Tasmanian Times
Environment
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854Gunns dam permit application is premature
The Tasmanian Greens today called for the Attorney General to seek legal advice regarding the status of Gunns Ltd’s dam permits in...
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Sudden Impact – When Will Gunns Finally Hit the Wall?
Dirty Harry once said, ‘Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.’ So, this is my opinion, for your consideration. The Pulp Mill...
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Decline of Tasmanian Devils opens the way for introduced predators
Devils have declined by 90% on the Freycinet Peninsula in Tasmania. The Devil facial tumour disease is a contagious cancer. This is...
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Pesticides increase diabetes risk
New science confirms that exposure to pesticides — especially those classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) — can impair the body’s ability...
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Air pollution and woodsmoke
Air pollution and woodsmoke are controversial subjects. A CSIRO study, partly funded by Forestry Tasmania, found that in Geeveston, a Huon Valley...
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Mine gets priority over Tarkine
THE State Government will back mining ahead of the environment in a submission to the Federal Government on whether the Tarkine Wilderness...
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Is national heritage a sham?
In its short existence National Heritage listing has failed to save cattle trampling the delicate plant life of Victoria’s Alpine National Park....
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Once in a lifetime opportunity lost
Ironic that a Tasmanian Greens Alderman (On TT: Anti-development whingeing, HERE) would come out so strongly defending a development that is the...
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Going Green but Getting Nowhere
YOU reduce, reuse and recycle. You turn down plastic and paper. You avoid out-of-season grapes. You do all the right things. Good....
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Application for a Permit to Undertake Dam Works at ‘Bell Bay’
The Examiner, Sept 10, Public Notices: Page 88. DPIPWE public notice. Gunns application for a Permit to Undertake Dam Works at ‘Bell...
