China’s cities: push for ‘green’ centres creates suburban ‘cancer villages’ Cities shunt polluting plants to areas where damage is less visible as proof linking cancer rates to pollution remains elusive Share 21 inShare1 Email Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 June 2013 00.14 AEST Rapid development of China’s cities has coincided with the promotion Continue Reading →
5 June 2013, 12.06am EST Report questions economic benefit of shale gas extraction Australia may have over 1000 trillion cubic feet in undiscovered shale gas resource but the enormous cost of infrastructure needed to extract it may outweigh its economic benefit unless shale gas prices rise, a new report has found. Shale gas, which is buried Continue Reading →
Accelerating Ice Sheet Melt Is Raising Sea Levels, Says New Study Accurately Reported By Wall Street Journal By Joe Romm on Jun 3, 2013 at 5:31 pm Sea level rise last century versus the last two decades via Jet Propulsion Lab. Is it big news that “Rising Sea Level Tied to Faster Melt,” as the Continue Reading →
Ice Probes to Measure Melting Polar Ice, Rising Seas Denise Chow, LiveScience Staff Writer Date: 03 June 2013 Time: 05:27 PM ET inShare1 Meltwater stream on the Greenland ice sheet. CREDIT: Roger Braithwaite via NASA View full size image Special instruments installed in Greenland and Antarctica to measure melting ice may help scientists more accurately Continue Reading →
Govt moves changes to Gonski reforms AAPUpdated June 4, 2013, 8:13 pm tweet1 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo States that don’t agree to the federal government’s plan for schools will be funded in line with the present model but will be allowed to sign on after the June 30 deadline. School Education Minister Peter Continue Reading →
PM urged to personally sell asylum message By Ehssan Veiszadeh, AAPUpdated June 4, 2013, 8:40 pm tweet0 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been urged by one of her strongest supporters to do a better job selling her party’s asylum seeker policies or risk losing the debate to the Liberals. Continue Reading →