Environmental Articles - Page 1
Biofuels Enviornmental Impact
14 May 2007 01:05AM
The Co-op Insurance Society has today released a report suggesting
that Biofuels could have a damaging effect on the environment.
Biofuels are anything made from vegetable matter that burns, and are
seen as a potential solution to climate change...
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Canberra Facing Tough Water Restrictions
13 May 2007 10:28PM
Canberra, Australia's capital city, could be facing tough water
restrictions, says the chief minister, Jon Stanhope.
"There is a real possibility that Canberra will move to level 4
water restrictions by July" he said.
level 4 water restrictions...
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Murdoch Vows To Be Carbon Neutral
10 May 2007 07:48AM
In a bid to help climate change on a global scale, Rupert Murdoch,
The Chairman of News Corporation, today vowed that his many worldwide
businesses would be carbon neutral by 2010.
The plans unveiled by Murdoch include measures to reduce energy...
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Major Australian River Runs Dry
19 Apr 2007 08:40PM
As the picture here shows, Australia's Murray-Darling River system
has run dry; spelling devastating news for the already struggling
farmers and vineyards, and also set to hit consumers in the pocket.
Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, ann...
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Australias PM Pushed For Climate Change Action
12 Apr 2007 09:43PM
Australia's Climate Change policies are to be discussed in today's
premiers' conference.
The Prime Minister, John Howard accepted that there was a place for
imposing a price on carbon dioxide emissions, but refuses to be locked
down on the spec...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger The Environment Must Become Hip
12 Apr 2007 07:38AM
"The Environmental Movement must become Hip and Sexy" Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger told a Washington conference recently.
Speaking to a largely student audience at Georgetown University, he
urged campaigners to "focus on the positives of cutti...
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Her Majesty The Green
06 Apr 2007 03:29AM
With Global Warming and Carbon Emissions hot topics in parliament
and the media, Britains Queen Elizabeth has vowed to reduce her impact
on the environment.
"For the first time we are doing an overall audit to take stock.
We don't have a tally...
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When is Organic Not Organic
04 Apr 2007 10:37PM
I was both very surprised and disappointed to learn this week that
Australia does not have any national regulation to control the
labeling of organic food and goods. That means that anyone can legally
call their produce organic, whether it is or n...
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Don't just bin those shopping bags, take them with you next time you shop. Better still don't use plastic bags at all - take a cloth bag with you.
