile while you dance
The Australian
11 June 2010
UK music festival goers will be able to charge their mobile phones by stomping their boot-clad feet.
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Music festival boots can charge your mobile phone while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Boots recharge mobile while you dance
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Power is all in the sole
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Power is all in the sole
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Power is all in the sole
National water deal a ‘great failure’
ABC Online
11 June 2010
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says South Australia’s Acting Premier Kevin Foley has exposed the National Water Agreement as a failure.
Brussels seeks to tighten rules on biofuels
Ninemsn
10 June 2010
The European Commission on Thursday sought to tighten standards for biofuels, amid concerns that their production may be contributing to the environmental degradation they were supposed to ease.
Alternative power players
The Sydney Morning Herald
10 June 2010
WITH plenty of sun, surrounded by water and with a mineral rich interior, it is inevitable that Australia has a wealth of renewable energy sources.
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Green becomes an easier option
The Sydney Morning Herald
10 June 2010
With environmental awareness increasing, most energy companies are responding to demands from consumers for green power options.
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Green becomes an easier option
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You’ve done a good job, sun
The Sydney Morning Herald
10 June 2010
Imagine sitting back and letting the sun do all the work for you while earning at least $1200, and up to $8000, a year for as long as you own your house.
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You’ve done a good job, sun
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You’ve done a good job, sun
Australia ‘laggard’ on green economy
The Australian
10 June 2010
AUSTRALIA is a corporate “laggard” over embracing the green economy and could suffer tragically for it, according to a regional IT chief.
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Australia ‘laggard’ on green economy
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Australia ‘laggard’ on green economy
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Australia ‘laggard’ on green economy
Choice calls for carbon labelling on supermarket products
The Courier Mail
10 June 2010
SUPERMARKETS should take the lead and provide product information about climate and environmental impacts, not wait for a majority of shoppers to request it, consumer group Choice says.
CAN International explains Bonn controversy over logging loophole
ABC Radio Australia
10 June 2010
The rift over the so-called logging loophole at the U-N Climate Change Forum meeting in Bonn Germany is deepening. Rich countries led by Russia, Australia and the EU have been accused of trying to cheat their way out of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by creating “dishonest” forestry accounting loopholes
Double dissolution on ETS ‘could fail’
The Age
10 June 2010
The federal government’s decision not to go to a double-dissolution election on the emissions trading scheme (ETS) was a political one, an influential Labor senator says.
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Labor man tells of dissolution fears
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Double dissolution on ETS ‘could fail’
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Double dissolution on ETS ‘could fail’
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Double dissolution on ETS ‘could fail’
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‘DD’ on ETS could fail – Arbib
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Snakes populations ‘crash’
The Age
10 June 2010
DISTINCT populations of snake species across three continents have ”crashed” over the past decade, which raises fears that the reptiles may be in global decline.
Authority looks again at endosulfan
ABC Rural Online
10 June 2010
The authority which regulates farm chemicals in Australia says it’s reviewing studies on the insecticide endosulfan, in the wake of a United States ban.
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Case for banning insecticide ‘overwhelming’
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US insecticide ban spurs local review
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US insecticide ban spurs local review
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US insecticide ban spurs local review
WWF calls for insecticide ban
The Australian
10 June 2010
AUSTRALIAN farm workers face serious health risks from a toxic insecticide widely used on food and other crops, the WWF says.
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WWF calls for insecticide ban
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Hunter dam ‘to starve wetlands’
ABC Online
10 June 2010
Opposition to the Tillegra dam in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales is growing, with a group of scientists arguing it will starve the internationally-recognised Kooragang Island wetlands if it goes ahead.
Community cleanup underway on Bali beaches
ABC Radio Australia
10 June 2010
Bali; a tropical paradise or a rubbish dump? The Indonesian province may be known as the island of the gods but the irresponsible disposal of rubbish is taking its toll on the environment.
Study finds water trading is a plus for communities
ABC Rural Online
10 June 2010
A ten-year study of the Murray Darling Basin has found water trading has no negative effect on rural communities.
End Murray water trade restrictions: NWC
The Age
10 June 2010
Artificial restrictions on water trading have created uncertainty and unfairness for southern Murray-Darling Basin irrigators, and the National Water Commission wants them lifted when lower water use limits are introduced.
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Japan launches whaling fleet 10 days from vote
ABC Online
10 June 2010
Conservation groups have condemned Japan for starting its summer whaling hunt in the north-west Pacific less than 10 days before the annual whaling commission meets.
Bethune faces two years in prison
ABC Online
10 June 2010
Japanese prosecutors have asked for two years in prison for New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune.
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Whaling protester faces jail
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Japan prosecutors seek jail for Bethune
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Japan prosecutors seek jail for Bethune
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Japan prosecutors seek jail for Bethune
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Japan seeks jail for anti-whaler Bethune
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Japan seeks jail for anti-whaler Bethune
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Whaling activist Peter Bethune faces two years in jail
The Sunday Times
New Zealand anti-whaling captain should spend two years in jail – Japanese prosecutors
Actor Kevin Costner offers US oil slick fix as BP gets new deadline
The Australian
10 June 2010
THE US has given BP 72 hours to come up with a new oil spill response, while actor Kevin Costner touts technology to help out.
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Actor Kevin Costner offers US oil slick fix as BP gets new deadline
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Actor Kevin Costner offers US oil slick fix as BP gets new deadline
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Actor Kevin Costner offers US oil slick fix as BP gets new deadline
Gorgon project ‘must immediately halt’
The Sunday Times
10 June 2010
ENVIRONMENT groups are calling for an urgent stop to dredging near Barrow Island following the death of a critically endangered turtle.
Toxic plant breached emissions guidelines nine times
The Courier Mail
10 June 2010
A TOXIC waste incinerator near a site earmarked for residential development has breached emissions guidelines nine times in the past 10 years.
Pollution problem not our fault, say yachties
ABC Online
10 June 2010
Darwin yachties have rejected suggestions toilet water from boats has contributed to pollution which has forced the closure of suburban beaches.
Easy to be lean when you’re green
The Sydney Morning Herald
10 June 2010
When she goes to the supermarket, Bea Johnson takes along a sealable glass jar so the butcher can slide in a pork cutlet. In the bulk aisle, she fills reusable bags she makes from old bed sheets to carry rice, pasta, oatmeal or nuts.
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Easy to be lean when you’re green
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Easy to be lean when you’re green
$43m committment to power world’s largest radio telescope
The Sunday Times
10 June 2010
THE CSIRO will receive $47.3 million to develop sustainable energies to power a radio-astronomy observatory and its supporting computer centre, east of Geraldton.
British, Bulgarian beaches better; Italy slides
The West Australian
10 June 2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Beaches in Bulgaria and Britain are getting cleaner, but Italy’s standards have slipped to the point where more than half its fresh water bathing sites do not meet minimum standards, according to an annual EU survey.
Global warming spells doom for Asia’s rivers
The West Australian
10 June 2010
BEIJING (AFP) – The livelihood of thousands of Tibetans living on China’s highest plateau is under threat as global warming and environmental degradation dry up water sources for three mighty Asian rivers, experts say. |
