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Central cause of bushfires is climate change

admin /22 February, 2009

Well respected author and publisher, Geoffrey Heard, wrote last week that the Royal Commission into the Victorian Bushfires must recognise that the fires are a symptom of climate change andmake addressing the underlying cause of climate change the top priority in protecting the state against further such events. “We are not in dought,” he wrote, “we are in a well forecast and well documented general drying of the south-east of [Australia]. He also noted that the reuse and recycling of water, as well as the expansion of forested areas around existing water catchments is critical to protect the drinking supply from the impacts of both fires and their underlying cause, climate change. 

Global economy is in China’s hands

admin /22 February, 2009

From the Australian

THE good news is that the world is still funding Aussie banks. The ANZ Bank last week raised $3 billion from the issue of so-called samurai bonds. Japanese investors are reassured by the government guarantee and attracted by Australia’s relatively high yields underpinned by the Reserve Bank. The bad news is that our biggest export market will buy much less of what Australia sells.

Mercury faces international ban

admin /22 February, 2009

From the UK Guardian

Environment ministers overcame seven years of obstacles today and committed to reducing the world’s mercury pollution.

In a sign of America’s return to a global leadership role, United Nations environment ministers meeting in Nairobi agreed to take immediate steps to limit exposure to mercury.

The Australian Senate Condemns Japanese Violence

admin /22 February, 2009

 Greens senator, Rachel Siewert, tabled a motion which was supported by a majority of the Australian Senate, condemning violence by the Japanese whaling ships in the southern ocean and threatening to take legal action against the Japanese whalers in the international courts.

A transcript of the motion follows.

Australian government betrays Sea Shepherd

admin /22 February, 2009

Four days after the Australian Senate passed a resolution condemning Japanese whaling, the Australian Federal Police boarded the anti-whaling ship, Steve Irwin, and confiscated months worth of video and audio recordings as well as the log books and documentation of the ship’s anti-whaling activities in the Southern Ocean. Skipper of the Steve Irwin, Captain Paul Watson, said “The Rudd government was elected on a promise to take the Japanese whaling industry to court for their illegal whaling activities. Now they seem to be more interested in taking Sea Shepherd to court for our efforts to intervene against illegal whaling operations.” He has successfully challenged illegal whaling operations in many courts over the twenty years he has operated his crusade against whaling. The Steve Irwin is named after the famous Australian animal activist, who died after an encounter with a sting ray. His foundation is a major supporter of Sea Shepherd.

 

 

Read the resolution of the Australian Senate

Farmer cops big fine for destroying wetlands

admin /15 February, 2009

An environmental vandal was fined $400,000 for destroying 486 hectares of wetlands at Yarool Station in the Gwydir district in northern NSW. The Gwyir wetlands are the breeding ground for a large range of water birds inluding ibis, herons, spoonbills and ducks. More than 90 percent of the wetlands have been cleared in the last two decades. The farmer had been warned in 2004 not to clear the land but claimed that he thought the warning actually gave him permission. The land was cleared by two giant bulldozers linked with chains.

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