Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.1KFirefighting review confirms TWWHA values protection bungle
*Pic: Sandy Lake replica hut and back burn A review of the firefighting efforts ( HERE ) into the unprecedented bushfires that...
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Surviving the Carbon Apocalypse
In 1968 the Earthrise image inspired a new generation of environmentalists to care about the Earth. In the same year Dr Peter...
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The Horror of 1080 Poison …
Photo of Makarora Penelope Marshall who lives in southern Tasmania is deeply concerned about 1080 poison, used in Tasmania to kill foxes...
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Sad Postscript to the Clearfelling of Lapoinya Forest. Meanwhile in Mutual Valley …
*Pic: Spot the eagle’s nest … After 20 months of research, negotiations, protests and pleas by the Lapoinya Community to reserve or...
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BASSLINK highlights State’s budget woes
*Pic: This incredibly stark photo illustrates Hydro’s problem … Taken March 5 by Isla MacGregor of Lake Burbury. Part of the flooded...
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Moreton Bay to Port Arthur
GRAPHIC ~ The upper image in the graphic is the Moreton Bay Penal Colony on the Brisbane River, where the city of...
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What nobody dares say to you about climate change …
*Pic: Nicole Anderson’s evocative pic of recent climate change-induced wildfires in the Tarkine. Nic says: ‘The eye is drawn simultaneously to everything...
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Government chooses polluters over people with Adani
Even as Australia’s most eminent Reef scientists lament the worst ever outbreak of bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef – the Queensland...
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Port Arthur memorial service to mark 20th anniversary of massacre
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a memorial service honouring victims of the Port Arthur massacre, 20 years to the day...
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Norfolk Islanders Occupy Former Parliament Grounds …
BOUNTINEERS SIT-IN FOR JUSTICE A throng of Norfolk Islanders have occupied the island’s former Parliament grounds on the eve of the 227th...
