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First, turtles die, now fish … and anglers handling fish get ill
The sick and dead animals coincided with dredging by Gladstone Port Corporation working on the massive LNG plant and pipeline being built in the harbour, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
Award winning awards. Or is it just greenwash?
Having read through annual reports of some of the most polluting companies on earth, it would be naieve not to be cynical about the extent of corporate greenwashing, writes John Hepburn.
Carbon tax just the first real battle in a very long war
Fergus Green, of Inside Story, unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment.
Inside Story: green growth sprouting in mainstream economic analysis
Mainstream economics is beginning to recognise the opportunities alongside the climate threat, writes Michael Jacobs.
US ‘dream team’ not so green
When Barack Obama replaced George W. Bush, environmentalists in the US shared the President’s hope for the future. The tide seems to be turning, however, with environmental activists becoming frustrated with the Government’s lack of progress, writes Brad Knickerbocker.
From climate chaos to clarity with a double dividend
It’s urgent that we take the climate change debate from chaos to clarity so Australia can help achieve an effective global climate deal, writes John Connor.
Another roo cull. There must be a better way
Kangaroos are under the gun again in the ACT, writes Lionel Elmore.
Noosa’s two-headed fish: farm spraying goes nuts
As the Australian Tourist industry struggles the popular Noosa River in Queensland is being threatened by bureaucratic inaction to stop the use of agricultural chemicals killing and deforming its fish, reports Lionel Elmore.
Adding salt to the wound as the Lower Murray chokes
We have been sailing far to close to the wind for far too long with the lack of water in SA’s Coorong and Lower Lakes, writes Peter Gell.
Commentary wrap: The pundits react to Rudd’s ETS
Australian and international commentators weigh-in on Rudd’s emission target announcement.
Why the credit crisis could be the dawn of the Green New Deal
The financial crisis has been a disastrous for some businesses, but it also represents an environmental opportunity that shouldn’t be missed, writes Adam Grubb, founder of Energybulletin.net.
Government in a FiT of confusion over carbon abatement
The ETS will start in 2010, but what about feed in tarrifs? asks Bernard Keane.
Fuel reduction burns not included in Australia’s C02 accounting
With huge fuel reduction burns planned for this fire season, Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore asks why the carbon they create is being ignored by foresters and others.
Australia still not ready for floods of climate change refugees
The Rudd government is yet to prepare a coherent plan on the problem of environmental refugees, writes Crikey intern Chris Mundy.
Garnaut out thinks the government on trade exposure
The government wants to give free permits to industries affected by a national carbon trading scheme. But Professor of Economics Joshus Gans argues Ross Garnaut’s solution is superior.
Flannery: Garnaut has made a good first step
Speaking exclusively to Crikey, Tim Flannery has solid praise for the emissions targets set today by Ross Garnaut, but says the game could change drastically in as little as five years from now.
Plenty of water for Murray Darling, just no political will
Getting some water to the Coorong and Lower Lakes is, it seems, all too hard for Penny Wong, writes Bernard Keane.
Is radioactive mud a problem for Victoria’s channel deepeners?
Reports on the clean up of a former CSIRO site in Port Melbourne which processed uranium from the early 1940s raises quesitons about Victoria’s Channel Deepening Project, writes Lionel Elmore:
Murray-Darling: Cubby Station has to go first
The first property the government should look at buying is Cubbie Station, writes Bernard Keane.
Video: Open season on black swans in Victoria:
Video footage following up on the plight of black swans and how the DSE is responding.
State of the Planet: Going green Beijing?
How friendly are the Olympics, really?
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