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849Gillard to weigh in on bypass
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is poised to intervene to stop the federally funded Brighton bypass being constructed over a world-significant Aboriginal site....
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Gunns pulp mill ‘Disneyland’, lash for Shelton, Lara on the Dilston bypass …
Gunns works very hard demolishing its own credibility. The company says it can sell a tonne of woodchips for $190, and claim...
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Arctic Ice in Death Spiral
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 20, 2010 (IPS) – The carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have melted the Arctic sea ice to...
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The Smoking Gun (2)
HEY, MR JONES… In the north of the state, smoke gets into our skies from a number of sources. I have been...
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Deep breath on cycleway
Hobart Deputy Lord Mayor Helen Burnet wants people to take a deep breath about the Sandy Bay cycleway proposals. Referring to an...
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Protecting West Wellington
On Tuesday 14 September members of the West Wellington Protection Group (WWPG) made a preliminary evaluation walk-through of logging coupe RU051A above...
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Could biochar save the world?
http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0816-hance_rademakers.html Could biochar save the world? Jeremy Hance mongabay.com August 16, 2010 An interview with Laurens Rademakers of Biochar Fund. Biochar—the agricultural...
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The relationship between public health and environmental sustainability in Tasmania
Recent discussions in Tasmania’s media have revealed that there is a link between lower socio-economic status and poor health. This has been...
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The price of power
Summary 1. It is time to review the decision to separate the HEC into three legal entities. 2. A competitive local power...
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Where’s the audit report on Forestry Tas?
Where’s the audit report on Forestry Tas? See below: “You have to have some sympathy for the folks in the Tamanian Audit...
