Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Great storm: a wind of change for conservationists Experts say the 1987 storm transformed thinking about managing English woodlands and ideas of natural beauty Share34 Email John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 October 2012 15.33 BST Jump to comments (31) Uprooted trees at at Wakehurst Place following the 1987 storm. Photograph: Kew RBG It Continue Reading →
Labor ministers to appear at sensational corruption hearing by: Vanda Carson From:The Daily Telegraph October 15, 20123:31PM 1 MORE than 40 people, including two former NSW Labor ministers have today asked to be represented by lawyer at a sensational corruption hearing set to start in two weeks time. The inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Continue Reading →
I can vouch for the expertise of Ron Christie. I was associated with him in the 1980’s during a Union -Management review of freight traffic prior to the closure of Darling Harbour Goods Yard. An earlier report by Ron Christie on transport problems appears to have been removed from the Internet. They think they know Continue Reading →
Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS October 14, 2012 Compiled: 12:36 AM In California, a Grand Experiment to Rein in Climate Change By FELICITY BARRINGER (NYT) On Jan. 1, California will become the first state in the nation to charge industries across the economy for the greenhouse gases they emit. Why California’s Proposition 37 Should Matter Continue Reading →
Waking the methane monster is madness (2)Record-Searchlight (blog)The total amount of methane stored beneath the Arctic is calculated to be greater than the overall quantity of carbon locked up in global coal reserves so there is intense interest in the stability of these deposits as the polar region warms at a …See all stories on Continue Reading →
New sea–level rise calculator to account for climate changeLocal government professionals working in coastal areas can now allow for projected sea–level rise when developing new coastal infrastructure or estimating …www.ipwea.org.au/ipwea/BlogsMain/BlogViewer/?…f5ce…