Balmain Community Group helps residents go green
Climate Change Balmain-Rozelle, a NSW community group partly funded by Origin Energy, has decided to maximise its impact by targeting the role energy plays in global warming. Click here to read more …
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Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
Look out Labour: public backlash over Snowy sale
The sale of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme was motivated by "shortsighted madness" said Peter O’Connell of Curl Curl in The Daily Telegraph (23 May 2006, p.16).
"Surely some guru can work out a way to finance state and federal funding needs without mortgaging our future? Shame on you, Morris Iemma. You are a disgrace to your Labor forebears. Ben Chifley would despair at your lack of vision and leadership," he wrote.
Broadleaf herbicides set to be banned
Broadleaf herbicides containing the short-chain ester forms of 2,4-D are set to be banned under a proposal from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), according to The Land (18/5/2006, p.9). The authority is concerned the chemicals can evaporate after application, drift on the wind and pose an unacceptable risk to off-target crops and waterways.
Scotland to build Europes biggest wind farm
Scotland has given the green light to the biggest onshore wind farm in Europe. The 140-turbine farm in Scotland will have a maximum output at full capacity of 322 megawatts – enough, it is claimed, to power almost every home in Glasgow. Read the full story at Timesonline
Manhattan tests underwater turbines
Energy’s new spin
Underwater windmills in NYC create invisible solution
May 22, 2006
By David Ho Cox News
NEW YORK – As consumers worry over an uncertain energy future, a Virginia company is eyeing an unusual untapped power source: the rivers of the Big Apple.
Within weeks, Verdant Power plans to submerge experimental turbines in the East River off the coast of Roosevelt Island, a slice of land squeezed between Manhattan and Queens.
Oil price hits car sales
Australian car sales have dropped in response to rising oil prices reports the Sydney Morning Herald. SMH Story