Tasmanian Times
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A poignant image …
TREVOR ALLEN, http://tasmaniana.blogspot.com/ The image above (featured in the Weekend Australian Homehunt) is a recent entry sent to TTN (The Tasmaniana Network)...
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International Paper Treads Monsanto’s Path to ‘Frankenforests’
BLOOMBERG Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — International Paper Co., the world’s largest pulp and paper maker, plans to remake commercial forests in the...
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Brazil boosts pulp
HAKAN EKSTROM The Brazilian pulp industry increase production and pulpwood costs are going up in 2009, reports Wood Resource Quarterly Brazil increased...
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Los Angeles sharply cuts water, power use
LA TIMES Heeding calls to conserve both water and power, Los Angeles residents have significantly reduced water use and installed enough energy-efficient...
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“Yes we can!” – Tasmanian Climate Challenge
MEDIA RELEASE A southern Tasmania community is challenging all Tasmanian householders to beat soaring energy costs by slashing their energy consumption. Launching...
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The growing atrazine scandal
Dr ALISON BLEANEY Be aware that the Tasmanian Government is using the national drinking water health vaue of 40 ppb (put up...
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Wilderness Society ‘welcomed to the real world’
ERIC B. JOHNSTON The Wilderness Society has, at long last, admitted that plantation forestry and pulp/paper mills offer rural jobs and income...
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The Parsons Climate Report
PHILL PARSONS We appear as though we are not going to have high targets for emission reduction or renewable energy. I hope...
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Hobart to get its own Fed Square
MERCURY A SYDNEY-based developer is cashed up and ready to start construction on the $100m redevelopment of Parliament Square. Citta Property Group...
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Wind turbines set to turn
MERCURY WIND turbines will soon be turning on the roof of Hobart’s Marine Board Building. Read more here
