Tag: Environment
Plan for travellers' body heat to warm homes
The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, according to the French capital's largest owner of social housing.[MORE]
Fight may be over for Union Hall
Union Hall at Adelaide University is a step closer to being demolished.[MORE]
Dam levels not primary indicator of supply
The head of the Water Corporation says dam levels no longer reflect how much water is really available to Perth users.[MORE]
Council fined over accepting contaminated waste
The Horsham Rural City Council has been fined for accepting contaminated waste at the Dooen landfill earlier this year. [MORE]
Organic farmers to get locust chemical bailout
The Victorian Government has promised to release some of its organic certified chemical stocks to treat locusts if there is a market shortage.[MORE]
Trees save lives in heatwaves, say experts
Trees are known to give a range of environmental benefits, but new research suggests that they are also playing an important role in saving human lives during heatwaves.[MORE]
Departments reach deal on local mining plans
The Western Australian Government says it has taken a balanced approach in its environmental arrangements for a resource-rich area north of Southern Cross.[MORE]
Planning chief visits Oberon to resolve environment plan
New South Wales Planning Minister Tony Kelly has sent his department chief to Oberon today, in a bid to resolve an eight-year delay in signing off the town's comprehensive Local Environment Plan (LEP).[MORE]
Water entitlement boost is premature: farmer
Concerns have been raised about a further increase in water entitlements for landholders in the Lachlan and Macquarie Valleys. [MORE]
Collingwood Park families demand compensation for subsidence
Residents of Ipswich west of Brisbane whose homes are on top of an old mine say subsidence problems have caused them two-and-a-half years of hell.[MORE]
Fuel tanker runs aground in Arctic
A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying 9 million litres of diesel fuel that risks spilling into the Arctic waters, the Canadian Coast Guard said this morning.[MORE]
Authorities say no sign of oil after Gulf rig explodes
The US Coast Guard says there is no sign of an oil slick after another oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.[MORE]
Burger King dumps Indonesian palm oil company
US fast food giant Burger King said it would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices.[MORE]
Feral cats wiping out endangered bush species
A new report from the Nature Conservancy has found that mammal species in northern Australia are in rapid decline and many are at risk of becoming extinct within the next decade. [MORE]
Japanese fishermen begin annual dolphin hunt
A controversial annual dolphin hunt that was depicted in an Oscar-winning documentary has begun in Japan.[MORE]
Angry families walk out of mediation over subsidence
Ipswich families storm out of a mediation meeting with the State Government over subsidence issues in their Collingwood Park homes.[MORE]
Fish stocks recovering in Moreton Bay green zones
New research has found more fish in Moreton Bay in south-east Queensland because of an expansion of green zones.[MORE]
Farmers face long wait for locust pesticides
The Australian Plague Locust Commission says it may be up to eight weeks before orders for a locust control agent will arrive, after a batch was contaminated.[MORE]
Water plan to 'drought-proof Sydney until 2025'
The New South Wales Government says its updated Metropolitan Water Plan will drought-proof Sydney for the next 15 years.[MORE]
Concern deal could threaten emerging uranium industry
Western Australia's Chamber of Minerals and Energy is concerned that a deal struck between Labor and the Greens could threaten WA's emerging uranium industry. [MORE]
Scientists and planners consider street trees' benefits
The benefits are being assessed of diverting rain from gutters to water street trees.[MORE]
Tourism operators criticise LNP Fraser Island plan
Tourism operators on Fraser Island have criticised a State Opposition plan to close parts of the World Heritage Listed island.[MORE]
Murray-Darling authority to reveal future plans
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will release information on the future of the basin in five weeks. [MORE]
Free disposal days for e-waste
Adelaide residents will be able to dispose of old computers, TVs or mobile phones for free this month under a local government program.[MORE]
Irrigators to buy, sell Mary Basin water
Irrigators in the Mary Basin will soon be able to buy and sell water as part of new State Government water allocation plans.[MORE]
