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admin /12 June, 2010
Counting the cost of drilling down deep
ANDREW DARBY
June 12, 2010
Fire burns on the partially collapsed West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea off Western Australia’s Kimberley coast in August. The Montara oil spill inquiry is due to report next week.
THE ecological catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico has failed to discourage the Rudd government, which has granted oil and gas explorers permission to drill deep off the Australian coastline.
The government has refused to follow the Obama administration’s decision to impose a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on April 20.
admin /12 June, 2010
Ban on coal-fired power plants in NSW
BUILDING coal-fired power plants will be banned in NSW as part of a new climate change policy expected to go to Cabinet next week.
With the Federal Government’s abandonment of a national emissions trading scheme, the State Government will move to curb greenhouse gas emissions with a clean energy policy which bans dirty power plants.
admin /11 June, 2010
Mining tax a factor in axed $4.5bn Hunter projects
Posted 57 minutes ago
The mining tax, carbon reduction legislation and electricity prices have led to the scrapping of billions of dollars worth of aluminium smelter upgrades in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
The ABC has been told Norwegian company Hydro has shelved its $4 billion Kurri Kurri smelter upgrade, while plans for Tomago Aluminium’s proposed $600 million potline have also been scrapped.
Escalating electricity prices are the biggest concern along with the mining tax, carbon reduction legislation and renewable energy targets.
admin /10 June, 2010
Surge in support puts Greens in the box seat
Once the ‘radical’ party of choice for environmentalists, social activists and libertarians, the Greens stand to clean up if they win over the conservative voters the Democrats left behind.
Last Tuesday, having received the worst polling news of his prime ministership, Kevin Rudd told a perplexed Labor caucus many Australians were reserving judgment on how they’d vote at the election.
The PM was clearly referring to the 16 per cent of voters supporting the Australian Greens, as recorded in that day’s Newspoll.
admin /10 June, 2010
Media Release – 10 June 2010 Major parties vote against Hunter & Lithgow coal health study Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said the major parties’vote yesterday against her motion in NSW Parliament calling for acomprehensive population health study to investigate the links betweenthe Hunter and Lithgow region’s coal and power industries and poorhealth Continue Reading →
admin /10 June, 2010
Land sale puts Gunns’ trees in firing line
Posted 2 hours 11 minutes ago
A move to sell off more assets owned by plantation company Great Southern has created uncertainty for Tasmanian timber company Gunns.
The receivers managing the failed company Great Southern are selling 640 properties in Western Australia and South Australia.
Gunns manages blue gum plantations on these properties on behalf of Great Southern investors.
