Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "pollution"
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3.6KCurrent AffairsNorth-west Tasmania for Clean Oceans
For some years now, there have been reports that the Tasmanian salmon industry is expanding. The Tasmanian Government is keen to promote...
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3,000 Shipping Containers Fell Into the Pacific Ocean Last Winter
A rise in container-ship accidents adds to the growing marine plastic pollution problem and poses risks to ocean health, wildlife and mariners.
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Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin – My Little Dolphin
Scientist Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin recently spoke eloquently to a Senate committee about Tasmania's own endemic dolphin.
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Review – Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry
Disclosure: Peter George played a small part in Richard Flanagan’s research for Toxic in his role of co-Chair of the Tasmanian Alliance...
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‘Stop Eating Tasmanian Salmon’
Transcript of media conference with Andrew Wilkie (Federal Independent MP for Clark), Laura Kelly (Environment Tasmania), Peter George (TAMP), Essie Davis (Bruny...
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2.9KCurrent Affairs
Van Dairy Full of Shit
ABC: Audit finds Van Dairy Group farms failed to meet operating effluent requirements. Australia’s largest dairy farming business is facing fresh questions...
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Turning Wood Into Plastic
Plastics are one of the world’s largest pollutants. A new bioplastic made from wood byproducts may help solve one of the our...
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Another Mass Fish Escape from Huon Aquaculture
Statement from Peter Bender, 3 December 2020 Yesterday morning (2nd of December 2020) it was discovered that a fish pen moored at...
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Sea Shepherd Names Top Plastic Polluters
The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé are ranked as the world’s top plastic polluters for the 3rd consecutive year according to Break...
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Study Links Plastic Ingestion and Dietary Metals in Seabirds
Even relatively few pieces of plastic can potentially have an impact on bird health, a new study finds.
