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European biofuel targets contributing to global hunger, says Oxfam

admin /18 September, 2012

European biofuel targets contributing to global hunger, says Oxfam Report says 10% objective competes with food production and should be scrapped in effort to reduce food price spikes Share30 Email Felicity Lawrence guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 September 2012 11.41 BST Jatropha is harvested in Taabo, Ivory Coast. European demand for biofuels is pressurising global land and Continue Reading →

Walkers urge power stations’ conversion

admin /18 September, 2012

Walkers urge power stations’ conversion Updated Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:25am AEST Audio: Walk promoting solar thermal power(ABC News) Related Story: Govt scraps plans to shut dirty power stations Map: Port Augusta 5700 About 80 people are walking from Port Augusta to Adelaide as part of a campaign for Port Augusta’s two coal-fired power stations Continue Reading →

Barry fiddles as mandate burns

admin /18 September, 2012

Barry fiddles as mandate burns From:The Daily Telegraph September 19, 201212:00AM 0 IN March 2011 Barry O’Farrell went before the people of this state with a promise to “make NSW number one again”. A year and a half later he hasn’t even made the Top 40. So glacial has his pace been in turning the Continue Reading →

Higher Aussie bids for Cubbie knocked back

admin /18 September, 2012

Higher Aussie bids for Cubbie knocked back By economics correspondent Stephen Long, ABCUpdated September 18, 2012, 10:37 pm tweet3 Email Print It has been revealed that at least a dozen Australian bidders expressed interest in buying Queensland’s Cubbie Station but were rejected. The property is Australia’s largest cotton farm and the biggest irrigation operation in Continue Reading →

36% Of ‘Major’ Hotels At Risk From Sea Rise

admin /18 September, 2012

36% Of ‘Major’ Hotels At Risk From Sea RiseBahamas TribuneMore than one-third of “major” Bahamian hotels will be impacted by just a one metre sea level rise, with a regional study calling for “serious and urgent” action to address the likely climate change impacts on this nation. The study, published earlier …See all stories on Continue Reading →