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Federal Environment Minister Senator Ian Campbell is fighting a case brought by the proponents of the Bald Hills wind farm and Victoria, who suspect that his real concern in scuttling the project in May was to appease residents in the marginal Liberal electorate who had campaigned against the wind farm for aesthetic reasons, reported The Continue Reading →
Water supplies in more than 20 towns around Tasmania are unfit to drink, reported The Mercury (29/7/2006, p.7).
23 on boil-water alerts: The shock statistic was revealed on 28 July in the latest annual report on the state’s drinking-water quality. The report showed there were 23 towns and locations where permanent boil-water alerts had been issued because of water-quality issues. In this case, water had to be boiled before being safe to consume.
Northeast water not up to standard: Most of the towns are in the state’s North-East and have small populations. Boil-water alerts were put in place because water did not meet microbiological standards or it was untreated.
Greens push for funding: Tasmanian Greens water spokesperson Nick McKim called on the State Government to provide funding for local councils to improve drinking water.
Locations affected: Towns with a permanent boil-water alert are: Cornwall, Mole Creek, Fingal, Poatina, Mathinna, Rossarden, Ellendale, Gretna, Branxholm, Derby, Gladstone, Legerwood, Ringarooma, Herrick, Pioneer, Winnaleah, Whitemark, Lady Barron, Swansea, Judbery, Mountain River, Franklin-Jacksons Rd, and Lilydale.
The Mercury, 29/7/2006, p. 7
Source: Erisk Net
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com
Esteemed depleted uranium expert Dr. Doug Rokke is pointing the finger at Israel for using deadly and illegal depleted uranium munitions against the Lebanese people which were sold to them by the U.S. government – and calls for an immediate halt to the practice.
Dr. Doug Rokke’s military career spanned four decades before he was appointed as the head of the US Army’s investigative team into the assessment and teaching of the dangers of depleted uranium.
Dr. Rokke has been called upon as an advisor for the Centers of Disease Control, Department of Defense, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of Transportation, FAA, U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. General Accounting Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, British Royal Society, British House of Lords and House of Commons, United Nations, and Presidential Special Oversight Board.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/28/stories/2006072807251600.htm
Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW: Russia will sell Venezuela weapons worth $3 billion despite strong objections from the United States.
As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Thursday, Russia’s chief arms exporter announced his country had clinched arms deals with Venezuela worth $3 billion. The deals include the supply of 24 Russian Sukhoi-30 jets and 53 helicopters, Rosoboron head Sergei Chemizov told Russian television. Mr. Chavez is also negotiating to buy a factory for the manufacture of Russia’s famous Kalashnikov rifles in addition to 100,000 Kalashnikovs he purchased from Russia off the shelf.
The U.S., which had banned all arms sales to Venezuela, called on Russia to cancel the deals, claiming the arms purchases exceeded Venezuela’s defensive needs and "are not helpful in terms of regional stability."
However, President Putin said Russia would stand by its commitments.
Companies plunging in: An increasing number of companies have plunged into CSM exploration and development in recent years, including Eneabba Gas, Santos, QGC, Arrow, CH4, Planet Gas and Molopo Australia. Others, including RedFork Energy, are on the CSM hunt in the US.
Most Qld gas in seams: The state Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water has estimated Queensland’s total gas resources at 6.3 trillion cubic feet – and five-sixths of that is contained in coal seams.
The Western Australian government last week released a discussion paper that floated the idea of preserving significant reserves of natural gas for future use.
Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane slammed the proposition said the Commonwealth Government believed in allowing the market to determine how the gas was used. He has subsequently threatened to use federal powers to block any WA move to turn the discussion paper into action.