Tasmanian Times
Environment
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854Australia was ready to act on climate 25 years ago, so what happened next?
New book investigates how corporate interests and ideologues worked to make Australia doubt what it knew about climate change and its risks...
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The renaissance of small-scale manufacturing
*Pic: 3D printers like this one offer smaller manufacturers a competitive edge. (Alan Levine/Flickr – CC BY 2.0) Manufacture has long been...
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Call for submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry
Call for public submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry On 19 January 2015, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for...
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Gillnets – petition if you are interested
Watch, sign here
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Nine must-ride trips for cyclists
(CNN)The magic of the open road, trail or mountain has long captured the imaginations of cyclists, whether they are professional riders or...
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How to save the Planet … and Humankind
The world’s nations will meet at the UN in Paris on December to continue dialogue on “How to save the Planet and...
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A history of Hydro
Going back to the Seventies and the early 80’s I recall Hydro Tasmania media statements saying water levels in the state’s dams...
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Obama’s flexible fix to climate change as dirty power dominates in Oz
For many years I used to spend part of the summer in the gorgeous Laurentides region of Quebec, an hour west of...
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Why has Scandinavia got it right and we haven’t?
Recently I spent some time in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Apart from being mightily impressed by the scenery, natural and man-made, I...
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Australia’s relentless corporate welfare to Malaysian logging company as new forest mill opens
*Pic: Ta Ann logging in Sarawak. Pic by Mattihias Klum Bob Brown Foundation’s Campaign Manager Jenny Weber has expressed alarm for Tasmania’s...
