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admin /19 February, 2010
Bullying tactics used in push to industrialise the Kimberley.
Right now, the Kimberley is under threat like never before. The WA government, the Federal Resources Minister (Martin Ferguson) and the company Woodside Ltd have activated a time bomb set to explode in the Kimberley.
- An endangered green turtle plays in the shallows at James Price Point, will you help to protect this special place? Photo (c) Rod Hartvigsen, Murranji Photography
Despite the grim warning of the recent Kimberley oil spill the rush continues to build a huge, polluting ‘Kimberley gas hub’ at James Price Point on the Kimberley coast, 50km north of Broome. This push to industrialise the Kimberley coast is occuring despite there being technically and economically viable alternatives that would be less environmentally destructive, such as processing in the Pilbara region which already has established industrial infrastructure.
If this proposal were to go ahead the impacts would include reef blasting and dredging, damaging crucial habitat for dugong, turtles and thousands of Humpback Whales which use the Kimberley coast as a nursery.
admin /18 February, 2010
Gloom obscures M5 tunnel filters
Cough … inside the M5 tunnel. Source: The Daily Telegraph
THE $70 million filtration of the M5 tunnel – one of the world’s most polluted – has failed.
The $50 million westbound filtration system is not pushing clean air into the tunnel while the $20 million eastbound project has been completely scrapped.
Despite a decade of promises, a dangerous peak-hour haze still clouds more than 100,000 commuters every day.
admin /18 February, 2010
UN top climate change boss quits post
YVO de Boer, the top UN climate change official, announced last night that he was resigning after a tumultuous four years in the job, marked by the failure to convince governments to agree on a post-Kyoto deal and revelations of a series of blunders in the UN’s 2007 report on climate change.
His departure as head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change takes effect on July 1, five months before 193 nations are due to reconvene in Mexico for another attempt to reach a binding worldwide accord on controlling greenhouse gases.
admin /18 February, 2010
Electricity sale grinds to a halt
ANDREW CLENNELL AND BRIAN ROBINS
February 18, 2010 – 2:00PM
The NSW government is set to announce a delay in the sale of its electricity retail assets this afternoon, senior government sources have confirmed, raising further questions over the funding of public transport projects.
The government hopes to raise $5-10 billion from the sale of the electricity retail and generation trader businesses, which could then be redirected to public transport projects.
But the Treasurer Eric Roozendaal will announce that the sale will not proceed until at least September, the Herald understands.
It is understood one reason for the delay is the complexity of the generation trader model for the sale set up by sacked former minister Joe Tripodi, which is putting off prospective buyers.
admin /18 February, 2010
China using ‘mind blowing’ amount of fertiliser Ecologist 14th February, 2009 Overuse of nitrogen fertilisers in China is leading to rapid soil acidification and is causing lasting damage to ecosystems, according to soil study Nitrogen fertilisers used to increase crop yields in China are having ‘extreme’ environmental consequences, according to a study from leading soil Continue Reading →
admin /18 February, 2010
Solar panels put homes at risk of fire: Clean Energy Council
February 18, 2010 – 10:00AM
Thousands of homes could be at risk of electrical fires due to badly installed solar panels under a federal government scheme.
Homeowners are offered a $1600 rebate to install solar hot water systems, under the scheme run by Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s department.
The Clean Energy Council says there is a risk of house fires because of rushed installation of the roof-top panels.
“If they [installers] do a mistake on one system they’ll tend to be doing it on all their systems that they’re installing,” council spokesman Geoff Stapelton told ABC Television last night.
