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China has bought a controlling stake in a $160 million South Australian uranium deposit in a move that allows it to bypass Australian suppliers and export directly to its own nuclear power plants, reported The Australian (14/9/2006, p.1).
Queensland retailers have been selling a mobile watering cart despite rules that make it illegal to water gardens with the product, reported The Courier Mail (15/9/2006, p.15). Gardeners mob shops for mega bucket: The 60-litre "bucket on wheels" had been such a hit that Bunnings Warehouse has sold out for months and would take two Continue Reading →
Injecting sulphates into the atmosphere while also reducing carbon emissions could help stabilize climate change, a new computer model suggests.
The model, prepared by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., suggests that an approach using both methods would be more effective than either one alone.
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A 28 minute video, Ludicrous Diversion, from the UK outlines the way in which the UK laws have been used a number of times to silence critics of the government. The accidental murder and arrest of UK citizens have been justified on the grounds that "we know we need strong controls in changing times". Watch Continue Reading →
Leading article in The Age analyses Victorian water crisis and the need for public education on recycling
Victoria’s water supplies are reaching parlous levels, says The Age (14/9/06, p.14) in a leading article.
Beyond parlous: Indeed, in some regions they have gone beyond parlous. With Melbourne having had its driest winter since 1982, its water storages are at just under 47 per cent. If this falls to 44.6 per cent by next month, stage two restrictions come into force.
Lynda Gledhill, Matthew Yi, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau San Francisco Chronicle
(09-13) 04:00 PDT Sacramento — Election season is barely under way, but two ballot measures that strike at the bottom lines of oil and tobacco firms have already attracted more than $100 million in campaign contributions.
In separate media blitzes, tobacco companies are trying to defeat a measure that would tax cigarette sales to fund health care programs, and oil companies are trying to sink a measure that would tax oil production to increase research into alternative fuels.
With the barrage of television ads likely to continue until election day, other ballot measures, such as a package of five public works bonds that together have collected $20 million in campaign contributions, could get overshadowed, some observers say.