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Nasa satellites reveal extent of Arctic sea ice loss

admin /8 July, 2009

Nasa satellites reveal extent of Arctic sea ice loss Study – based on satellite measurements – among first to estimate the thickness of the Arctic ice, rather than surface areas  David Adam, environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 July 2009 13.33 BST Article history Arctic sea ice has thinned by more than 40% since 2004. Photograph: Continue Reading →

G8 polluters drop pledge to cut emissions

admin /8 July, 2009

G8 polluters drop pledge to cut emissions From correspondents in Italy | July 08, 2009 Article from:  Australian Associated Press MAJOR polluting nations meeting at a G8 summit in Italy have dropped a pledge to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a European Union official said. “There is indeed a very strong commitment to Continue Reading →

Obama makes nuclear compromise to pass clean energy bill

admin /8 July, 2009

Obama makes nuclear compromise to pass clean energy bill Endorsement of nuclear revival suggests president is open to further compromises in order to pass climate change bill   Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 July 2009 10.51 BST Article history The Obama administration endorsed a revival of America’s nuclear industry yesterday in an Continue Reading →

Farmers have had it: Nationals

admin /8 July, 2009

Premier John Brumby’s decision to raise the four per cent cap on water trade and the downturn in the dairy industry has affected the number of people trying to sell water, Shadow Minister for Country Water Resources and Deputy Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh said today. Mr Walsh has questioned Goulburn-Murray Water’s (G-MW’s) logic Continue Reading →

NSW town pushed to ban bottled water

admin /8 July, 2009

NSW town pushed to ban bottled water By environment reporter Shane McLeod for AM Vote tonight: Bundanoon is pondering a ban on bottled water (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) Audio: NSW’s Southern Highlands to ban plastic bottles (AM) Map: Bundanoon 2578 A town in the New South Wales southern highlands hopes to become the first community Continue Reading →

Drought alert as El Nino works up double whammy

admin /7 July, 2009

Drought alert as El Nino works up double whammy   Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer | July 07, 2009 Article from:  The Australian EASTERN Australia is increasingly likely to be hit by the drought-inducing double whammy of an El Nino and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. The Bureau of Meteorology is putting the odds of an Continue Reading →