Inquiry demands more detail on Murray-Darling plan By Timothy McDonald, ABCJuly 6, 2012, 7:20 pm tweet0 Email Print A parliamentary inquiry into the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan wants a better explanation of how the Government intends to return water to the river system. The inquiry says the Government has outlined how much water it Continue Reading →
Murray-Darling budget slashed HEATH ASTON, JAMES ROBERTSON 17 Jun, 2012 03:00 AM THE agency responsible for the rescue plan for the Murray-Darling river system will be forced to cut staff after the NSW government reduced the national body’s funding by millions of dollars. In a move that was branded ”vindictive” by the Labor opposition, the Continue Reading →
Water Act powers could decide Murray fate AAPUpdated June 14, 2012, 12:09 pm tweet0 Email Print Environment Minister Tony Burke says he will consider using special Commonwealth intervention powers if the states can’t agree on the Murray Darling by the end of the year. “My hope is that I don’t have to use them … Continue Reading →
$500m to sweeten Murray deal for NSW Stephanie Peatling June 10, 2012 Read later “I resolutely maintain that the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan in its current form does not meet the needs of NSW” … Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson. Photo: Richard Briggs NSW will receive nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding Continue Reading →
Forget peak oil, the global water crisis will shake humanity to its coreFinancial PostClose to 1.4 million people in Athibohol, North East of Nairobi, are in dire need of relief food, as a result of the prolonged drought. You don’t hear much about the water crisis in the United States. Water is still cheap here Continue Reading →
Retreating glaciers are a threat to biodiversity Posted: 05 Jun 2012 07:27 AM PDT The projected disappearance of small glaciers worldwide threatens to eliminate the water supply for numerous towns in valleys, such as the Ecuadorian capital Quito, fed by the rivers that flow down from the surrounding mountains. But retreating ice is also a Continue Reading →