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admin /29 January, 2009
From The Land
Textile manufacturers and distributors want to source more Australian Certified Organic cotton, according to the Biological Farmers of Australia, but they say the industry faces significant challenges without more support.
According to the latest edition of the BFA’s e-newsletter, The Organic Advantage, demand for organic cotton is on the rise, but not production.
It quotes organic manchester manufacturer and distributor Peter Byl, from Organature, as saying he is on his last batch of “Australian produced organic cotton from a crop harvested three years ago”.
admin /29 January, 2009
The solar industry is going through a rocky period of change due to the economic crisis. This restructuring is most evident in cash-strapped states, where legislators and regulators are exploring how to move beyond solar programs that rely on traditional rebates funded by tax payers.
Changes to these programs are causing some turmoil in the market as states enter uncharted territory and experiment with a variety of options, while stakeholders heatedly debate which options may be most effective.
admin /29 January, 2009
From The Land GROUNDWATER irrigators are fuming that their industry is again under scrutiny. Federal Water Minister Penny Wong a week ago turned her sights on the sector following a report by the CSIRO released late last year that said extraction in seven NSW and Queensland areas was “unsustainable”. “In Australia’s water management, groundwater has Continue Reading →
admin /29 January, 2009
From The Land
The days of petrol at $1 a litre in the major cities and cheaper petrol in regional Australia have come to an end.
Australian petrol prices could rise more than 10 cents a litre within a fortnight because of a weak dollar and rising Asian oil prices.
The anticipated price jump follows a significant rise last week when the national average price of unleaded petrol climbed almost five cents to 110.4 cents a litre.
admin /29 January, 2009
From The Land AUSTRALIA’S largest private irrigation company has stepped into the water market to become the protector of the southern irrigation region. Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL), based at Deniliquin, is in the midst of launching two major initiatives aimed at keeping water in the Murray Valley irrigation region around Deniliquin, Finley, Berrigan and Wakool. Continue Reading →
admin /29 January, 2009
From The Guardian
It is available for free in huge quantities, is not owned by Saudi Arabia and it contributes minimally towards climate change. The latest green fuel might seem like the dream answer to climate crisis, but until recently raw sewage has been seen as a waste disposal problem rather than a power source. Now Norway’s capital city is proving that its citizens can contribute to the city’s green credentials without even realising it.
In Oslo, air pollution from public and private transport has increased by approximately 10% since 2000, contributing to more than 50% of total CO2 emissions in the city. With Norway’s ambitious target of being carbon neutral by 2050 Oslo City Council began investigating alternatives to fossil fuel-powered public transport and decided on biomethane.
