Toxics and pollution
ACF
The Australian Conservation Foundation has referred to independent broker analysis to call highly profitable oil and gas company company Woodside on its claims a ‘price on pollution’ threatens the industry. Woodside has suggested the policy might cause it to defer or cancel investment in gas projects in Australia unless it is exempted from paying costs associated with pollution.
posted by seamas on April 12, 2011 at 7:32 am · filed under 
The Age
Highly contaminated water has leaked from a second reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, following the devastating earth quake and tsunami that hit the country’s east coast. Radioactive leaks are further hindering efforts to stabilise Fukushima’s nuclear reactors.
posted by seamas on March 27, 2011 at 7:21 am · filed under 
ACF
The Australian Conservation Foundation says the Federal Government spends $11 billion more encouraging greenhouse pollution than reducing it. The group highlights subsidies such as the Fringe Benefits Tax concession for company cars and others that promote fossil fuel use. ACF Executive Director Don Henry says a price on pollution would help address this imbalance. Henry also advocates greater investment in clean and renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power.
posted by seamas on March 3, 2011 at 7:43 am · filed under
The Age
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Australia will have a price on pollution from the 1st of July 2012. The yet-to-be-determined fixed price on greenhouse pollution will then give way to an emissions trading scheme within three to five years, according to an agreement reached by the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee.
posted by seamas on February 24, 2011 at 6:31 pm · filed under
New York Times
A court in Ecuador has found oil company Chevron responsible for damages of around US$8.6 billion for polluting parts of the country’s jungle as it extracted oil. Chevron is disputing the ruling, which seeks to impose one of the largest ever financial penalties for environmental contamination anywhere. Commentators say Chevron, which made US$19 billion in profits last year, is unlikely to pay the damages.
posted by seamas on February 18, 2011 at 7:42 am · filed under 
Sydney Morning Herald
Fish in Brisbane are being affected by the floods, developing red spot fungus as a result of polluted waters. Oxley Creek was found to have enterococci at levels 250 times higher than normal, a result of contamination due to damage of the Oxley sewerage plant. It is likely to be six weeks before the sewerage contamination is disinfected and in the meantime fishing in run-off areas has ceased. Testing of waterways in Brisbane is still ongoing for pesticides and heavy metals.
posted by anna on January 31, 2011 at 5:15 pm · filed under 
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