SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas.
Farmers groups say they're elated with a small win against a mining giant. Santos has withdrawn an application for a Coal Seam Gas development in the Pilliga Forest. But the company says it's still committed to the area and intends to reapply.
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National Day of Action in support of the Tasmania's Tarkine. Coinciding with Valentine’s Day and less than a week after Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke’s spectacular failure to properly protect the Tarkine, people gathered around Australia to express their love for Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness.
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The tuna industry says it supports a proposal by Bight Petroleum to explore for oil and gas in the Great Australian Bight between Kangaroo Island and Eyre Peninsula.
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Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management (EPNRM) Board are warning West Coast farmers of an increased presence of dingoes, camels and wild dogs in the region.
How many of us have looked at our plate before beginning a meal and seriously considered the resources that have gone into bringing it to us? The labour and energy in its production? The packaging and transportation to our supermarket? Or the energy taken to prepare it?
Facebook page: Save the Warrawong Sanctuary.
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A drop in production and low prices on the market is taking its toll on South Australian beekeepers.
Facebook page: Stop closure of warrawong sanctuary.
We're expecting Minister Burke to make his decision on whether to approve oil & gas exploration off Kangaroo Island any day now. The decision shouldn't be a matter of choosing between the blue whales feeding, the southern right whales breeding & nursing, and the southern bluefin tuna migration.
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Australia’s biggest retailer - Woolworths - has pledged to stop destructive tuna fishing. This means a whopping 90 percent of the Australian canned tuna market has committed to responsible fishing!
Several mid-north South Australian residents have applied to the Environment, Resources and Development Court to join court action against a proposed wind farm near Burra.Australia’s biggest retailer - Woolworths - has pledged to stop destructive tuna fishing. This means a whopping 90 percent of the Australian canned tuna market has committed to responsible fishing!
If you're looking for some inspiration then read on. The Whites, with the help of Tress for Life SA, have transformed a barren property in the Mid Murray township of Cambrai. Great story, great achievement!
"Pledge to boycott the cruelty of the Australian Kangaroo Industry by never buying products made from kangaroo. Each year, millions of kangaroos are butchered for their meat, skin and fur. These docile herbivorous creatures which are an integral part of the Australian ecosystem and have roamed Australia’s vast landscape for thousands of years."
Thank you to everyone who added their name to the 'Placesyoulove' Valentine’s Day card! BirdLife Oz's Conservation Manager, Sam Vine, delivered the card to Environment Minister Burke at Parliament House today. The card was overflowing with the names of more than 6400 people who care about environmental protection.
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British keynote speaker Christopher Monckton claims environmental resource plans are being pursued by Australia bureaucrats with the aim of reducing food production, and subsequently, the world's population.
British keynote speaker Christopher Monckton claims environmental resource plans are being pursued by Australia bureaucrats with the aim of reducing food production, and subsequently, the world's population.
The lab was filled with mammals of a slightly larger build than those that fit in our Elliott traps. Classes from St. Barbara’s Parish Primary School came to visit the Arid Recover laboratory today to find out exactly how annual trapping works.
Off-Grid Energy Australia added 8 new photos to the album Operations Flinders Installation.
Scientists at the South Australian Museum are using molecular techniques to unlock one of nature's secrets – cryptic species. Cryptic species appear almost identical and you can't reliably tell them apart based on their physical features. Despite their similar looks, cryptic species are genetically very different and can't interbreed.
An exciting new website mapping tool has been developed to allow community members to nominate areas of value to them. The website aims to encourage people to tell us why they value a particular “patch” and why it is so important to them.
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A free presentation about the biodiversity and management of Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps.
A free presentation about the biodiversity and management of Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps.
A national census of the grey-headed flying fox will enable scientists to minimise crop damage and the spread of disease, an expert says.
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A team of Australian scientists in Canberra are celebrating a discovery that could potentially save more than 1 million lives every year. Dr Natalie Spillman and Professor Kiaran Kirk from the Australian National University had for years been studying how the parasite that causes malaria works.
Wildlife carer Trish LeeHong is housing a flock of seabirds which have dropped out of the sky over the Toowoomba region. The exhausted animals have been collected by concerned residents after being blown a long way west of their normal habitat by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald at the weekend.
MAUI’S DOLPHINS EXTINCT BY 2030: WORLD’S MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTISTS URGE IMMEDIATE ACTION!
Can anyone ID this tiny (15-20mm) crab found at Port Macdonnell.
Come help do something on the ground with Sea Shepherd. 2 hours of your time for South Australian coastline.
Grants are available for primary industry groups of the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges region to act on sustainable natural resource management initiatives in their business operations.
The Big Green Hitch is a 1000 km hitch hiking race from Melbourne to the Mouth of the Murray River (near Adelaide) along the Great Ocean Road from March 2nd to 7th 2013. The Big Green Hitch is about promoting a sustainable way of travel, having fun with other hitchhikers, enjoying the Australian landscape and raising some money for a good cause.
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The Uraidla Show offers a lovely day out for locals and visitors! Set in beautiful surroundings in the Piccadilly Valley, 20 minutes from the CBD up Greenhill Road. This Saturday, 16th Feb.
The Uraidla Show offers a lovely day out for locals and visitors! Set in beautiful surroundings in the Piccadilly Valley, 20 minutes from the CBD up Greenhill Road. This Saturday, 16th Feb.
AUSTRALIA
Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas.
Vast amounts of methane appear to be leaking undetected from Australia's biggest coal seam gas field, according to world-first research that undercuts claims by the gas industry. Testing inside the Tara gas field, near Condamine in Queensland, found some greenhouse gas levels over three times higher than nearby districts, according to the study by researchers at Southern Cross University.Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas.
The profit model that has underpinned the massive investment in Australian gas suddenly looks in danger.
The City of Sydney's trigas generator scheme is being built by Origin - Australia's largest coal seam gas producer. What happened to the transition to biogas, ask Norman Thompson and Justin Field.
UP to 100 dams could be built across the country to prevent floods, fuel power stations and irrigate a food boom to feed 120 million people across the Asia Pacific region, under plans being considered by Opposition leader Tony Abbott.
The Federal Opposition has vowed to overthrow a ban on Seafish Tasmania's super trawler amid calls for certainty about the future of the small pelagic fishery.
It is a rare sight - dozens of the endangered malleefowl lining the side of the road near Ouyen in the Victorian mallee.
Bulwer's Petrel, a rare vagrant seabird, has been found exhausted at Oakey Aviation Base in the wake of ex-Cyclone Oswald and handed into Murphys Creek wildlife carer Trish LeeHong. Only the second specimen record for Australia. A first for Queensland!
A great selection of Numbat themed and Project Numbat merchandise available for you to purchase with profits going towards Project Numbat’s operations and projects.
Australian journalism isn’t covering science based stories very well. And these include disease, obesity, climate change, natural disasters and the Murray-Darling.
INTERNATIONAL
Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas.
Take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.
Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas.
Take strong action to stop the Japanese from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.
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Provide Safe Haven to Captain Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
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