Archive for August 27th, 2007
Richard Ness Sends A Letter To ‘Friends of the Earth’: A Blog Post from Eric
Posted by jennifer, August 27th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Mining
Comments: 4
Earlier this week the Australian chapter of ‘Friends of the Earth’ posted a statement on their website in response to comments made by Australian Senator Ian Macdonald.
The press release stated:
National environmental organisation, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia, has responded angrily to a statement made in the Senate by Ian Macdonald implying that its sister [...]
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Commercial whaling ends in Iceland and starts in Africa? A Note from Ann Novek
Posted by jennifer, August 27th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 59
Nearly one year after Iceland resumed commercial whaling, the country has decided to not issue new whale hunting quotas until market demand increases and gets an export license from Japan.
“Iceland’s fisheries minister, Einar K. Guofinnsson, told Reuters this week it made no sense to issue new quotas when the present quota period expires on August [...]

