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Recycle Australia News from the ABC
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• Water recycling to go ahead despite rain: Bligh
The Premier says rising dam levels will not change her mind about recycled water.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Fears waste disposal charges will boost rates
New charges for waste disposal announced in the New South Wales mini-Budget could force Wollondilly council and other councils to increase rates.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Council backs green waste service
The Burdekin Shire Council has voted to introduce a green waste service and reduce the size of general rubbish bins.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Stronger demand 'needed for weekly recycling'
Brisbane's Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says weekly collection of yellow-topped domestic recycling bins will not introduced until yields increase.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Bottle yard downplays council recycling initiative
The Broken Hill City Council has announced a new initiative to encourage residents to recycle at Channing's Bottle Yard, but the company says it is not going to make much difference.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• New plant to recycle electronic trash
The country's first recycling plant for electronic waste has been opened in western Sydney.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Traditional land owners appeal against nuclear storage
Traditional owners from sites earmarked for a potential nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory have begged a Senate Inquiry not to store nuclear material on their land.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• SA plastic bag ban a 'breakthrough'
Organisers of the National Plastic Bag Campaign says SA's ban on plastic shopping bags is a breakthrough.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• New machine to clean gum off Brisbane streets
The Brisbane City Council says a new cleaning machine will help tackle one of its biggest public litter problems while also saving water.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Waste dump opponents face Senate inquiry
Opponents of a potential nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory will address a Senate inquiry in Alice Springs today.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Council to reconsider dump proposal
The controversial Kulangoor bioreactor dump may be scrapped as part of the Sunshine Coast council's new waste management strategy.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Toilet art highlights world's sanitation problems
An art exhibition is Brisbane is raising awareness about the 2.6 billion people who do not have access to a hygienic toilet.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• New site found for Marathon's waste
A new dumping site has been found for Marathon Resources' uranium exploration waste in SA.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Desal plans under scrutiny
South Australia's Public Works Committee will meet this afternoon to examine the State Government's plans to build a desalination plant at Port Stanvac.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Rain sparks calls for Qld to quit recycling plans
Recent rain wreaking havoc in south-east Queensland has renewed a push for the state to cancel plans to use recycled water.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Bag ban passed by SA Parliament
SA has become the first state to legislate for a ban on most plastic shopping bags from next year.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Community raises desal concerns
Nearly 200 people have voiced their concerns at a public meeting about the Port Stanvac desalination plant.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Govt urged to regulate computer, TV recycling
A coalition of environment and industry groups is proposing that governments nationally regulate the recycling of computers and televisions.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Bag levy to fund environmental projects
The Greens say revenue from a levy on plastic shopping bags will be spent on environmental projects.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Council recycling backflip
The Devonport City Council in north-west Tasmania has changed its mind about kerbside recycling.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Councils promote recycling awareness
Councils across the New South Wales north coast are this week promoting conservation awareness as part of National Recycling Week.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Sunshine Coast council considers waste options
The development of a new waste management strategy for the Sunshine Coast has been described as one of the most important tasks confronting the region.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Backyard rubbish burning sparking false alarms
The Broken Hill Fire Brigade says residents who burn rubbish in their backyard are using up emergency services resources.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Ministers to meet over packaging, recycling progress
Australia's environment ministers are meeting in Adelaide today to review the group that oversees the recycling of packaging in Australia.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
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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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When you've got to pick a package or two (Glen Innes Examiner)
OF ALL the plastic bottles, cartons, tin cans and glass jars on the shelves, surely one type of container is better for the environment than the rest. So which packaging should we pick?
Friday, November 21, 2008
NASA marks 10th ISS anniversary with spacewalk (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour marked the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Thursday by exiting the station for the second of four spacewalks.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Water recycling under a cloud (The Courier Mail)
THE Government's water adviser has reignited speculation water recycling could be dumped, after suggesting it could be postponed to save money.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Rain sparks calls for Qld to quit recycling plans (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Recent rain wreaking havoc in south-east Queensland has renewed a push for the State Government to cancel plans to use recycled water.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Australia's giant e-waste recycling centre: Photos (cnet.com.au)
The largest e-waste recycling centre in the southern hemisphere was opened this week in Sydney's Villawood amid controversy over the Federal Government's refusal to commit to a mandatory e-waste recycling policy.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Astronauts install water recycler on space station (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crewmates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Electronic recycling plant opens in Sydney (iTNews)
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has opened a new e-waste recycling plant,but environmentalists are falling over themselves to say that it was not enough to solve the country's epidemic of gadgety garbage.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
New plant to recycle electronic trash (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The country's first recycling plant for electronic waste has been opened in western Sydney.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
No e-waste tax: Garrett (Australian IT)
CONSUMERS won't be taxed for recycling electronic goods such as computers, TVs and mobile phones.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sticking it out for recycling (Inverell Times)
IN a bid to stop contamination at Northhaven Recycling Centre, stickers detailing what can and can’t go be recycled are being put on every bin in the shire.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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• New: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in orcas
... possibly weakened by toxic chemicals in their environment and a salmon shortage, could be wiped ... a catastrophic event - such as an oil spill or disease. Some say a loss ... British Columbia in a eucalyptus tree from Australia, where the fungus is native. Spores may ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Climate models missing black carbon and resultant CO2 emission
... fires occur almost every year in northern Australia, leaving behind black carbon that remains in soil for thousands of years. (PhysOrg.com) A ... release more carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere, which, in turn, creates ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Workers contaminated at Ranger Mine
... to investigate the claims relating to the Energy Resources of Australia mine, about 260km east of Darwin. Australian ... the latest in a long history of environmental and occupational leaks, spills, incidents and accidents. ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in orcas
... possibly weakened by toxic chemicals in their environment and a salmon shortage, could be wiped ... a catastrophic event - such as an oil spill or disease. Some say a loss ... British Columbia in a eucalyptus tree from Australia, where the fungus is native. Spores may ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Nissan won't delay EV family
... in demand. However, in an interview with Australian journalists at the show, Mr Ghosn said ... solve the issue of delivering an emissions-free electricity grid. Today, no matter what is the ... it's up to government to clean the energy power - that's not (the car industry's) ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Downturn 'good' for defence recruiting
... have been for a little while in Australia, we find it is a much more competitive environment to recruit people and a more demanding ... through the roof as in recent months. Oil is now below $US50 a barrel and ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• A passion for feed in tariffs
... is the tariff applied to anyone generating electricity from renewable sources and feeding the excess ... the grid. Both the ACT and South Australia have introduced schemes but there is no ... households and small businesses to install renewable energy sources. Dr Kelly said: "The government is ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Workers contaminated
... to investigate the claims relating to the Energy Resources of Australia mine, about 260km east of Darwin. Australian ... the latest in a long history of environmental and occupational leaks, spills, incidents and accidents. ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• California initiative targets "green" infrastructure
... competitive advantage, while reducing its independence on oil for transportation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ... model of electric vehicles, fuelled by renewable energy and beginning in the state's Bay area, ... that it has in Israel, Denmark and Australia. Network planning and permitting will begin in ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Who are these pirates? What are they doing?
... to board from their own low skiffs. Oil tankers are a rarity. MUCH MONEY IN ... a ship being sunk resulting in an environmental catastrophe. Pirates could also become agents of ... a friends boat they were sailing from Australia to France. French President Nicholas Sarkozy was ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• PSE Renewable Energy Center Marks Successful First Season Of Operation
... The growth of renewable energy in Washington is now matched by the ... and solar power can do for the environment and the economy." The Renewable Energy Center, ... countries (from the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Central and South America) toured ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Dennis Shanahan: Farmers need our support
... as much time as possible in rural Australia, listening to farmers. Since then he has ... trading scheme on energy-intensive industries and domestic electricity users, farmers are already experiencing real and ... Garrett's secondary point: genuine sustainability. Just as energy security - the ability to guarantee resources ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Henry J. Kaiser, Industrialist
... to invest in new steel operations in Australia that proved to be incredibly successful. The ... in 1952. Though still full of entrepreneurial energy, he left the day-to-day operations of his ... organization that seeks ways to protect the environment without big government. The Institute has prepared ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Kate Troll to participate in global climate summit
... Next week, leaders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, the European ... and research for renewable energy, efficiency and energy conservation and believes a strong economy and ... energy and world class supplies of natural gas we need to position Alaska as being ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
• Market closes at new 4-year lows
... The Australian share market has closed 3.5 per cent ... should buffer it against global financial market turmoil despite a 43 per cent fall in ... Media Holdings was steady at $2.13. The energy sector was weaker, with Woodside giving up ...
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
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