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admin /24 May, 2008
By Kathryn Crisell in the Yorke Pensinsula Country Times
Plans for a desalination plant in Spencer Gulf to support BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine expansion have raised fears, hopes and questions since late 2006 when YPCT (November 28, “New threat to gulf fish stocksâ€) first posed concerns from local fishers and marine biologists about the “unacceptable risk of ecological damage to the upper gulf and marine-based industriesâ€.
Ron Sherriff says a “yes†to desalination at Port Hughes could harm local fisheries
admin /24 May, 2008
Over 100 people gathered in Melbourne to show their opposition to both the genetically engineered (GE) crops summit being held in the city and the commercial release of GE canola in Victoria. The rally was organised by Mothers Against GE (MADGE) and another anti-GE rally is planned outside the State ALP conference in Melbourne this Saturday.
admin /24 May, 2008
Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, today rejected Prime Minister Rudd’s extraordinary claim to have done all he can on fuel prices, highlighting five decisions his Government has made that have a negative impact and should be reversed.
Senator Milne said, “Prime Minister Rudd’s claim to have done all he can on fuel prices is a blinkered view which completely ignores the need to plan urgently for peak oil and wean Australia off our oil addiction fast.
admin /24 May, 2008
AS Bendigo anticipates another dismal autumn rainfall total, a leading atmospheric scientist has reinforced fears that the pattern is a result of climate change and not simply a drought.
A new CSIRO report, Wealth From Oceans, found that Victoria had suffered an almost 40 per cent decline in autumn rainfall since 1950, and warming of the Indian Ocean has been a big factor.
Bendigo has recorded only 55mm since March 1, making this the sixth year in the past eight to fall below the 15-year average of 96.6mm.
admin /24 May, 2008
Cara Jenkin, in the
Advertiser
A RIVERLAND almond grower who has bought $1 million worth of water to keep his business alive is calling for the State Government to do the same for irrigators for the start of the season.
Renmark grower Richard Smart, 63, said he went into considerable debt to purchase the water.
“If I can go out and lease water in, I can’t understand why the Government can’t go out and lease water and give irrigators a start of five or 10 per cent,” he said.
admin /24 May, 2008
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| Â Encouraging sign … emissions by so many nations in the G8 have not previously fallen together any year since 1990. |
GREENHOUSE gas emissions by all the Group of Eight industrial nations except Russia fell in 2006 in the broadest dip since the world started trying to slow climate change in 1990, a Reuters survey showed today.
Rising oil prices, some measures to curb global warming and a milder winter in the United States in 2006 that depressed energy demand for heating all contributed to an overall 0.6 per cent dip in G8 emissions in 2006 from 2005.
