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• Trafigura fined over toxic waste export
A court in the Netherlands has fined oil trader Trafigura $1.5 million for illegally exporting tonnes of hazardous waste to West Africa.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Karumba judged the tidiest town Qld's far north
The remote town of Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria has been named far north Queensland's tidiest town.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• SA container recycling rate up 15pc
Drink container recycling is up almost 15 per cent in South Australia in the past two years.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Residents urged to report illegal rubbish dumping
The Member for Shellharbour, Lylea McMahon, says she is concerned about the illegal dumping of rubbish on some rural roads in the west Dapto area, and the potential impact it is having on the environment.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Plastic catamaran has message on a bottle
The crew of a catamaran made from plastic bottles say they hope their Pacific crossing will highlight the danger that plastic waste poses to oceans.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Waste recycling program delayed at Pt Pirie
A waste sorting and recycling plant for Port Pirie in the mid-north of South Australia is not expected to be operating until the end of May next year.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Businesses caught contaminating Sydney's catchment areas
Nearly 40 people and two business have been caught polluting waterways in the Sydney catchment area.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Plastic bottle yacht sails into Sydney
A catamaran made out of plastic bottles and captained by an heir to a banking dynasty has arrived in Sydney.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• School bans plastic water bottles
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in Sydney's north has banned the sale of plastic water bottles.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Tender review delays recycling plans
The City of Geraldton's Greenough's plans for kerbside recycling have been deferred, pending the outcome of a legal review into the tender process.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Message in a bottle not received
The captain of a boat made from plastic bottles which arrived in Sydney this week says he's disappointed Sydney's Lord Mayor has not signed up to a memorandum of understanding about waste management.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Sydney's garbage heading for Goulburn
A plan to increase the amount of waste sent from Sydney to Goulburn is facing criticism from environmentalists.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Xenophon to hear tip plan fears
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon will meet farmers in Bordertown today to discuss issues surrounding a proposed rubbish dump in the region.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Recycling trucks get fitted with cameras
There is a new set of eyes watching the Bundaberg region, with the launch of new recycling trucks this week fitted with cameras.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Permission granted for effluent's creek release
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given permission for treated effluent to begin flowing into the St Arnaud Creek, east of Horsham, from today.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Waste bill blows out
Costs associated with the Byron Shire's kerb-side clean up of bulky waste have blown out by 25 percent.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Lithgow businesses on notice over pollution, noise
Two Lithgow industrial businesses have been ordered to clean up their acts.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• e-Waste gets binned in collection program
The Eurobodalla Shire Council on the New South Wales far south coast is urging people to dispose of electronic waste responsibly during this year's hard-waste collection program.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Council welcomes e-waste funding
The Geraldton Greenough Council has welcomed Western Australia Government funding to help improve its management of electronic waste.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Court told of plastic bags testing conflict
The Federal Court has been told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) wants to speed up a court case about plastic bags it claims were falsely advertised as biodegradable in South Australia.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Water treatment project to green Clare
A federally-funded waste water treatment scheme will help green the Clare golf club, a nearby oval and a local vineyard in the mid-north of South Australia.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Bad air over tip closures
New South Wales Snowy Mountains residents say they are going to keep fighting to re-open a rubbish tip that has been closed for seven months.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• Plastic-bottle catamaran seeks shelter from storm
A catamaran made from recycled plastic bottles is being towed by the Mooloolaba Coastguard into sheltered waters off Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
• More health fears near closed toxic dump
Residents living near a disused toxic waste dump at Tullamarine in Melbourne's north-west say cancer rates in the area are eight times the Victorian average.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
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• French Experts Say Doubts Remain on GMO Maize Risks 
French experts said on Wednesday serious doubts remained over whether the only genetically modified (GMO) crop grown in France was safe, a move likely to prompt the extension of a current ban on GMOs.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
• Corn... fuel... fire! U.S. corn subsidies promote Amazon deforestation
According to Laurance, whose findings are reported this week in Science (December 14), a recent spike in Amazonian fires is being promoted by massive US subsidies that promote American corn production for ethanol. The ethanol is being blended with gasoline as an automobile fuel.
"American taxpayers are spending $11 billion a year to subsidize corn producers—and this is having some surprising global consequences," said Laurance.
The US is the world's leading producer of soy, but many American soy farmers are shifting to corn to qualify for the government subsidies. Since 2006, US corn production rose 19% while soy farming fell by 15%.
The drop-off in US soy has helped to drive a major increase in global soy prices, which have nearly doubled in the last 14 months. In Brazil, the world's second-largest soy producer, high soy prices are having a serious impact on the Amazon rainforest and tropical savannas.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
• Apple may be cool but it comes last on green list - Environment Australia
Apple Computer may be cool and hip with consumers, but it is anything but a trend-setter when it comes to good environmental policies, Greenpeace says.
Saturday, December 9, 2006
• Greens slam environmental law overhaul - Environment Australia
Parliament has approved a major overhaul of Australia's environmental laws which green groups have lamented as a backward step for the country's natural habitat.
Saturday, December 9, 2006
• 'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children' - Suicide soldier's dying words to his mother
While his peers from St Augustine's Catholic school were this month contemplating university careers or first jobs, Jason Chelsea was preoccupied with a different future: his first tour of duty in Iraq.
Friday, December 8, 2006
• Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerating - CSIRO
Global emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide have more than doubled since 1990 and the rate of increase is accelerating, according to new information gathered and analyzed by the Australian government research service.
Friday, December 8, 2006
• Jimmy Carter: Israeli 'domination' over Palestinians is 'atrocious' - Environment Australia
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter called Israeli "domination" over Palestinians "atrocious" during an interview Monday on ABC's Good Morning America.
Friday, December 8, 2006
• San Diego to ban Wal-Mart Supercenters - Environment Australia
The City Council here voted late Tuesday to ban certain giant retail stores, dealing a blow to Wal-Mart Stores Inc's potential to expand in the nation's eighth-largest city.
Friday, December 8, 2006
• Wind industry sniffs new direction
The Australian wind energy lobby group believes there are progressive attitudes towards the renewable energy on the Australian scene
Friday, November 10, 2006
• Australia lagging behind in solar uptake
Positive action in Germany has seen the industry boom with more than 30,000 jobs, while Australia is stagnant.
Friday, November 10, 2006
• Green groups tackling climate change in Victoria election.
Environment groups have weighed into Victoria's election campaign, calling on political parties to back a seven-point plan to tackle climate change.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
• Wild Jatropha Stirs Hope of Biodiesel Bounty in India
The glow from burning jatropha seed torches has often saved Maruti Chindu from treading on snakes, but now he carefully nurtures them for a use that he never imagined before -- running cars and trucks.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
• UN turns up heat on Australia - Environment Australia
THE head of the United Nations environment body has defended the Kyoto Protocol from attack by the Australian Government, and called on politicians to stop making decisions about climate change "based on narrow national self-interest".
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
• Rivers in crisis yet crops off hit list - Environment Australia
THE Murray-Darling river system could run out of water within six months, the Federal Government has warned.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
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Greens seek to capitalise on voter frustration
Bob Brown has appealed to voters who are frustrated with the major parties to put their trust in the Greens at the upcoming election.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Balloon ban a real letdown
A MAJOR waste strategy has proposed a helium balloon ban at hundreds of government-related events across the state to stop litter and protect wildlife.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Abbott raises eastern suburbs stormwater recycling bid
Opposition stormwater drinking plan for eastern suburbs
Friday, July 30, 2010
The watermelon party
Green or red, it is not necessarily the Greens' political colours that should interest voters, but their economic philosophy, write Nick O'Malley and David Humphries.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Centres on tidy town short list
CENTRES on tidy town short list.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Councils filming inside of household bins
HOUSEHOLD rubbish has come under unprecedented scrutiny, with Victorian councils filming the contents of bins.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Your new iPhone doesn't have to cost the earth.
Excited about the launch of the iPhone 4 but wondering what to do with your old iPhone?
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tony Abbott raises water level
TONY Abbott "understands" the River Murray is the lifeblood of South Australia but won't commit more than $16.5 million to water policy.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sydney's garbage heading for Goulburn
A plan to increase the amount of waste sent from Sydney to Goulburn is facing criticism from environmentalists.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Both major parties pledge stormwater reuse
The Federal Opposition will commit $16 million to a stormwater recycling plan for Adelaide's eastern suburbs.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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