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Gunns says market remains difficult

admin /31 August, 2009

Gunns says market remains difficult Monday August 31, 2009, 6:47 pm Woodchipper Gunns Ltd has booked a virtually flat annual net profit and says the market for forest products remains difficult. Gunns also says it is still negotiating the financing of its $2.2 billion pulp mill project at Bell Bay in Tasmania. As it released Continue Reading →

Vale Geoff Moxham

admin /30 August, 2009

Advocater for biochar and inventor, Geoff Moxham, died in a freak forest accident on Thursday 27th August. It is believed that Moxham was killed while cutting rafters for a new biochar facility when a tree entangled by vines with another tree that he felled was pulled onto him. A long term proponent of the efficacy Continue Reading →

Water trial part of Roxby expansion plan

admin /28 August, 2009

Water trial part of Roxby expansion plan ABC August 28, 2009, 12:56 pm ABC News © Enlarge photo Related Links Hotter, drier spring on its way August 26, 2009, 1:28 pm BHP Billiton plans to run a trial of drawing water from a hypersaline aquifer below its proposed open pit expansion of the Olympic Dam Continue Reading →

Turning charcoal into carbon gold

admin /28 August, 2009

Turning charcoal into Carbon Gold A chocolate maker and music promoter aim to create a £1bn biochar industry, in a controversial effort to fight climate change David Adam, environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 August 2009 14.47 BST Article history In a patch of woodland on the outskirts of Hastings, on the English south coast, a Continue Reading →

Bottled water bumps up parliament’s carbon footprint

admin /28 August, 2009

Bottled water bumps up parliament’s carbon footprint A report commissioned by Commons authorities into the Houses of Parliament’s use of bottled water found that it uses over 21,000 bottles of water each year, resulting in a carbon footprint of 12 tonnes. From BusinessGreen.com, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 August 2009 12.09 Continue Reading →

Langlee Wave Power And Unmaksan To Build 24-MW System

admin /28 August, 2009

August 27, 2009 Langlee Wave Power And Unmaksan To Build 24-MW System Oslo, Norway [Hydro Review] Turkish energy company Unmaksan and Norwegian energy company Langlee Wave Power have signed a deal to build a 24-MW wave power system off the coast of Turkey. The exact location has not been determined. The first phase of the Continue Reading →