Wednesday, 9th January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Plans for what would become one of the nation's biggest wind farms are now in the hands of the South Australian Government.
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The Ceres Project has received Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation Act clearance from the Commonwealth on 21st December 2012 and the Development Application has been lodged with the Development Assessment Commission on 3rd January 2013.
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At 26 metres below the surface in the middle of the Gulf St Vincent, mystery shrouds the wreck of what is believed to be two boats, commonly known as the Claris.
The heatwave that has scorched the nation since Christmas is a taste of things to come, with this week’s records set to tumble again and again in the coming years, climate scientists said.
Australian producer of algae fuel - Algae.Tec - has announced plans to sell $200 million of bonds in Europe to fund expansion in the Americas.
Last month BirdLife Australia joined an alliance of conservation groups calling on the West Australian government to halt its plans to extend the State Barrier (emu) Fence.
There have been a number of serious heat-related incidents around the base of Uluru due to the excessively high temperatures.
The Gloucester Council and residents are opposing an expansion of the Stratford coal mine. Mining company Yancoal has applied to open three new pits which would operate 24 hours a day, and extend the life of the Stratford mine by 11 years.
Two sharks have been spotted at Adelaide beaches, and people have been warned out of the water.
The need to increase the capacity of Brown Hill Creek through West Torrens so it could carry more stormwater and reduce the risk of flooding was identified in a Stormwater Management Plan.
Hiring energy consultants, installing more solar panels and using heat reflective paint are among measures eastern councils are considering to combat rising power costs.
The Wyldeclan documentary film making team are touring their new film 'LURUJARRI-THE DOCUMENTARY' (related to the Kimberley campaign) and you are invited to the Adelaide première screening next Tuesday, 15th January. At The Wilderness Society SA campaign centre we will show a couple of short films, hear from the filmakers then screen the feature documentary. There will be a Q and A after the film.
Due to our current heatwave The Bureau of Meteorology's interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours – deep purple and pink – to extend its previous temperature range that had been capped at 50 degrees.
At 26 metres below the surface in the middle of the Gulf St Vincent, mystery shrouds the wreck of what is believed to be two boats, commonly known as the Claris.
AUSTRALIA
Bushfire and heatwave stories on ABC.
The mining industry is one of the most powerful industry groups in Australia’s history. With literally billions of dollars at its disposal, this industry has dominated our airwaves, political life and economic considerations for the last decade.
Police may have broken an anti-coal seam gas blockade at Glenugie, south of Grafton, but campaigners say they're determined to continue disrupting Metgasco's test drilling project. Activists argue the police presence at the protest was over the top.
A rare frog species has leapt back from the brink after floods threatened their habitat. The Booroolong Frog population, listed as a threatened species in Victoria, was feared lost following flooding in the state in March 2011.
Former Greens leader Bob Brown will spearhead Sea Shepherd Society's next anti-whaling protest in the Southern Ocean. Legal action has forced the Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson to resign as president of the US chapter after more than three decades at the helm.
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A central Queensland cattle producer says he still has not received financial assistance almost six weeks after his property was quarantined due to an outbreak of bovine johne's disease (BJD). The Australian Beef Association is calling for emergency assistance to be made available through the Red Meat Advisory Council.
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A central Queensland cattle producer says he still has not received financial assistance almost six weeks after his property was quarantined due to an outbreak of bovine johne's disease (BJD). The Australian Beef Association is calling for emergency assistance to be made available through the Red Meat Advisory Council.
David Lindenmayer is calling for a 50 to 75 percent reduction in Victoria logging and the establishment of a national park to protect mountain ash trees—the planet’s tallest flowering plants.
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While ecotourism hotspot Penguin Island is best known for the iconic birds it was named after, the invasive black rat is slowly beginning to inhabit the island, threatening the very existence of its namesake.
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We have the dubious honour of overseeing one of the highest extinction rates of flora and fauna of any nation on earth. But we don't give a golden-backed tree-rat's about that and governments know it, so they won't allocate funding for conservation. Shameful, given that Australia accounts for 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity.
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While ecotourism hotspot Penguin Island is best known for the iconic birds it was named after, the invasive black rat is slowly beginning to inhabit the island, threatening the very existence of its namesake.
www.abc.net.au/news
We have the dubious honour of overseeing one of the highest extinction rates of flora and fauna of any nation on earth. But we don't give a golden-backed tree-rat's about that and governments know it, so they won't allocate funding for conservation. Shameful, given that Australia accounts for 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity.
Parks and Wildlife rangers say they expect increasing numbers of saltwater crocodiles to be spotted around Darwin waterways in coming months.
Tourism authorities say the outbreak of marine stingers near Fraser Island off south-east Queensland is an isolated incident and is not deterring visitors.
Using microwaves to zap weeds on-farm is a step closer. A working prototype machine that can focus microwave energy at ground level, destroying a plant's cell structure within seconds, has been developed by Melbourne University researchers.
INTERNATIONAL
A Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground off an Alaskan island last week has reached a safe harbour where it will be examined to assess its seaworthiness.
A Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground off an Alaskan island last week has reached a safe harbour where it will be examined to assess its seaworthiness.
Kenya's Wildlife Service says it is pursuing a gang of poachers they suspect of killing an entire family of 11 elephants.
Ocean energy lurks not only in waves and tides, but also in saltiness. A Norway experiment seeks to harness renewable power from osmosis.
A detailed 3D image of a bird's voice box has been created by scientists investigating how the animals sing.
“Sisters” or the the Olive trees of Noah, are the 16 oldest olive trees in the world found in the community of Bechealeh, Lebanon. Some 6,000 years old, folklorists say these have Biblical origins.
Could studying the way ants and termites navigate their own versions of gridlock help us on the road? A telecommunications researcher from Carnegie Mellon thinks so, and has created ‘Virtual Traffic Lights’.
An airplane with the wingspan of an Airbus A340 but weighing not much more than a Toyota will fly from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., and on to New York. The history-making cross-country trip will be achieved without burning a single ounce of jet fuel — or any other fuel for that matter.
'United Natures – a United Nations of all species' will be released June 1, 2013. Today, United Natures Media is releasing its first movie trailer.
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