Tasmanian Times
Economy
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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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758Climate 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...
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Forestry Smoke … not a good start for David O’Byrne
In Budget Estimates recently David O’Byrne MP, was reported in Hansard as saying the acknowledged dangerous levels of forestry smoke earlier this...
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Big blow delays rooftop turbines
Strong winds have swept aside plans to install four large wind turbines on top of a Hobart office building. This morning, a...
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Bookies buying into climate change race
Is climate change “crap”, as Tony Abbott once reportedly said? We’ve heard complex arguments from scientists armed with graphs and pie charts....
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Cities for living not roads
Alderman Philip Cocker today called on the State and Federal Governments to stop wasting vast amounts of money on road works and...
