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Germany to cut solar power subsidies

admin /3 March, 2012

Germany to cut solar power subsidies Government plans to reduce subsidies by up to 30% as high consumer demand leaves it unable to support green energy Share15 reddit this Kate Connolly in Berlin guardian.co.uk, Friday 2 March 2012 19.05 GMT Article history An protester wearing a mask of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and looking Continue Reading →

Relocation fears as ocean swallows Torres Strait

admin /3 March, 2012

Relocation fears as ocean swallows Torres Strait By Hagar Cohen for Background Briefing, ABCMarch 3, 2012, 2:07 pm tweet0 Email Print For almost a decade, Torres Strait Islanders have been lobbying the Federal Government for funding to build seawalls. There are six low-lying islands that are inundated a few times a year, during king tides. Continue Reading →

‘Transition Towns

admin /3 March, 2012

Here are some transition towns.     Transition Towns The Transition Towns concept attempts to provide a local focus for organising within local communities to encourage a shift towards sustainable living. It ties together concerns about climate change and peak oil and the longstanding green precept to “think global, act local” into the concept that Continue Reading →

Eight dead as tornadoes hit central US

admin /3 March, 2012

These are becoming much more frequent   Eight dead as tornadoes hit central US March 3, 2012 – 1:08PM Read later Henryville High School was destroyed after powerful storms hit the town. Photo: AP Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north have wrecked two small towns and Continue Reading →