Latest Australia & New Zealand Environment News
- Catching the fastest-growing economy 25 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT
... ONE of the largest ever delegations of Australian business people will soon be heading to ... as being innovators in areas such as environmentally friendly design, infrastructure and technology. ``Australians are ... the very latest technology in terms of recycling, water usage and the use of electricity ...
- Turnbull falls into step over ETS 25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
... shouldn't be introduced until it is in Australia's interest. In government, the coalition supported a ... it would reject the legislation until big polluting countries agreed to reduce their emissions. Mr ... reduce their emissions. Mr Turnbull, a former environment minister, had steadfastly supported a 2012 start date ...
- Govt 'rushing' carbon trading: Turnbull 25 Jul 2008 05:13 GMT
... shouldn't be introduced until it is in Australia's interest. In government, the coalition supported a ... it would reject the legislation until big polluting countries agreed to reduce their emissions. Mr ... reduce their emissions. Mr Turnbull, a former environment minister, had steadfastly supported a 2012 start date ...
- Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Fred Eaglesmith Supports Biodiversity 25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT
... for a worthy cause. protects and preserves ecological, agricultural, scenic, historic and recreational lands on ... as a popular musical artist in and Australia. The Catfish Creek Conservation Authority is mandated ... habitats through programs that balance human and environmental needs. Eaglesmith's Charity Picnic is one of ...
- AL QAEDA IN IRAQ HEADING TO AFGHANISTAN 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... TO RUSH HICKS' TRIAL CAME DAY AFTER AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR MEEETING: In March 2007, Australian native ... investigators and created a ´generally abusive work environment,' the report said." "About 2 million Americans ... director of the World Humanitarian Peace and Ecology Movement. I began as an environmental activist ...
- Australia Proposes Trading Regime to Begin In 2010; Final Decision Likely by End of Year 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... Volume: 31 Number: 15 July 23, 2008 Australia Proposes Trading Regime to Begin In 2010; ... abandon our self interest in favor of ecological concerns,” she said. “As one of the ... driest continents on earth, Australia's economy and environment will be one of the hardest and ...
- Insights | The Carbon Curtain 25 Jul 2008 04:45 GMT
... majority even in nations considered far more environmentally enlightened than China and India. Europe's coal ... Continent won't come close to meeting the Kyoto targets for carbon reduction. Australia is selling coal to all comers. On ...
- Self, Community, and Global Impact 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
... drive around looking for surf and the environmental impact this has. It’s been much easier ... environment in which we exist. Discussions about global warming are, in reality, debates about a global ... — why should companies from England and Australia care about two guys biking and surfing ...
- Roxby again urged as nuclear waste site 25 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
... waste site. (ABC News) A Roxby Downs ecologist and long-term resident says the South Australian Government is hypocritical for failing to offer ... is general consensus that, with radiation and environmental measures already in place, it could turn ...
- Carbon emissions: Lazy shoppers bad for environment 25 Jul 2008 03:32 GMT
... supermarket add nearly 1.9m tonnes to our greenhouse gas emissions each year, a survey has found. ... to $92 billion a year in revenue. Australia's environmentalist of the year for 2007, , said Australians ...
- New Zealand joins new clean energy partnership 25 Jul 2008 03:31 GMT
... New Zealand joins new clean energy partnership Friday, 25 ... 2025. “This partnership will further enhance our environmental reputation and create business opportunities for New ...
- Crane to lift crashed container-load of rubbish from river 25 Jul 2008 03:27 GMT
... into Southland's Makarewa River last night. — Environment Southland is expected to conduct an aerial ... and the companys long-term future. New Zealand government welcomes the Australian government’s proposal for a Carbon Pollution Reduction ...
- Lazy shoppers bad for environment 25 Jul 2008 02:55 GMT
... supermarket add nearly 1.9m tonnes to our greenhouse gas emissions each year, a survey has found. ... to $92 billion a year in revenue. Australia's environmentalist of the year for 2007, , said Australians ...
- Passion for plants and wetlands 25 Jul 2008 02:54 GMT
... Catherine Beard is fond of mud. Which is lucky really, as the Environment Waikato wetland ecologist spends a fair bit ... her doctorate, looking at mangrove distribution in New Zealand, something no one had studied before. "I ...
- Coal or Kiwi: Solid Energy at it again 25 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... Response Strategy (OERS). Australian research institute CSIRO that petrol could cost ... as stated by areport released by Statistics New Zealand today. environmental effects of biofuels. Environment Minister Trevor ...
- The Carbon Curtain 25 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... majority even in nations considered far more environmentally enlightened than China and India. Europe's coal ... Continent won't come close to meeting the Kyoto targets for carbon reduction. Australia is selling coal to all comers. On ...
- Miners say extraction industries could do better 25 Jul 2008 02:26 GMT
... Miners say New Zealand has $140 million worth of metallic minerals ... its oil, gas and coal. "The investment environment for exploration in New Zealand is not ... that New Zealand ranked behind all the Australian states and Canadian provinces in terms of ...
- Fair game in Beijing 25 Jul 2008 02:20 GMT
... city of 17 million, to reduce air pollution during the Games, as well as the ... trucks we use can't meet the new environment standard, so we have no means of transporting ... and her family. But, she tells The Australian, "now with the Olympics coming, going to ...
- Meanwhile, the rest of the world is going nuclear 25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT
... for 20 years, by whch time the global warming horse would have well and truly bolted. ... don't have the surfeit of options that Australia does. Also, the rest of the world ... the natural resource, and it has serious environmental issues. Every one of these points duplicates ...
- Shale oil not the answer 25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT
... last attempt to develop shale oil in Australia clearly demonstrates. The Stuart Project near Gladstone ... 2004 because of endless technical, commercial and environmental problems. It was four years behind schedule and ... equally alarming. Its production is highly greenhouse polluting, up to almost four times worse than ...
- Interrogating official mechanisms for tackling climate change 25 Jul 2008 00:39 GMT
... Major emitters such as the USA and Australia did not accept these targets. The UN ... bent to carbon mercantilism or “free market” environmentalism. In fact they got the world to ... to South based on historical responsibility and ecological debt for adaptation and mitigation costs paid ...
- Cross Country: Checking in on manure digesters and farmer-entrepreneurs 24 Jul 2008 22:59 GMT
... Checking in on manure digesters and farmer-entrepreneurs Recycling dairy feed, biomass and wallboard -- an ... past year. The story generated inquiries from Australia (millions of tons of wall board in ... created a recycling business that serves the environment, contractors and farmers so well. And he ...
- The World's Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Brings Together USEPA, Wal-Mart, NAHB, Cities, Tribes, an 24 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
... Chicago (IL); Minneapolis (MN); Montana Department of Environmental Quality; North Carolina State University at Raleigh; ... branch of the military; and agencies in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain. The conference program offers six ...
- Lazy shoppers fuelling environment woes 24 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
... Shopping outside your local area adding to greenhouse gas emissions, study finds Local businesses losing out ... adding nearly 1.9 million tonnesa year to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, a survey has found. ... $92 billion a year in revenue. Australia's environmentalist of the year for 2007, Arron Wood, said ...
- The World's Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Brings Together USEPA, Wal-Mart, NAHB 24 Jul 2008 21:50 GMT
... Chicago (IL); Minneapolis (MN); Montana Department of Environmental Quality; North Carolina State University at Raleigh; ... branch of the military; and agencies in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain. The conference program offers six ...
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