Archive for February 26th, 2008
Beyond Media Headlines: The Key Issues for the Macquarie Marshes
Posted by jennifer, February 26th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Drought, Floods, National Parks, Water
Comments: none
Media reports yesterday** correctly drew attention to the fact that there are levy banks within the Macquarie Marshes and that they are depriving key wetland areas of water.
But the stories went on to lump upstream legal and planned irrigation development that makes allocations for environmental flows with legal and illegal levies on grazing land within [...]
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Plane Stupidity and BoM Bombs
Posted by Paul, February 26th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 18
Yesterday (Monday 25th February) four Greenpeace protesters breached security at London’s Heathrow airport and climbed on the tail of a Boeing 777 in order to display a banner saying, ‘Climate Emergency, No 3rd Runway.’
Prometheus points out in an article entitled, ‘A sense of proportion’ that last month the Chinese government announced plans to build 97 [...]
Porsche Challenge London CO2 Tax with a Judicial Review
Posted by Paul, February 26th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Energy & Nuclear
Comments: 7
Porsche GB has announced it will seek a judicial review of London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s £25 ‘Congestion’ charge for cars emitting 225g/km or more of CO2, on the grounds that it is unfair, disproportionate and will not cut either congestion or emissions. A motor manufacturer has at last found the guts to stand up for [...]