Fukushima disaster paves way for new geothermal plants Drive to find alternatives to nuclear power overrides fears that natural hot springs will be damaged by energy development Share9 Email Justin McCurry in Tsuchiyu Onsen, Fukushima prefecture guardian.co.uk, Thursday 9 August 2012 15.32 BST Kazuya Ikeda explains the future location and logistics of a geothermal plant Continue Reading →
Putting a price on the rivers and rain diminishes us all Payments for ‘ecosystem services’ look like the prelude to the greatest privatisation since enclosure Share1479 Email George Monbiot guardian.co.uk, Monday 6 August 2012 20.30 BST Jump to comments (414) Our rivers and natural resources are to be valued and commodified, a move that will Continue Reading →
News 10 new results for POPULATION GROWTH Population growth prompts Phoenixville to redraw political boundariesThe MercuryAll members of the committee, which include Mayor Lee Scoda, council members Jennifer Mayo and Christopher Bauers, and citizens Larry Tillotson and Mike Kuznar, attended the Aug. 2 meeting which featured much poring over maps colored by ward and …See all stories Continue Reading →
Read more… Oil Companies Still Hiding the True Risks of Deepwater Drilling from Investors Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT Oil and gas companies are doing a terrible job of disclosing climate and deepwater drilling risks, even in light of the tragic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a new report.While companies are making Continue Reading →
We’ll all look like fuels if we don’t unite to save jobs at Kurnell refinery by: Paul Howes From:The Sunday Telegraph August 05, 201212:00AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share Add to Digg Add to del.icio.us Add to Facebook Add to Kwoff Add to Myspace Add to Newsvine What are these? 0 Continue Reading →
New Murray-Darling plan criticised ABCUpdated August 6, 2012, 7:18 pm tweet0 Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo Premiers and ministers from three states have criticised a published by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. The authority published a new draft this morning in response to a series of proposals put forward by state water ministers last Continue Reading →