SA recycling refund increasing to 10 cents

ABC News

Starting on Monday, the refund received for depositing a beverage can or bottle at a South Australian recycling depot will double from five to ten cents. The South Australian Government is not worried about consumers stockpiling containers in wait of the increase or crossing the border to profit from the refund, saying these issues have been taken into consideration. South Australian Environment Minister Jay Weatherill said there has been some stockpiling as expected, but that people will now gain the benefit of that recycling. 

posted by anna on August 31, 2008 at 7:23 pm · filed under

Sustainable House Day (Sep 14)

Sustainable House Day is a chance to visit sustainable schools and offices on Saturday 13, and sustainable houses on Sunday 14 September. The sustainable living tips on display around the country are designed to inform and motivate people to adopt more sustainable approaches to living.

posted by seamas on August 29, 2008 at 6:58 pm · filed under

Waste in a Changing Climate Summit (Adelaide, Sep 11)

CCSA

The Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA) is holding a summit on waste and how we deal with it. The waste summit forms part of the CCSA’s blueprint for environmental action in South Australia, analysing environmental policy in six areas, all in the context of a changing climate.

The Waste in a Changing Climate Summit will be held at Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Rd, Unley, on Thursday 11th September 2008, 10am – 4pm.

posted by seamas on August 29, 2008 at 1:01 pm · filed under

Don’t compensate big polluters : Greenpeace

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Australia has warned Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson, who meets with Business Council of Australia representatives in Canberra today, that any calls for compensation under the emissions trading scheme must be resisted. Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner Trish Harrup said that if the worst polluters given exemptions we will never succeed in reducing carbon emissions to safe levels.

posted by patrick on August 29, 2008 at 11:47 am · filed under

New coal power station a $50m a year liability

Environment Victoria

Advice from the Environment Defenders Office has called into question the viability of the new HRL power station due to commence construction in the LaTrobe Valley. According to Environment Victoria Campaigns Director Mark Wakeham, the power station will not be eligible for any of the carbon tax exemptions outlined in the federal government’s ETS Green Paper. The EDO’s opinion is based on the projected annual emission of 2.5 million tonnes of C02 into the atmosphere from the brown coal powered station.

posted by patrick on August 28, 2008 at 12:09 pm · filed under

WA announcement on clean energy welcomed

ACF

The ACF, along with the Conservation Council of WA, has warmly welcomed the recent announcement by the WA government of a proposal to ban uranium mining and increase support for baseload renewable energy production. “The proposed solar feed-in tariff and support for baseload renewable energy will cut carbon pollution and begin to build a sustainable energy economy for the state. ” said Piers Verstegen, director of the Conservation Council of WA.

posted by patrick on August 28, 2008 at 11:38 am · filed under

Styx protests frustrate Forestry Tasmania

News.com.au

Anti-logging protests in Tasmania’s Styx Valley intensified dramatically in recent days, prompting Forestry Tasmania to threaten legal action to recover money from lost timber production. Both contractors and activists have reportedly left the coupe in the Styx River catchment after the protests successfully brought logging to a halt. Forest Defenders had chained themselves to loggers’ equipment and scaled ancient eucalypts to protect the trees.

posted by seamas on August 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm · filed under