Archive for July 28th, 2008
The Strange Death of the Tory Climate Crusade – A Lesson for Rudd from the UK
Posted by Paul, July 28th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 15
With less than two years remaining until the next general election, Britain’s Conservative Party has surged to an historic 22-point opinion-poll lead over the incumbent Labour Party. This turnabout has followed an energetic campaign by the Tory leader, David Cameron, to wrench the party out of its ideological comfort zone and overhaul its public image. [...]
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History can be undone – Remove the Barrages and Save the Coorong: A note from Peter Martin
Posted by jennifer, July 28th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Murray River
Comments: 20
The installation of the barrages across the bottom of the Murray River is the greatest single change that has adversely affected the health of the Coorong.
Prior to 1940 Lake Alexandrina, at the bottom of the Murray River, was a mix of seawater and freshwater, and was under tidal influence through the Murray mouth, and fully [...]

