Buyat Bay on the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, is perhaps best known as the place where Canadian mining giant Newmont dumped tailing from a gold mine allegedly polluting the bay and poisioning the local villagers. Increasingly it appears the … [Read more...] about New Picture Book on Buyat Bay
GM Canola Arrives in Australia by Ship
It is a pity that GM canola has arrived in Australia, not as a crop for farmers to grow, but as a shipment of seed grown in Canada ready for crushing in Australia. Indeed yesterday a shipment of genetic engineered canola came into the Port of … [Read more...] about GM Canola Arrives in Australia by Ship
In Defence of Industrialisation and Mining: A Note from Jack Sturgess
During a career in the mining industry, I lived and worked in Australia, PNG, Canada and the US; I also worked for months at a time in New Zealand and South Africa and for weeks at a time in Alaska, Mexico and Indonesia. I only had to move around … [Read more...] about In Defence of Industrialisation and Mining: A Note from Jack Sturgess
Stranded Pilot Whales Moved on Donated Mattresses
Almost thirty long-finned pilot whales were stranded on Strahan's Ocean Beach, Tasmania, on Friday. Five animals were saved. According to the Sunday Tasmanian: "Rough surf made it impossible to return the whales to the water in the same place they … [Read more...] about Stranded Pilot Whales Moved on Donated Mattresses
National Park Declaration Didn’t Save Tinkrameanah Forest in the Pilliga
As part of the campaign to have State Forest converted to National Park in the Pilliga-Goonoo region of central western New South Wales, the Western Conservation Alliance held a forest protest in the Tinkrameanah State Forest in August 2002. The main … [Read more...] about National Park Declaration Didn’t Save Tinkrameanah Forest in the Pilliga
Weekend Reading & Listening
GM cottonseed could feed millions By Will Dunham November, 20 2006 Scientists have found a way to use the cotton plant, long a source of fiber for clothing but inedible* by humans, to feed potentially half a billion people a year. Texas A&M … [Read more...] about Weekend Reading & Listening
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
