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Dugong Slaughter Suspended
Good news! Traditional hunters have agreed to suspend the hunting of dugongs and turtles in North Queensland. More here. (5)

Rested Tassie scallop beds produce no juveniles
Rather than rejuvenating the scallop bed, closure just let scallops die of old age.  More here (0)

Invasive Carp in the US
Voltage coursing through electrical barriers designed to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes may need to be raised to keep out juvenile fish, U.S. officials said on Friday.   Read more here. (1)

Bill Kininmonth on TV
Bill Kininmonth speaks with Kerri-anne from Channel 9 about climate change and nuclear energy… click here. (2)

Why Action on AGW
LABOR must win back voters lost to the Greens by advocating stronger action on climate change and supporting gay marriage, according to a secret internal review of the party’s performance that also urges the government to do more to court votes in immigrant communities.   The Australian. (1)

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Archive for January 31st, 2009

A Female ‘Black’ Satin Bowerbird

Posted by jennifer, January 31st, 2009 - under Community, News, Uncategorized.
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The following picture of a female ‘black’ satin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, was taken in Katoomba on January 31, 2009, by Jennifer Marohasy. 

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New Jungles

Posted by jennifer, January 31st, 2009 - under News.
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By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster.  Read more here in the New York Times.  This good news was reported eight years ago by Marc Morano, Read more [...]

No Balance in Environmental Reporting at The New York Times: John Coleman

Posted by jennifer, January 31st, 2009 - under Opinion.
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AT his popular New York Times blog, environmental journalist Andrew Revkin asks the question “Can a scientists be a Citizen, Too?”  But what Mr Revkin is really asking is: should scientists become involved in advocacy? Mr Revkin provides the case of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Chief, James Hansen, as a specific example and suggests that [...]