Archive for August, 2004

Labor would return funding to Queensland CRCsLink to full story

If elected, the Australian Labor Party says it will allocate $35 million to co-operative research centres examining Queensland’s reef and rainforest areas.

North Korean environment assessment report releasedLink to full story

In a first, the UN and officials from North Korea have agreed on an assessment of the environment in the isolated nation for 2003. The report paints a devastating picture, but also suggests that North Korea may be more willing to work with the international community towards improving its environmental sustainability.

Super trawler could threaten Australia’s marine ecosystemLink to full story

Conservationists are alarmed at reports an Irish super-trawler capable of storing 7000 tonnes of fish is headed for Australia.

British MPs urge Australia to protect Tasmanian forestsLink to full story

More than a hundred British MPs have sent a petition to John Howard urging him to protect Tasmania’s forests.

Australian scientists claim breakthrough in hydrogen powerLink to full story

Two scientists from UNSW claim to have found a way to produce hydrogen energy - touted as the energy of the future - without producing greenhouse gases.

Australia sitting on hydrogen boomLink to full story

Hydrogren power from solar energy can make Australia the world’s richest nation, according to T. Nejat Veziroglu, director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

FoE demands release of nuclear dump site shortlistLink to full story

Friends of the Earth are calling on the Federal Science Minister to release the secret shortlist of potential sites for a planned national nuclear waste dump.

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