ABC News
Queensland Alumina Limited, which operates one of the world’s biggest alumina refineries has been charged by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management with causing serious environmental harm, over an undisclosed incident in Gladstone.
posted by seamas on February 17, 2010 at 7:36 am · filed under 
ABC Online
Australia’s favourite gardener, Peter Cundall, was arrested at the steps of the Tasmanian Parliament today, whilst protesting against the controversial Gunns’ Tamar Valley pulp mill. Mr Cundall, an outspoken critic of the project, along with a crowd of several dozen other activists, gathered at the Parliament under the banner of “Pulp the Mill”. A number of other activists were also taken away by police.
posted by Vinnie on November 19, 2009 at 2:33 pm · filed under 
Sydney Morning Herald
Research by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has revealed the extent of the global business lobby working against agreement to fight climate change by taxing big polluters. The study, covering Australia, China, the United States, Canada, India, Japan, Belgium and Brazil, found thousands of lobbyists are being employed to pressure governments not to impose strong national climate change laws and also to slow progress on any international agreement.
posted by seamas on November 7, 2009 at 8:48 pm · filed under 
Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts
In response to an independent marine scientists’ report, the Australian Government has committed to carry out systematic, long-term monitoring to ascertain the impacts of the Timor Sea gas and oil leak on the region’s biodiversity.
posted by seamas on November 1, 2009 at 3:52 pm · filed under 
ABC News
Oil company PTTEP Australasia reported it had successfully plugged the oil and gas leak at its West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea today. However, there have also been reports of a fire breaking out on the rig’s platform, forcing evacuations.
posted by seamas on November 1, 2009 at 3:44 pm · filed under
The Wilderness Society
Western Australia’s Wilderness Society is appalled by oil company PTTEP’s claim that its response to the Timor Sea oil spill was “world class”. With the 2,000-3,000 barrel-a-day spill yet to be fully contained and possibly continuing into 2010, and another gas leak just reported nearby, conservation groups are worried about the risk further oil and gas exploration poses to marine sanctuaries and species.
posted by seamas on October 30, 2009 at 7:43 am · filed under
The Greens
Independent analysis sourced by the Greens in the weeks following the Montara oil spill suggest that the wellhead may be leaking up to 3,000 barrels of oil-a-day into the Timor Sea off Australia’s north-west coast. The government disputes this figure, placing the leak at 300-400 barrels a day, but has not revealed its sources for this figure.
posted by ruby on October 22, 2009 at 12:56 pm · filed under
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