Tag: Environment

Plan for travellers' body heat to warm homes

September 4, 2010 05:00:00

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]

Tags: environment, alternative-energy, environmental-technology, france

Dam levels not primary indicator of supply

September 3, 2010 13:05:00

The head of the Water Corporation says dam levels no longer reflect how much water is really available to Perth users.[MORE]

Tags: environment, water-management, water-supply, wa

Council fined over accepting contaminated waste

September 3, 2010 12:50:00

The Horsham Rural City Council has been fined for accepting contaminated waste at the Dooen landfill earlier this year. [MORE]

Tags: environment, recycling-and-waste-management, government-and-politics, local-government, law-crime-and-justice, australia, vic, dooen-3401, horsham-3400

Organic farmers to get locust chemical bailout

September 3, 2010 12:05:00

The Victorian Government has promised to release some of its organic certified chemical stocks to treat locusts if there is a market shortage.[MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, pest-management, pests, australia, vic, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400

Trees save lives in heatwaves, say experts

September 3, 2010 11:17:00

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]

Tags: environment, climate-change, environmental-management, health, weather, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, australia, sa, adelaide-5000

Departments reach deal on local mining plans

September 3, 2010 11:03:00

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]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining, environment, environmental-management, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, community-development, environmental-impact, australia, wa, kalgoorlie-6430

Planning chief visits Oberon to resolve environment plan

September 3, 2010 07:31:00

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]

Tags: environment, environmental-management, government-and-politics, local-government, states-and-territories, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, land-management, australia, nsw, oberon-2787

Water entitlement boost is premature: farmer

September 3, 2010 07:30:00

Concerns have been raised about a further increase in water entitlements for landholders in the Lachlan and Macquarie Valleys. [MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, water-management, water-supply, australia, nsw, cowra-2794, dubbo-2830, lake-cargelligo-2672, orange-2800

Collingwood Park families demand compensation for subsidence

September 3, 2010 07:03:00

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]

Tags: environment, mining, government-and-politics, public-sector, states-and-territories, land-management, australia, qld, ipswich-4305

Fuel tanker runs aground in Arctic

September 3, 2010 06:28:00

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]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, maritime-accidents, environment, canada

Authorities say no sign of oil after Gulf rig explodes

September 3, 2010 04:05:00

The US Coast Guard says there is no sign of an oil slick after another oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.[MORE]

Tags: industry, oil-and-gas, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, environment, oceans-and-reefs, united-states

Burger King dumps Indonesian palm oil company

September 2, 2010 22:47:00

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]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, forests, rain-forests-and-forest, environmental-impact, indonesia, united-states

Feral cats wiping out endangered bush species

September 2, 2010 20:37:00

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]

Tags: environment, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, national-parks, nt

Japanese fishermen begin annual dolphin hunt

September 2, 2010 18:06:00

A controversial annual dolphin hunt that was depicted in an Oscar-winning documentary has begun in Japan.[MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, animals, japan

Angry families walk out of mediation over subsidence

September 2, 2010 15:03:00

Ipswich families storm out of a mediation meeting with the State Government over subsidence issues in their Collingwood Park homes.[MORE]

Tags: environment, mining, government-and-politics, public-sector, states-and-territories, land-management, australia, qld, ipswich-4305

Farmers face long wait for locust pesticides

September 2, 2010 11:46:00

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]

Tags: environment, rural, agricultural-crops, pest-management, pests, australia, sa, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, sale-3850, wodonga-3690

Water plan to 'drought-proof Sydney until 2025'

September 2, 2010 11:05:00

The New South Wales Government says its updated Metropolitan Water Plan will drought-proof Sydney for the next 15 years.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, environment, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, water-management, australia, nsw, sydney-2000

Concern deal could threaten emerging uranium industry

September 2, 2010 10:21:00

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]

Tags: environment, uranium-mining, kalgoorlie-6430, wiluna-6646

Scientists and planners consider street trees' benefits

September 2, 2010 10:05:00

The benefits are being assessed of diverting rain from gutters to water street trees.[MORE]

Tags: environment, climate-change, environmental-management, health, weather, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, australia, sa, adelaide-5000

Tourism operators criticise LNP Fraser Island plan

September 2, 2010 09:42:00

Tourism operators on Fraser Island have criticised a State Opposition plan to close parts of the World Heritage Listed island.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, environment, environmental-management, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, rural, rural-tourism, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, land-management, australia, qld, eurong-4581, maroochydore-4558

Murray-Darling authority to reveal future plans

September 2, 2010 09:28:00

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will release information on the future of the basin in five weeks. [MORE]

Tags: environment, rivers, murraydarling-basin, australia, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, renmark-5341, vic, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Free disposal days for e-waste

September 2, 2010 08:11:00

Adelaide residents will be able to dispose of old computers, TVs or mobile phones for free this month under a local government program.[MORE]

Tags: environment, recycling-and-waste-management, local-government, computers-and-technology, sa, adelaide-5000

Irrigators to buy, sell Mary Basin water

September 2, 2010 07:23:00

Irrigators in the Mary Basin will soon be able to buy and sell water as part of new State Government water allocation plans.[MORE]

Tags: environment, water, australia, qld, caloundra-4551, goomeri-4601, hervey-bay-4655