SOUTH AUSTRALIA
"Ironclad Mining’s Lucky Bay iron ore export plan threatens many protected species."
The Environment Protection Authority has yesterday advised residents in the Allenby Gardens/Flinders Park area of the proposal to establish a groundwater (borewater) prohibition area.
A big drop in reported Australian sea lion deaths is being attributed to a new approach to shark fishing in South Australian waters.
Through its partnership with RED Group and Replas, Coles is supporting recycling of plastic bags and packaging, turning them into outdoor furniture for Aussie primary schools and pre-schools.
Help us end the cruelty caused to wildlife by illegal and destructive fishing practices.
The South Eastern BushBids program invites private landholders to apply for vegetation management funding. This program offers landholders the opportunity to secure funding support over five years.
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The fight to stop the Keyneton Wind Farm from going ahead could be over in a few months. The South Australian Development Assessment Commission (DAC) has scheduled a hearing for February 21 in the Keyneton region in relation to Pacific Hydro’s application to build 42 wind turbines in Keyneton.
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The fight to stop the Keyneton Wind Farm from going ahead could be over in a few months. The South Australian Development Assessment Commission (DAC) has scheduled a hearing for February 21 in the Keyneton region in relation to Pacific Hydro’s application to build 42 wind turbines in Keyneton.
Researchers have established how female turtles can hold on to their eggs - laying them only when the conditions are right.
The biennial Leafy Sea Dragon Festival program guide for 2013 was launched on Tuesday at Yankalilla with a great deal of enthusiasm.
Public comment is sought in relation to the draft Coffin Bay Foreshore Vegetation Management Plan.
Only 18 days to go! This week is your last chance to register for Clean Up Australia Day 2013 and receive your free community Clean Up Kit in time for the nationwide event on Sunday 3 March.
AUSTRALIA
The koala may now be officially listed as "vulnerable" but conservation groups say it's now more at risk than ever before.
The Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke says he's confident a two-year ban on the super trawler Abel Tasman will withstand a legal challenge.
Today is the 100th day since the Steve Irwin left Victoria to begin Operation Zero Tolerance. The crew have been 100 days at sea except for brief fuel stops in Pago Pago, American Samoa and Timaru, New Zealand. From Melbourne to American Samoa to New Zealand to the Ross Sea where the Japanese whaling fleet was found and then a 2200 mile chase westward. We are now directly South of India.
The Hunter Valley's wine industry is outraged at what it says is a State Government plan to "Swiss cheese" the region's world renowned wine growing area.
The Federal Government has been questioned about why it did not demand a management plan before funding a carbon farming project in the Northern Territory.
Queensland federal MP Bob Katter says the social and economic costs if coal seam gas (CSG) activities contaminated the Great Artesian Basin would be catastrophic.
Solar and wind-power generation are soaring at home and abroad as falling costs combine with rising prices for fossil-fuel alternatives to reshape electricity markets.
The Minister for Western New South Wales, Kevin Humphries, says more needs to be done to make the most of the water in the Menindee Lakes.
An environmental expert says a brown, smelly slick floating in the ocean off Geraldton could actually benefit the ecosystem.
The Queensland Government is being urged to retrieve about 1,000 tyres that have washed into a tributary of the Mary River from a property it owns.
An organisation representing far north Queensland's councils says landholders have not been adequately resourced to tackle the invasive tropical pest, siam weed.
The government contractor responsible for the Australian Feral Camel Management Project has announced the project will now run until the end of this year.
The Burdekin Shire Council has become the latest council to vote against fluoridating its water supply.
There is talk of the need to compensate Riverina farmers when land is flooded by environmental flows proposed to revive wetlands.
Scientists hope a research project will help protect two little known species of dolphin that live in north Queensland waters.
Senior politicians have launched an independent panel, that includes former environment minister Robert Hill, to look into management of the world's oceans, which are facing unprecedented overfishing, pollution and habitat loss.
Two Western Victorian farmers have invented a new way of destroying snails.
The ATA’s Melbourne Electric Vehicle Branch will be displaying electric production and conversion vehicles and sharing information. 23rd Feb.
Scientists in Zimbabwe say a freshwater crayfish from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba.
Many Caribbean coral reefs have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of starting to erode with potential impacts to people, according to research from The University of Queensland.
Between 25,000 and 30,000 tons of herring died in December and more now, due to lack of oxygen in the fjord thought to have been caused by the construction of a bridge across the fjord in December 2004. The current export value of the estimated 10,000 tons of herring amounts to ISK 1.25 billion ($ 9.8 million), according to Morgunbladid newspaper.
The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself.
Researchers in spotter-planes have started scouring the West Kimberley coast to put together the most detailed snapshot ever compiled of how people are using the area.
The largest network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the world is a whisker away from being created around Australia. The boundaries, zones and management plans have been declared. Now the federal government is asking for final comment on the plans. This is your chance to support the plans and suggest some vital improvements.
Scientists say a species of tree in far north Queensland could hold an insight into the state's tropical climate of the past 400 years.
INTERNATIONAL
The US President Barack Obama has promised in recent weeks to 'preserve our planet', by acting on climate change.
The US President Barack Obama has promised in recent weeks to 'preserve our planet', by acting on climate change.
The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region that were lifted last year.
Scientists have reported on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation, and then grows a new one.
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