Tasmanian Times
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Doctor’s orders: No Coal
What: Tasmanian DEA members join the campaign against coal for the National Day of Action Why: Calling for an urgent transition from...
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844The 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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Public loss, private gain?
THE JOKE that is the Huon Valley Council’s “consultation and communications strategy” got sicker at its June meeting, when management acknowledged that...
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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...
