China warns it will execute serious polluters By John Upton Adam CohnWhoever polluted this river is in big trouble. There are carrot and stick approaches to tackling pollution. China is reaching for the stick. The country announced Wednesday that it is willing to impose the harshest possible penalty on polluters. From Reuters: Chinese authorities have given Continue Reading →
18 June 2013, 2.21pm EST Australian media failures promote climate policy inaction Four months ago, the big media proprietors were fighting proposed federal government press reforms, arguing that “the press” needs freedom if it is to defend the public interest. But these arguments were raised only to defend the media’s system of self-regulation. What was absent Continue Reading →
Floods, hailstones and snow as freak weather causes chaos across Europe Comments Email Print Font Size 4 Share Tom Kington Rome – 03 June 2013 Italian farmers are facing €1bn in damage to crops after rainfall rose by 24pc in May, prompting Lake Garda to burst its banks. Also in this section Ian Brady to Continue Reading →
Dear Neville, Last night I slept in a sleeping bag, on a sheet of cardboard, in the centre of Canberra as one of over 1000 CEOs, political leaders and public servants who took part in Vinnie’s ‘CEO Sleepout’ to fundraise and raise awareness about Australia’s housing crisis. I spent just eleven hours ‘sleeping rough’ in Continue Reading →
Tassie grinds for growth NICK CLARK | June 21, 2013 12.01am THE exodus of people interstate has contributed to Tasmania recording the nation’s slowest population growth last year. The increase of 400 people or 0.1 per cent took the population to 512,400 and came despite an excess of interstate departures over arrivals Continue Reading →
Women’s Rights & World Population: A Conversation With Suzanne Ehlers Anushay Hossain, Contributor 1 comments, 0 called-out Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments 136 45 1 0 0 Suzanne Ehlers is President of Population Action International (PAI). Image Credit: PAI Figuring out that to effectively curb Continue Reading →