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Opposition tries to disrupt pipeline operation

March 10, 2010 08:36:00

Victoria's Opposition parties will unite in Parliament today, in an attempt to disrupt the operation of the controversial north-south pipeline.[MORE]

Tags: environment, state-parliament, states-and-territories, water, vic, melbourne-3000, yea-3717

Life floods back into outback

March 10, 2010 08:00:00

Queensland's massive flood may have caused millions of dollars of damage, but it has been a godsend for native animals and plants.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, environment, wetlands, water, environmental-impact, boulia-4829, diamantina-lakes-4735

Opposition wants Green Loans Senate inquiry

March 10, 2010 08:00:00

The Federal Opposition will today move to set up a Senate inquiry into the Government's Green Loans program.[MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, federal-government, programs-and-initiatives, australia

Fisherman fined for killing seals

March 9, 2010 20:26:00

A Western Australian fisherman has been fined a record amount for killing fur seals in waters off Tasmania. [MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, courts-and-trials, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, perth-6000

Irrigators want reform compo

March 9, 2010 14:40:00

The National Irrigators Council (NIC) has joined the South Australian election debate.[MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, rural, irrigation, rivers, murraydarling-basin, sa, mount-gambier-5290, renmark-5341

Trust Queenslanders to conserve water: Clarke

March 9, 2010 14:09:00

Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says the government should trust south east Queenslanders and lift water restrictions. [MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, water, water-management, water-supply, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, southport-4215

Administrators confident of Cubbie contract

March 9, 2010 11:31:00

The administrators of Australia's biggest cotton farm in southern Queensland are confident the property will be sold by the end of the month.[MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, rivers, murraydarling-basin, australia, qld, dirranbandi-4486, st-george-4487

Conditions put on mine expansion

March 9, 2010 11:30:00

The Land Court has imposed a number of conditions on a proposed mine expansion in Queensland's Central Highlands.[MORE]

Tags: environment, mining, government-and-politics, local-government, rural, qld, mackay-4740, moranbah-4744

Cars threaten to reverse air quality improvements

March 9, 2010 11:00:00

The New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water says Sydney's long term record of improvements in air quality is threatened by increased vehicle emissions.[MORE]

Tags: environment, pollution, air-pollution, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, australia, nsw, campbelltown-2560

Work starting on Chowilla regulator

March 9, 2010 10:50:00

Construction has started on the Chowilla regulator near Renmark on the Murray.[MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, wetlands, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, water-supply, sa, renmark-5341

Murray blue-green algae alert spreads

March 9, 2010 10:26:00

The red alert for blue-green algae in the Murray River has been extended downstream to Swan Hill.[MORE]

Tags: environment, health, rivers, vic, mildura-3500, swan-hill-3585

Reports of storm damage still coming in

March 9, 2010 09:23:00

The State Emergency Service (SES) says it will take until Friday to complete work on securing buildings and cleaning up damage caused by hail and heavy rain over the long weekend. [MORE]

Tags: environment, weather, storm, vic, melbourne-3000, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630

Sharks visiting 'cleaning stations': researcher

March 9, 2010 09:00:00

North Queensland researchers say they are amazed by new images of sharks and manta rays lining up to be cleaned by smaller fish on the Great Barrier Reef.[MORE]

Tags: environment, oceans-and-reefs, human-interest, animals, great-barrier-reef, qld, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, townsville-4810

Cane toads march on final frontier

March 9, 2010 08:45:00

Cane toads appear to have broken down the defences of one of Australia's last remaining untouched tropical wilderness areas.[MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, australia, wa, kununurra-6743

Delta launches biomass fuel trial

March 9, 2010 08:37:00

Ten farms in the Forbes district will take part in a $1 million trial of using plant material or 'biomass' to produce electricity.[MORE]

Tags: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, science-and-technology, energy, forbes-2871, orange-2800

Herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard

March 9, 2010 07:30:00

Two herdsmen have been sentenced to eight and 10 years in prison for killing a snow leopard in north-west China's Xinjiang region.[MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, human-interest, animals, china

Climate change science: the evidence is clear

March 8, 2010 15:44:00

This afternoon ABC Science broadcaster Robyn Williams delivered the 2010 Commonwealth Day address at a lunch organised by the Commonwealth Day Council of NSW at the NSW Parliament. The theme was Science, Technology and Society. This is an edited version of his speech.[MORE]

Tags: environment, climate-change, science-and-technology, australia

Storm damage sparks natural disaster call

March 8, 2010 15:17:00

The Central Darling Shire Council wants the New South Wales Government to declare the area a natural disaster zone again.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, environment, weather, rainfall, water, water-supply, australia, nsw, broken-hill-2880, ivanhoe-2878, white-cliffs-2836, wilcannia-2836

'Inequity' highlighted in irrigation scheme

March 8, 2010 13:37:00

There are a number of inequities in the Federal Government's Private Irrigation Infrastructure Program (PIP) according to the head of the Riverland Winegrape Growers Association in South Australia.[MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, water, water-management, water-supply, australia, sa, renmark-5341

SA poised for geothermal 'breakthrough'

March 8, 2010 13:12:00

South Australia's south-east is one step closer to becoming the birthplace of clean, geothermal power in Australia after the official opening of the Salamander-1 geothermal well in the Otway Basin near Penola.[MORE]

Tags: environment, alternative-energy, geothermal-energy, australia, sa, mount-gambier-5290, penola-5277

Storm damage bill likely to be in the millions

March 8, 2010 11:36:00

The RACV is expecting over 10,000 claims to be lodged for storm damage after the wild weather on the weekend.[MORE]

Tags: environment, weather, storm, nsw, sydney-2000, vic, melbourne-3000, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690

Parks' visitors to be quizzed about support

March 8, 2010 11:02:00

Visitors to national parks in the Gold Coast hinterland over the next year or so will be asked to participate in a survey about the parks' future.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, environment, conservation, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, national-parks, australia, qld, lamington-national-park-4275, southport-4215, springbrook-4213

Council set for light switch

March 8, 2010 10:02:00

Lismore City Councillor Simon Clough says the installation of energy-efficient street lighting should have happened much sooner.[MORE]

Tags: environment, local-government, lismore-2480