Tasmanian Times
Economy
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846The heat is on for change
JAMES Hansen, the respected NASA scientist, said: “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them.” The medical profession has failed to address...
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Gillard paves way to end Tasmania logging conflict
THE Gillard government has offered to finance a potential breakthrough between environmentalists and forestry companies to end the decades-long conflict over native...
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Fox search moves to Bruny
Tasmania’s Department of Primary industries wants Bruny Island residents in the state’s south to help them conduct a fox survey. There have...
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New anti-mill website
Gunns are still trying to dupe investors with this proposal. Imagine the worlds 4th largest pulp mill less than 900 metres from...
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Energy companies in Europe show increased interest in sourcing biomass
Energy companies in Europe show increased interest in sourcing biomass from the US South, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review Woody...
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Climate Spectator: A Clean Start
The Business Spectator team were planning our new site, Climate Spectator, when former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd dropped the government’s carbon pollution...
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Tasmania fumes over media misconduct
Contrary to extraordinary claims made on ABC television earlier this year, it has now been confirmed that timber plantations are not polluting...
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Gerrity’s hypocricy on asylum seekers
West Coast Mayor Darryl Gerrity’s recent remarks in response to Kevin Harkin’s suggestion that asylum seekers could be housed in Tasmania contradicts...
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Prosperity Without Growth
So much of the analysis of how we respond to climate change assumes that economic growth and emissions reduction are compatible goals....
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Paper Mill Upsets Baikalsk’s Hopes for Strawberries and Skis
BAIKALSK, Irkurtsk Region — Baikalsk, a town of 15,000 located on the shore of the famed Lake Baikal, is haunted by two...
