| Frank Fenner sees no hope for humans
The Australian
16 June 2010
FRANK Fenner doesn’t engage in the skirmishes of the climate wars. To him, the evidence of global warming is in. Our fate is sealed.
Helping unlikely sceptics see that climate change is real
The Age
16 June 2010
The winner-takes-all approach won’t lead to constructive debate.
I HAVE been trying to find ways to communicate about climate change and have recently found some success, but only after I inadvertently created a climate sceptic in my own family.
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Helping unlikely sceptics see that climate change is real
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Helping unlikely sceptics see that climate change is real
Cap would rule some out of solar handout
The Sydney Morning Herald
16 June 2010
SOME households wanting to install solar panels would miss out on assistance if there is a capping of household renewable power that can be credited under the renewable energy target, the government says.
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Cap would rule some out of solar handout
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Cap would rule some out of solar handout
Cubbie’s 11th-hour, $50m deal for Wong
The Australian
16 June 2010
CUBBIE Station, the nation’s biggest irrigator, has made an 11th-hour offer to sell a quarter of its vast water entitlements to the federal government, at a potential cost to taxpayers of $50 million.
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Cubbie creditors meet today
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Cubbie Group talks with suitors as creditors hold off liquidation
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Cubbie Group talks with suitors as creditors hold off liquidation
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Cubbie Group talks with suitors as creditors hold off liquidation
Looming political war over the Murray
The Sydney Morning Herald
16 June 2010
There is a political storm set to descend on Canberra that is still largely unnoticed by the commentariat — the release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin plan.
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Looming political war over the Murray
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Looming political war over the Murray
Fly well little bird, we’ll catch up in Siberia
The Australian
16 June 2010
MARCEL Klaassen’s interest in sharp-tailed sandpipers is entirely understandable: who could fail to be impressed by little birds that breed in Siberia in the northern summer, fly 12,000km to Australia for the southern sun, and then return?
Construction begins on supercomputer near Cheyenne
The Age
16 June 2010
Work has begun on a super-computing facility outside Cheyenne that will contain one of the world’s most powerful computers. The $100 million supercomputing center will be used to study climate change, air quality, severe weather, space weather and other science topics.
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Construction begins on supercomputer near Cheyenne
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Construction begins on supercomputer near Cheyenne
Big oil under attack over walrus plan
The Australian
16 June 2010
OIL company executives have distanced themselves from BP at a Capitol Hill hearing amid a threat that the US government will use a vast BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to enact policies that go beyond a temporary ban on deepwater drilling.
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ExxonMobil ridiculed for walrus oil spill plan
Obama to address nation as oil chiefs grilled
The Age
16 June 2010
A top oil executive admitted Tuesday that companies are ill-equipped to tackle major spills, as President Barack Obama readied for a solemn Oval Office address on the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe.
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BP America chief: ‘Sorry’ for Gulf disaster
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Obama to address nation as oil chiefs grilled
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BP America chief: ‘Sorry’ for Gulf disaster
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Obama to address nation as oil chiefs grilled
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BP America chief: ‘Sorry’ for Gulf disaster
US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
The Australian
16 June 2010
THE United States will be fighting the oil spill “epidemic” for months and even years, President Barack Obama warned today, urging states to deploy National Guard to aid the battle.
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Obama warns oil fight may take years
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight BP oil spill for years – President Barack Obama
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US may fight oil spill for years – Obama
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Obama warns US may fight oil ‘epidemic’ for years
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Obama warns US may fight oil ‘epidemic’ for years
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Obama warns US may fight oil ‘epidemic’ for years
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US may fight oil spill for years: Obama
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US may fight oil spill for years: Obama
Lightning sets fire to oil collection ship
ABC Online
16 June 2010
BP’s oil collection system on its gushing leak in the Gulf of Mexico has restarted after a fire prompted a shutdown for several hours, a company spokesman and a US Coast Guard officer said.
Palau considering environmental impacts of oil exploration
ABC Radio Australia
16 June 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster is having repercussions in Palau where plans to drill test wells to see if there is any oil below Palau’s northern atoll island of Kayangel have been on the drawing board for some time.
More fires linked to insulation scheme
ABC Online
16 June 2010
The Federal Opposition says the number of house fires linked to the Government’s axed home insulation scheme is now out of control.
Korea puts the bite on snake soup sellers
ABC Online
16 June 2010
South Korea is cracking down on restaurants that serve snake soup, warning that people involved in the illegal trade in wild reptiles could be jailed.
Alpine secret: remnants of ancient Gondwana’s forests found
The Canberra Times
16 June 2010
A living link to Australia’s ancient Gondwanan rainforests has been discovered in remote alpine wilderness at the southern end of Kosciuszko National Park.
Whistleblower’s tales of whaling skulduggery
The Sydney Morning Herald
16 June 2010
TOKYO: He once wielded a knife on the deck of a Japanese whaling ship, slicing apart the behemoths of the ocean in the name of ”scientific research”, while much of the rest of the world looked on in horror.
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Whistleblower’s tales of whaling skulduggery
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Whistleblower’s tales of whaling skulduggery
Byproduct from deep seas on sale
The Sydney Morning Herald
16 June 2010
HOBART: The Australian arm of the global drug company Sigma-Aldrich has confirmed it has sold a sperm whale extract, as a new European report warns of a second wave of commercial whaling.
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Byproduct from deep seas on sale
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Byproduct from deep seas on sale
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Companies eyeing whale products- report
Whale poop fights global warming
The Age
16 June 2010
Southern Ocean sperm whales are an unexpected ally in the fight against global warming, removing the equivalent carbon emissions from 40,000 cars each year in their faeces, a study shows.
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Whale p*o fights climate change: study
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Whale poop fights global warming
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Whale poop fights global warming
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Whale poop fights global warming
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Whale poop fights global warming
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Whale poop fights global warming
Sky News Australia
Whale poop fights global warming
The Australian
Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
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Sperm whale p*o helps planet
Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
The Australian
16 June 2010
DENMARK will allow Australia to ship thousands of tonnes of toxic waste to be disposed of since it does not have the technology to carry out the work.
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark ‘
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
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Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark
Vic water plan a ‘failure’
The Weekly Times
16 June 2010
THE Victorian Government failed to investigate buying irrigators’ water to divert down the north-south pipeline to secure Melbourne’s supplies, the state’s acting Auditor-General says.
SEQ embracing water conservation: report
The Brisbane Times
16 June 2010
The average residential water consumption across southeast Queensland remained “well below” voluntary targets in 2009 despite three changes in restriction levels, a report shows.
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SEQ embracing water conservation: report
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Mining worries as frog species found
ABC Online
16 June 2010
The owner of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary says discovery of a new frog species is yet another reason to be wary of mining in the Flinders Ranges region of outback South Australia.
Farmer to front High Court over property claim
ABC Online
16 June 2010
Protesting farmer Peter Spencer’s case against the Commonwealth over property agreements will be heard today before the High Court in Canberra.
Surprise eco find in Snowy forest
ABC Online
16 June 2010
A recent field survey in a remote part of Kosciuszko National Park in the New South Wales High Country has discovered nine plant species never before recorded in the area.
Scientists put the heat on climate change sceptics
ABC Rural Online
15 June 2010
Some of Australia’s most influential climate scientists are joining forces to try and win back public support for action on climate change.
A lot to do to fix insulation: Combet
The Sydney Morning Herald
15 June 2010
The federal government has carried out less than a quarter of the safety inspections it promised on homes with suspect pink batts.
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Thousands of homes probed over insulation fears
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A lot to do to fix insulation: Combet
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A lot to do to fix insulation: Combet
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A lot to do to fix insulation: Combet
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A lot to do to fix insulation: Combet
Qld govt does homework on electric cars
The Age
15 June 2010
Electric cars are set to hit Australia next year and the Queensland government is doing its homework to ensure power grids are not overburdened.
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Qld govt does homework on electric cars
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Qld govt does homework on electric cars
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Qld govt does homework on electric cars
Darwin tops sustainable cities index
G-Online
15 June 2010
Darwin and Brisbane have beaten other capitals, but no Australian city has done well in the Australian Conservation Foundation’s first sustainable cities ranking.
PNG Carterets reaction to growing Pacific islands report
ABC Radio Australia
15 June 2010
For years we’ve been told that small pacific islands are about to disappear as a result of climate change. But findings released in the New Scientist magazine recently are set to challenge that thinking. A long term study by geologists has revealed that many islands in the central pacific are actually getting bigger and they’re not at risk of sinking.
Compromise won’t end whale slaughter: Garrett
ABC Online
15 June 2010
The Federal Government says it does not believe next week’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will bring an end to the killing of whales in the Southern Ocean.
Whale shown in dramatic harpoon footage
The Sydney Morning Herald
15 June 2010
Conservationists want Australia to lead the anti-whaling charge at a major summit next week, as dramatic footage is released of a whale being hit by an exploding harpoon.
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Whale shown in dramatic harpoon footage
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Whale shown in dramatic harpoon footage
Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
The Australian
15 June 2010
JAPAN is considering withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission if no progress is made towards easing an international ban on commercial whaling, its fisheries minister said today.
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving International Whaling Commission if commercial bans not lifted
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Japan considering leaving IWC
Greens deny split on native logging
ABC Online
15 June 2010
The Tasmanian Greens says their native forest logging policy does not contradict their federal colleagues.
$1.2m for SA environmental fight
ABC Online
15 June 2010
A total of $1.2 million in state funding will go to 56 community groups in South Australia for environmental projects.
Oil spill is a wake-up call for us all
ABC Online
15 June 2010
In London, the BP directors are debating whether to suspend the next round of dividend payments, following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, whilst the US President is making his fourth visit to the affected region before meeting the company directors on Wednesday. What does this mean for consumers and investors? Let’s consider it this way. |
