If elected, the Australian Labor Party says it will allocate $35 million to co-operative research centres examining Queensland’s reef and rainforest areas.
posted by seamas on August 30, 2004 at 4:15 pm · filed under 
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.
posted by seamas on August 30, 2004 at 4:12 pm · filed under
Conservationists are alarmed at reports an Irish super-trawler capable of storing 7000 tonnes of fish is headed for Australia.
posted by markmann on August 28, 2004 at 6:35 pm · filed under 
More than a hundred British MPs have sent a petition to John Howard urging him to protect Tasmania’s forests.
posted by markmann on August 28, 2004 at 6:27 pm · filed under 
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.
posted by markmann on August 28, 2004 at 6:05 pm · filed under 
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
posted by markmann on August 28, 2004 at 5:59 pm · filed under
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.
posted by seamas on August 26, 2004 at 3:42 pm · filed under 
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has spoken out against the proposal to allow oil and gas exploration in South Australia’s Great Australian Bight Marine Park. The group claims that the constant noise of the machinery will deter whales and dolphins from the breeding and feeding site, and have voiced particular concern for the “critically” endangered blue whale.
posted by ecomedia on August 25, 2004 at 5:05 pm · filed under
Residents of North-West Victoria have rallied against the proposal for a toxic waste dump in Nowingi. Locals are concerned that the waste has the potential to contaminate nearby lakes and damage Mildura’s fresh produce exports.
posted by ecomedia on August 25, 2004 at 5:00 pm · filed under
The federal goverment has voiced a commitment of resources towards the prevention of cane toad migration into Western Australia.
posted by ecomedia on August 25, 2004 at 4:56 pm · filed under 
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