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January 2006 |
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Catching the communal car in Waverley
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Jan 17, 2006 |
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Globalization failing to
create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty
ILO (International Labour Organization) report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains
Jan 6, 2006 |
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Vic, NSW face shame over water waste
WATER recycling practices in
Australia's two most populous states have been branded as
"19th century" by the Australian Federal Government. Jan 4, 2005 |
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December 2005 |
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Chinese Companies, World Bank Deal Sign $930 Million Deal To Sell Pollution Credits
BEIJING — A World Bank fund signed deals Monday to buy pollution credits from two Chinese chemical companies for $930 million under a plan that lets richer countries meet commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by paying for reductions in poorer economies. Dec 20, 2005 |
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U.N. climate talks in key phase in Canada
Environment ministers from around the world have gathered in Montreal for U.N. climate talks that are entering a key phase. Dec 7, 2005 |
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November 2005 |
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Pumped over Iemma's biofuel plan
THE State Government's announcement that its fleet of more than 3000 vehicles will use biofuels has raised the hopes of businesses looking to build ethanol plants in rural NSW.
Nov 29, 2005 |
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Hottest year yet predicted
The past decade has been filled with unusually hot years,
but the Bureau of Meteorology said the first 10 months of
2005 were the warmest since monthly records began in 1950,
and would probably make it the hottest year since annual
records began in 1910. Nov 17, 2005 |
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Kofi Annan to present wind-up $100 laptop at World Summit on Information Society
The $100 laptop, first
announced by Negroponte at the World Economic Forum in January 2005,
is an ultra-low-cost, full-featured computer designed to
dramatically enhance children's primary and secondary education
worldwide. Nov 17, 2005 |
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U.S. Senate Backs Bush's Oil Drilling in Alaskan Refuge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Thursday
voted to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR), narrowly rejecting a Democratic attempt to strike the
plan from a budget bill.
Nov 5, 2005 |
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October 2005 |
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Now a car that generates it's own fuel
A unique system that can produce Hydrogen inside a car using common metals such as Magnesium and Aluminium has been developed by an Israeli company.
Oct 24, 2005 |
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CIA invests in no-fuel power generators
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is investing in a power unit that can generate substantial electrical energy without using any fuel.
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Federal threat to desalination plant in NSW
Proposals for a $2 billion
desalination plant on the Kurnell Peninsula could be stalled or even
stopped as the Federal Government sets in train a process to
overrule the state's planning authority. Oct 12, 2005 |
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Environmental decline killing poor first
ALMOST a fifth of all ill health in poor countries and millions of deaths can be attributed to environmental factors, including climate change and pollution, according to a report from the World Bank.
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Perils of protest in the new draconian age
When Bob Brown was served with a $6.3 million writ by the world's largest hardwood chipping company in December, the Greens senator's first reaction was to call a press conference.
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September 2005 |
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Small is beautiful – scientist proposes new efficient and eco-friendly power plants
Power plants of the future may be designed to provide electricity solely for an individual housing estate, village, factory or college. Sept 26, 2005 |
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Water crisis looms as Himalayan glaciers melt
It's a scary thought, but scientists say the 40 percent of humanity living in South Asia and China could well be living with little drinking water within 50 years as global warming melts Himalayan glaciers, the region's main water source. Sept 19, 2005 |
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North Korea pledges to drop nuclear programs at arms talks, to get any aid in return
BEIJING — North Korea agreed
Monday to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international
inspections in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and
security assurances, in a first step toward disarmament after two
years of six-nation talks. Sept 19, 2005 |
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Tax drivers and reward Green Homes
Scrapping tax breaks for company cars, increasing the cost of four-wheel-drives, boosting bicycle use and topping up the first home buyers' grant for people who buy greener homes must be considered to make cities liveable, says a Federal Government report. Sept 15, 2005
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A big drink for Reds
PARCHED Murray River red gums, many sick or dying, will get their first drink in a long time from 14 billion litres of water being pumped into riverside flood plains. Sept 14, 2005
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Katrina's real name - Global Warming
THE HURRICANE that struck Louisiana was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. Sept 6, 2005 |
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Hazelwood - curb it - Greens urge. ENVIRONMENT groups will today make a last-ditch effort to influence the Bracks Government on the future of the Hazelwood power station. Sept 5, 2005
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August 2005 |
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GM super-weed discovered in UK field The first genetically modified super-weed has been discovered in the UK - the result of GM oilseed rape cross-breeding with a common weed in farm scale trials, according to new Government research. August 27, 2005 |
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Deadly arsenic allowed to leach into Melbourne suburban river for over 30 years Melbourne - Since the 70's, Inner Melbourne's Maribyrnong River, has been poisoned by arsenic over 20,000 times safe levels. Taxpayers will foot the bill for corporate rapists. August 22, 2005 |
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Ted Turner, founder of CNN, pushes for Nature Park for Koreas' Demilitarised Zone Media mogul and conservationist Ted Turner wants to turn the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula into a peace park if the two Koreas become unified August 19, 2005 |
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Federal Environment Minister has an attack of the George Bush's Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell, in a statement that would stagger the environmental scientists of even the Bush administration, has stunned the world by denying that burning coal causes greenhouse gas emissions. August 15, 2005 |
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Eureka! Waste plastic makes steel
Veena Sahajwalla has shown the steel industry that
they can use waste plastic bottles to make steel. August 10, 2005 |
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Solar power too hot!!
You can look but you can't buy. That was
the word Friday from the solar energy corner of the Southwest
Sustainability Expo at NAU. A worldwide shortage of solar panels has put
most local projects on hold. August 8, 2005 |
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Shuttle Commander sees enviro damage, urges greater care
SPACE
— Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen
widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned that greater
care was needed to protect natural resources. August 5, 2005 |
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July 2005 |
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Anti-dredging lobby may hand Greens a blue wedge into parliament
Victorian Environment Minister John
Thwaites and other bayside members of Parliament could lose their seats
to the Greens if the Port Phillip Bay channel deepening proposal is not
abandoned, says a coalition of opponents to the plan. July 10, 2005 |
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Australian states set packaging recycle plan
Federal and state
environment ministers met in Perth yesterday to improve the country's
recycling record, agreeing to a target of recycling 65 per cent of
packaging by 2010. July 2, 2005 |
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June 2005 |
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Australian government sacrificing the environment for Chinese FTA?
Workers' rights and the
environment are being sacrificed in the rush to sign a free trade
agreement (FTA) with China, a public interest group says. June 29, 2005 |
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Survey finds many doctors religious
A University of Chicago survey suggests 76 percent of physicians
believe in God and 59 percent believe in some sort of afterlife. June 23, 2005 |
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New technology unwraps the marvel of the hummingbird
Humans with an appreciation of beauty may have marvelled for millennia at the artistry of a darting hummingbird, but scientists announced today that for the first time they can more fully explain how a hummingbird can hover. June 23, 2005 |
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May 2005 |
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Global map of wind power potential
A new global wind power map has quantified global wind power and may help planners place turbines in locations that can maximize power from the winds and provide widely available low-cost energy. May 17, 2005 |
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APRIL 2005 |
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Sunlight to clean water and make power
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are developing a new technology that uses sunlight to treat dirty water and create electricity simultaneously. Apr 29, 2005 |
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GM soy hit harder by Brazil's drought than conventional varieties
Drought in southern Brazil has reduced this year's important soybean harvest dramatically in Rio Grande do Sul state Apr 4, 2005 |
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MARCH 2005 |
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Toothfish bandits rip off Australia Australia is powerless to act against six vessels fishing for rare Patagonian toothfish in the remote Southern Ocean because the boats are flagged to countries that are not part of an international deal to protect the fish. Mar 7, 2005 |
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FEBRUARY 2005 |
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Nanotechnology Treatment Protects Wood and Environment Nanotec Pty Ltd based in Sydney, Australia announced today a water based, ultra hydrophobic, colloidal solution with self assembling properties that form the functional surface structure to protect wood. There are no VOC (Volatile Organic Compound), no solvent, no oil, and no pesticide built-in. Feb 7, 2005 |
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Nanotechnologies to halve cost of solar energy Nanotechnologies which can artificially change the optical properties of materials to allow light to be trapped in solar cells could greatly reduce the cost of solar energy. Feb 5, 2005 |
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JANUARY 2005 |
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Global Warming tests predictions bleak Greenhouse gases could cause global temperatures to rise by more than double the maximum warming so far considered likely by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to results from the world’s largest climate prediction experiment, published in the journal Nature this week. January 26, 2005 |
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Australian scientist creates free water filter to solve world's drinking water problems A handful of clay, yesterday’s coffee grounds and some cow manure are the simple ingredients that could bring clean drinking water to developing countries around the globe. January 19, 2005 |
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Sustainable plastics from Oranges? A Cornell University research group has made a sweet and environmentally beneficial discovery -- how to make plastics from citrus fruits, such as oranges, and carbon dioxide. January 17, 2005 |
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In last 30 years, the earth doubles it's drought The percentage of Earth's land area stricken by serious drought more than doubled from the 1970s to the early 2000s, according to a new analysis by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Widespread drying occurred over much of Europe and Asia, Canada, western and southern Africa, and eastern Australia. Rising global temperatures appear to be a major factor, says NCAR's Aiguo Dai, lead author of the study. January 13, 2005 |
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Iceland the first to an Oil-Free Economy? REYKJAVIK - Hydrogen, tested in buses from Amsterdam to Vancouver and used in the rockets of the US space shuttle, is a clean power that promises to break dependence on oil and gas -- at least in Iceland. January 10, 2005 |
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Asian Tsunami will wreak environmental issues for years to come Nairobi, 1 January, 2005 -- As the Asian earthquake and tsunami death toll is now feared to be approaching 150,000 people, emergency humanitarian assistance remains the top priority, but urgent environmental concerns that threaten human health must be addressed, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. January 1, 2005 |
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DECEMBER 2004 |
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Solar Power Aircraft makes broadband available to everyone
An international project is
developing new technology that can be installed into high altitude
platforms - such as solar powered aircraft or airships - to make
Broadband Internet access available to remote areas and moving trains. December 24, 2004 |
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Hydrogen takes a big leap forward
American researchers make big leap in clean hydrogen research for the
development of environmentally sustainable alternative energy. December 7, 2004 |
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NOVEMBER 2004 |
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Asia Faces Living Nightmare From Climate Change
SINGAPORE - The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a script
from a doomsday movie. Except
many climatologists and green groups fear they will come true unless
there is a concerted global effort to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. November 26, 2004 |
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Antarctic Shelf Breaking Up - Global Warming?
Time is running out for our planet and us, as the effects of global warming are beginning to be felt across the globe. Still, there are some such as recently re-elected President George Bush, who insist the science is yet to be proven. November 15, 2004 |
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World's largest solar park for Germany
BARVARIA - The world's largest solar park will soon be built in 3 locations in Germany. Made up of 57,600 solar panels that will track the sun, the plant will output 10 megawatts initially, covering over 25ha. November 9, 2004 |
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OCTOBER 2004 |
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Kyoto Too Little to Fix Warming - UN Climate Chief |
