Tasmanian Times
Environment
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8012013 Environmentalist of the Year Awards
The Bob Brown Foundation is proud to award Environmentalist and Young Environmentalist of the Year to two remarkable Queenslanders for their exceptional...
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Rudd 51, Abbott 34 …
In the first national poll since Kevin Rudd returned as Prime Minister, results show he has taken a significant lead as the...
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Natural resource management approaches incorporating disaster risk reduction
Disasters and disaster trends Disaster impacts are generally increasing as a result of the combination of increasing populations, greater concentrations of people...
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A Hundred Year Plan for Human Survival
Pic: Deep impact: An artist’s impression of a huge meteorite striking Earth 65 million years ago, sending the dinosaurs and many other...
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Another one bites the dust
The head of Hydro Tasmania, Roy Adair, has left the company in the midst of major energy reforms. The chief executive is...
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The Waste of Tasmania Expo throws down the gauntlet to SWS’ Christine Bell
Will she accept the challenge or are organisers wasting their breath? Organisers of this Saturday’s “Waste of Tasmania” expo are hoping that...
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Tasmanian World Heritage extension rewards 20 years of dedicated work
Today’s decision to list forested extensions to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area recognises outstanding natural values of global significance and rewards...
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The coming crisis for the oceans. Obama Acts
The world’s oceans are getting hotter, higher, more acidic, and more polluted. On one hand it’s happening slowly. On the other hand...
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Farmers are copping it more than anyone else
As often as not, the light will be on in the spare room in farmhouses across the Tasmanian landscape each night as...
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Rise of the Ruddster … 7PM … ? 6.38PM: Shorten backs Rudd …
A controversial attempt to rescue Labor’s election prospects by claiming Tony Abbott would marginalise women and change abortion rights has backfired, with...
