Tasmanian Times
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842Future of Carmichael mine hinges not on skinks or snakes, but its business case
Its potential environmental impact on vulnerable species has caused outrage, yet it is the fight to make the mine viable that may...
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How Groningen invented a cycling template for cities all over the world
In Groningen, an estimated 61% of all trips are made by bicycle. Photograph: Alamy Motorists woke up one mid-70s morning to find...
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Lapoinya Letter of Learning
The Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt MHR has had a few problems in his short term in office. ETS v Carbon...
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Xenophobia is killing our Planet
Dying … humankind’s impact is everywhere … even in the ring-barked environment of suburbia … Xenophobia (both human and ecological) is raging...
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The Protest at Vedanta …
Sixty people drummed and chanted at today’s protest in London, calling ‘Corporate Criminal, Shame on you!’ at executives entering the AGM and...
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Racist booing of Adam Goodes: this is Abbott’s Australia
Just ask when did this sustained booing against Sydney’s Adam Goodes begin? It was after his spear dance celebration during the AFL...
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STATE: The case for a tunnel under Davey Street, Hobart
Bob Cotgrove, in his excellent summary of road transport issues facing Hobart (The Mercury 11 Jul 2015,) challenges our political leaders to...
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Hands in the Dirt for Space Food
Image from here ~ http://www.vice.com/read/astronauts-gourmet-food-in-space-alain-ducasse-876 Astronauts must eat and the better the food, the better their health. Could Tasmania make a contribution...
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A renegade trawler, hunted for 10,000 miles by vigilantes
or 110 days and across two seas and three oceans, crews stalked a fugitive fishing ship considered the world’s most notorious poacher....
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Vale Dr Louise Crossley
Christine Milne and Bob Brown are saddened to announce the passing yesterday of Dr Louise Crossley. Christine Milne said, “Louise Crossley led...
