The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
BY:KELMENY FRASER From: The Courier-Mail NATURAL Resources Minister Andrew Cripps has rejected claims new vegetation clearing laws will damage the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay. Mr Cripps last night described the claims as “alarmist rhetoric” based on inaccurate information. The comments were made during a debate on the wide-ranging Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, Continue Reading →
The Newman government is proposing amendments to the Vegetation Management Framework that would reduce protection of our native vegetation and allow the clearing of an estimated 700,000 hectares of Queensland’s endangered and ecologically significant forests and woodlands. “The proposed Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Bill causes us to have serious concerns about the future of Queensland’s Continue Reading →
Public Transport Victoria’s chief executive officer, Ian Dobbs, released a plan for a metro-style rail network on Wednesday. Read the report here In the plan, Mr Dobbs put the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel ahead of every other future rail project, including the long-awaited rail lines to Doncaster, Rowville and Melbourne Airport, saying the inner city’s Continue Reading →
Two new communities for Sydney AAPDecember 2, 2012, 9:33 pm tweet0 Email Print Two new communities will be created in Sydney providing more than 13,000 homes for nearly 39,000 people. At Marsden Park, about 40 kilometers from the Sydney CBD, more than 10,000 new homes will be built for nearly 30,000 people near the northwest Continue Reading →
Pesticide is killing Barrier Reef: WWF AAPNovember 28, 2012, 5:45 pm tweet0 Email Print A environmental group says Australia’s refusal to ban a toxic pesticide is placing the health of residents and the Great Barrier Reef at risk. WWF says the decision by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) on Wednesday to reduce Continue Reading →
The Fat of the Land Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:40 AM PST Robbing the poor, trashing the natural world: Europe’s farm subsidies are an obscenity. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th November 2012 There’s a neat symmetry in the numbers which helped to sink the European summit. The proposed budget was €50bn Continue Reading →