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Planet Ark promotes pocket ashtrays

Environmental group Planet Ark is urging smokers to carry a “pocket ashtray” for cigarette butts instead of dropping them on the ground.

posted by markmann on February 23, 2005 at 3:52 pm · filed under Various and general

Shell looks to ethanol

Oil giant Shell has said ethanol will play a key role in Australia’s future fuel usage.

posted by markmann on February 23, 2005 at 3:49 pm · filed under Climate, greenhouse and renewable energy

Water restrictions to stay for Melbourne

Water restrictions will become a permanent feature of life in Melbourne and other Australian cities.

posted by markmann on February 23, 2005 at 3:46 pm · filed under Oceans and coasts

Logging to start in Tassie forest before review

Forestry Tasmania is to start logging in a Tasmanian forest, despite local campaigners’ hopes that it would be part of the Federal Government’s promised new forest reserves.

posted by markmann on February 23, 2005 at 3:45 pm · filed under Forests, land and agriculture

Jared Diamond on Australians’ attitude to the environment

Jared Diamond, author of Collapse, a study of why civilisations often collapse after failing to deal with key environmental problems, writes about Australia’s attitudes to our environment.

posted by markmann on February 23, 2005 at 3:41 pm · filed under Various and general

Freycinet dams get go-ahead

Federal Hotels and Resorts has won permission to build four dams inside Freycinet national park in Tasmania to supply a new Coles Bay resort.

posted by markmann on February 17, 2005 at 4:04 pm · filed under Various and general

Sydney councils plan tax on 4WDs

Local councils in north Sydney are considering higher parking fees for 4WDs in a bid to discourage large cars that contribute to air pollution and global warming.

posted by markmann on February 17, 2005 at 3:59 pm · filed under Climate, greenhouse and renewable energy