Sunday, 13th January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has warned it may become unable to manage and maintain the $3.6 billion of dams, locks and weirs in the river system if state governments continue to slash funding.
Kangaroo Island net fisherman Michael Fooks fears the introduction of marine parks will force him out of business.
A new temperature high for the great heatwave cooking much of the continent has been set with Moomba clocking up 49.6 degrees yesterday.
California Solar Initiative Reaches 1 Gigawatt Milestone.
A new grand strategy for the U.S., built around sustainability.
Endangered Moon Bears Rehomed in Chinese Sanctuary.
"Where is all the money going?" asks one South Australian farmer, bravely speaking out about the price disparity between paddock and the plate.
Bight Petroleum is confident its plans for seismic testing off the west coast of Kangaroo Island will go ahead despite the requirement for a full environmental assessment.
Riverland locals are being encouraged to attend a meeting next week and have their voice heard on problem weeds in the region.
More needs to be done to help clean up Henley Beach as rubbish levels escalate with the warm weather, residents and traders say.
The State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to its policy of prohibiting the commercial cultivation of Genetically Modified food crops.
The operator of the River Torrens' paddle boats says an outbreak of toxic blue-green algae during the peak summer period could have been prevented.
Most South Australians want greater investment in stormwater recycling systems in all Adelaide council areas, judging by responses to an online survey.
It's been a pretty good season for rock lobster fishers along the South East coast, with some having already caught their quota, more than four months before the season closes.
The Geelong EV Branch will be demonstrating how to install an electric bicycle conversion kit onto an everyday bike.
NASA to Send ATTREX Probe 65,000 Feet Over Pacific Ocean to Study Changing Climate.
Oil production in Norway, the world's eighth-biggest exporter, will fall to a 25-year low in 2013 and an anticipated slow recovery in subsequent years is threatened by rising costs and bottlenecks.
Elephant communication consists of a much wider repertoire than previously known.
AUSTRALIA
Bushfire stories from ABC
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It appears that Tropical Cyclone Narelle will spare Western Australia's Pilbara coast but forecasters are not ruling out the chance that it could change course.
Sand tsunami pictured striking Australian coast.
Bushfire stories from ABC
www.abc.net.au
It appears that Tropical Cyclone Narelle will spare Western Australia's Pilbara coast but forecasters are not ruling out the chance that it could change course.
ABC’s 7:30 exposed shocking animal abuse in an Israeli abattoir just weeks after it was approved by the Australian government’s Exporter Supply Chain Assurance Scheme (ESCAS).
A new report from the Federal Government's Climate Commission says the heatwave and bushfires that have affected Australia this week have been exacerbated by global warming.
A smouldering cigarette butt could now attract an on-the-spot fine of to up to $500 in WA. A new category of littering also lists syringes, broken glass and chemicals as dangerous objects. Businesses which litter can be fined two-thousand dollars.
Daniel Boland is investigating the use of iron oxides, particularly goethite, to clean up uranium in contaminated environments.
WA's peak exploration body says the future of the state's gold mining industry hinges upon finding new deposits.
INTERNATIONAL
Rhino poaching statistics released today by the South African government reveal that a record 668 rhinos were killed across the country in 2012, an increase of nearly 50 per cent.
Rhino poaching statistics released today by the South African government reveal that a record 668 rhinos were killed across the country in 2012, an increase of nearly 50 per cent.
Astronomers say they have observed the largest structure yet seen in the cosmos, a cluster of galaxies from the early universe that spans an astonishing four billion light years.
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