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Tuesday, 12th February 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The prospects for a solar thermal power station at Port Augusta have been given a boost, with predictions of a significant drop in costs for the process.


Farmers in far west South Australia are reporting an influx of dingoes and wild dogs. The dogs are killing high numbers of stock, while there have been sightings near towns including Ceduna, Penong and Denial Bay.

BHP Billiton will slash more jobs at its Olympic Dam mine as it continues to struggle with the current economic environment.

In his newest challenge and potentially most exciting role, Mr Tim Scholz has stepped down as Wuddina mayor to become involved in a giant mining project that may change the future of Wudinna for the next generation.

A new CD single has been launched as part of the efforts to raise money and awareness of the plight of Granite Island's Little Penguin population, which some say is facing extinction.
River champion, Henry Jones, has been awarded the prestigious River Murray Medal by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Henry has a deep connection to and understanding of this iconic part of Australia and has witnessed first-hand, the devastating impacts of over-allocation and drought on the Lower Lakes and Coorong.

Eleven emerging regional food businesses have been selected to showcase their premium products at the award winning Cellar Door Wine Festival in Adelaide this month.

Slow down for dolphins in the Port River, new buoys and signs warn. Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary manager Cristina Vicente says the buoys are a colourful reminder of the seven-knot speed limit.

The Southern Natural Resources Management Group is running another series of small farm workshops to assist landholders in managing small farms.

Registrations are now open for a special event focusing on South Australia’s innovative responses to meeting the challenges of climate change.

There probably aren’t a lot of people who take pleasure in starting work before the sun has risen, willing to spend a week volunteering in 40 degree heat in the desert. A balance of volunteers, those young, and some a little more experienced in life, hailed from the southern edges of South Australia, across to Melbourne, country Victoria and even all the way from Canberra. They were all keen to get their hands dirty for a week of trapping with Arid Recovery.

Seasonal drying and re-wetting of the mudflats of the Laratinga Wetland at Mt. Barker is a desirable feature. It aids adaptation and the ecological health of the various species that inhabit and migrate to the wetland.

Only 1 day left - will you be my valenTARKINE on Wednesday? 

The Biology Society of SA is holding a welcome BBQ on Thursday the 7th of March.

ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR VALENTINES DAY CARD TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO STAND UP TO BIG BUSINESS AND PROTECT THE PLACES AND WILDLIFE WE LOVE!

Celebrate the year of the snake at Cleland Wildlife Park, where staff feed snakes and answer questions on these fascinating reptiles every Sunday at 1.30pm.


AUSTRALIA
An anonymous source within Korea has reported that the Japanese whaling fleet is in total disarray.
www.seashepherd.org.au

 The Tarkine wilderness, a vast stretch of temperate rainforest in north west Tasmania, conceals rich seams of mineral deposits, including magnesite and tin - which the Tasmanian government has come to rely on for revenue.

The falling cost of renewable energy and the increased cost of financing high emission fuels means Australia is unlikely to build new baseload power stations.

The federal government says a new report by the OECD shows Australia is not acting alone in putting a price on carbon.

Federal environment minister Tony Burke has given the green light to Whitehaven Coal’s $766 million Maules Creek project.

Bob Katter wants federal parliament to put a two-year pause on drilling for coal seam gas and impose $200,000 fines for those who break the ban.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Moratorium on Aquifer Drilling Connected with Coal Seam Gas Extraction) Bill 2013.

The revolving door culture of self-interest on both sides of NSW politics, means it is difficult to distinguish between government, lobbyists and the CSG industry.

Environmental review processes for two huge coal seam gas projects in Queensland were thorough, Australia's peak gas body says. Anti-CSG campaigners are seeking an investigation amid reports public servants were pressured by the former Bligh government to sign off on the projects quickly.

A group of coal seam gas (CSG) companies has presented the Queensland Government with a new report on groundwater resources in the Galilee Basin.

Drayton mine has been slammed and ridiculed for saying its nearest neighbour was ‘‘unsuitable’’ as the site of a $14 million tourist project because of expected air quality exceedances from the proposed Drayton South mine.

The Greens say the mining tax is a dud, and today they'll introduce legislation to stop the Federal Government missing out on income if the states raise royalties.

Greenhouse gas emissions in the 1990s could have been underestimated by billions of tonnes, throwing doubt on some of the maths behind the Kyoto Protocol, research by Australian and international scientists suggests.

Beachgoers have been warned about a potentially deadly threat from silver canisters containing a toxic substance which have washed ashore along the NSW coast.

Retired fishermen have told Environment Tasmania that today's catches are nothing like the overflowing nets of the past.

Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke says he could make a world heritage nomination for parts of far north Queensland's Cape York before the federal election in September.

The Federal Government is reviewing its funding of the Great Artesian Basin capping and piping scheme. In 1989, the federal and state governments set up financial assistance for landholders to stop bores across the basin from being free-flowing and turn around the reduction in flow of some bores.

Check out Australia's 10 tallest trees - guaranteed to amaze.

Alan Withers (District Ranger from Garig Gunak Barlu NP & Cobourg Marine Park) has filmed the astonishingly beautiful and diverse biodiversity of the magnificent Cobourg Marine Park.

Researchers in central Queensland say they hope to determine seabird populations at the Capricorn Cays after a nine-day survey.

Researchers in central Queensland say increasing numbers of mutated cane toads with extra legs and eyes are being found in the Gladstone area.

Here's the data from the first RR Coogee cleanup in only 30 minutes: 960 cigarette butts (!!!!!!!), 92 plastic straws, bottle caps & cutlery, 15 lolly sticks, 7 soy fish, 64 metal bottle caps, 42 plastic cups, 17 plastic bottles, 14 kids toys, 14 paper cups, 10 clothes items, 10 wooden sticks, 7 aluminium cans, 6 glass bottles, 4 thongs, 2 skanky nappies, 2 fish nets, 1 body board, 1 condom, and many others.
Great news from Victoria this weekend, with BirdLife Oz's Beach-nesting Birds team able to rescue an entangled Hoodie!

An amazing array of bird images from Kakadu, courtesy of Parks Australia.

The world's biggest crocodile in captivity has died, meaning the title has been reclaimed by a crocodile originally from the Northern Territory. The Guinness Book of Records declared Lolong, from the Philippines, the biggest croc in captivity last year.

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.

At the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, they're growing veggies on the rooftop garden, cooking with the produce on the third floor and including the bounty in the busy ground-floor cafe. The garden is one of 75 green walls and rooftop gardens flourishing in the sky across the City of Sydney. Together they measure about 20,000 green square metres.

Sydney's footprint is growing despite more efficient resource use, writes Ben Cubby.

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) say research into beetles is helping to reveal how different animals respond when threatened by bushfire.

A machine which detects weeds on farms using a laser beam is being developed in Western Australia.

Mine camp catering company, ESS, will now send all the used cooking oil from its Western Australian kitchens to be turned into biodiesel.

Professor Possingham is an advocate of 'conservation triage' or decision science. It's an objective way of attributing limited resources to minimise extinctions for the greatest number of species. He talks to Richard Aedy about his career and work.

Anybody know someone who might be willing to do some logo creation for a NFP charity organisation in exchange for links etc on a 'supporters' page? Hoping someone might have a charity mindset or corporate responsibility bent and want to give back something?


INTERNATIONAL


Game rangers at the Kruger National Park in South Africa have killed three suspected rhino poachers in 'a full-scale fire fight'.

Who said that renewable energy is not enough? A small agricultural village in Germany produces 321% more energy than it needs!

Peruvian authorities say at least 50 sea lions have been intentionally poisoned with fish laced with insecticides since mid-January off a single beach.

An asteroid will zoom within spitting distance of Earth next week in what NASA said is the closest flyby ever predicted for an object this large.

Gorgeous Patterns of the Sea: Macro Photographs of Starfish by Alexander Semenov.


More International headlines tomorrow.

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