With public submissions closing for the Tasmanian Government’s draft plan to tackle climate change, state conservation groups have been among the most critical of the plan.
posted by seamas on January 31, 2007 at 2:13 pm · filed under 
The Swiss-based World Glacier Monitoring Service says glaciers are melting at an increased rate, suggesting global warming is speeding up.
posted by markmann on January 30, 2007 at 5:47 pm · filed under
An IPCC report says the Great Barrier Reef could be functionally extinct within 20 years.
posted by markmann on January 30, 2007 at 5:44 pm · filed under 
The United Nations inter-governmental panel on climate change is meeting in Paris to consider how it will include evidence of global warming in it’s upcoming report.
posted by seamas on January 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm · filed under
With the Science Minister preparing to shut down Australia’s only operating nuclear reactor the Australian Conservation Foundation has urged the Federal Government to abandon plans to impose a radioactive waste dump on the Northern Territory.
posted by seamas on January 30, 2007 at 1:07 pm · filed under 
The UN’s panel on climate change warns that we have just 10 years to check greenhouse emissions or face drastic changes that could make much of the planet uninhabitable
posted by markmann on January 28, 2007 at 2:46 pm · filed under
State Premier Peter Beattie has scrapped a referendum and will introduce recycled drinking water for South-East Queensland.
posted by markmann on January 28, 2007 at 2:37 pm · filed under 
Scientist, author and climate change campaigner Tim Flannery has been named as Australian of the Year.
posted by markmann on January 26, 2007 at 7:08 pm · filed under 
Federal Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has advocated bipartisan approach to tackling Australia’s water crisis, apparently backing the $10 billion plan outlined in Prime Minister John Howard’s Australia Day address.
posted by seamas on January 26, 2007 at 1:59 pm · filed under
In the next week, 29 local councils in Tasmania will meet to consider water and sewerage issues, including how to best manage water resources into the future.
posted by seamas on January 24, 2007 at 3:59 pm · filed under
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