Tasmanian Times
Environment
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808Trust us. Not yet!
Simon’s plaintive cry suggested, inter alia, environmentalists are operating in “a knowledge vacuum” away from “the harder reality” of a true understanding...
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Take a stand with the beekeepers
On what scientific grounds does Tasmania continue to use the pesticides neonicotinoids, including imidacloprid? Both agriculture and forestry use these pesticides. Forestry...
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The Forests Agreement to end all forestry disagreement?
An outbreak of peace is threatened in the forests of Tasmania. We have a Forests Agreement to end all forestry disagreement. A...
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Pulp mill boss recruited to make project appealing
THE new head of Gunns’ Bell Bay pulp mill project was head-hunted to make the controversial mill more palatable to would-be financiers....
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Warning: “Greater exposure” to Fox News will lead to “increased misinformationR
A World Public Opinion (WPO) poll finds that a remarkable 60% of those who watched Fox News almost daily believe that “Most...
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The Wood Smoke Activist
Below is the January issue of the Wood Smoke Activist. I hope you will find it both interesting and helpful in finding...
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Brighton Bypass Decision
An additional $12 million will be invested from the Nation Building Program to protect Aboriginal heritage at the Jordan River levee near...
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The devastating consequences of rat poison
… Scientists know that at least some owls are dying under gruesome circumstances, bleeding to death from stomach hemorrhages in an agonizing...
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Bell Bay aluminium smelter announces long-term energy contract
Rio Tinto Alcan Bell Bay aluminium smelter today announced the signing of a long-term, base load electricity supply contract with Hydro Tasmania...
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Forestry lobby group axes chairman
The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) has sacked its chairman because it can not afford to pay him. FIAT lost half...
