SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The District Council of Yorke Peninsula has unanimously rejected a development application to build a $1.3 billion wind farm in the region. The Ceres project, with 199 wind turbines, would be the biggest in Australia and would help drive down electricity prices, developer REpower said earlier this year. But, at a special meeting last night, the council rejected the plan.
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Giant cuttlefish decline prompts catch ban parts of South Australia's Spencer Gulf
It took a century to reach agreement on the management of the Murray-Darling Basin but it's now feared the implementation of the plan might be faltering just as it begins.
A build-up of seaweed along Glenelg beach could be linked to the deaths of thousands of fish, the South Australian Environment Department says.
It's time to go with the flow as $1.8b Adelaide Desalination Plant opens
Research by SARDI into the nutritional value of Australia's 20 key commercial wild and farmed seafood species confirms that Australian seafood really is 'super.'
New research to expand the use of water recycling for irrigating South Australia's food and wine crops has been initiated by the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence. Led by SARDI and co-funded by the Goyder Institute for Water Research, the project is collaborating with local viticulture and horticulture businesses and the University of Adelaide, to demonstrate the economic and environmental value of water recycling to Australia's agri-food industry.
A Fight the Bite community feedback session. Getting feedback from the Riverland community about advertising materials designed to inform people about protecting themselves against mosquito bite and mosquito borne disease, 9th April Berri
With Easter and the school holidays coming up, holidaymakers are being asked not to feed wild native birds and animals.
Making cuttlefish hand puppets helped to remind Wangary Primary School Reception and Year One students that plastic is often mistaken for cuttlefish, and other prey, by marine animals. Plastics have an impact on seabirds, seals, dolphins, whales and turtles.
New discoveries of graphite on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula indicate the region could be a potential world-class supplier of the mineral.
New research looking into the saline effects of recycled water on South Australia's horticultural and wine crops is about to get underway.
Conservation Council SA is proud to launch the Green Hubs Energy Efficiency Program, an initiative designed to assist community organisations to lower their energy costs and become more environmentally sustainable.
A survey has revealed that most people believe the carbon tax is hitting their hip pockets far harder than official analysis suggests is actually the case.
New signs have been erected at sites near Parham, Thompson Beach, Port Prime and Light Beach to protect the region’s samphire vegetation.
River Murray Minister Ian Hunter says he has no desire to make proposed no wash zones enforceable in the future.
The SA glossy black cockatoo has disappeared from the mainland and is now only found on Kangaroo Island. A recovery program was established in 1996 to help increase the population from less than 200 birds to its current estimate of about 350 birds.
An Australian community group has launched a solar leasing initiative aimed at helping consumers avoid the often hefty upfront costs of converting to solar energy.
In a one-off, the Border Track will re-open before the end of the month and allow visitors access to the Mallee attraction over the Easter break in 2013.
Residents are being urged to properly care for the region's wildlife, following reports some of the country’s most iconic animals are being impacted on by the inappropriate behaviour of a few Whyalla individuals.
NRM Volunteer Small Grant funding of up to $1,000 for natural resources management projects in the SA MDB NRM region is available for community groups wanting to make a difference.
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