'Getting in Deeper?' was the title of a letter to the Courier Mail on Friday which read: Now that we are going to have to import more fish because of cutbacks to commercial fishing we can expect an increase in Indonesian illegal fishing in our … [Read more...] about Let’s Import Our Fish
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The War Over Whaling Continues
The MY Esperanza and the MY Arctic Sunrise, equipped with a helicopter, speed boats and hi-tech communications equipment, departed Cape Town harbor last Sunday afternoon for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The boats are not part of some … [Read more...] about The War Over Whaling Continues
Designed to Be Energy Efficient – or Not?
Through an agreement with the building sector, the Australian Government has resolved to eliminate worst energy performance practices through a national standard approach to minimum performance requirements for buildings, see Greenhouse Office … [Read more...] about Designed to Be Energy Efficient – or Not?
Saved by NASA
The Head of space environment at the British National Space Agency told The Scotsman yesterday that the US Space Guard project will have identified almost all the most dangerous "Near Earth Objects" by 2008 and scientists had already demonstrated … [Read more...] about Saved by NASA
Don’t Cut Trees in Queensland
Ian Mott, a contributor to this blog, has noted in a comment at an earlier post that: The Queensland Cabinet is currently considering "phasing out" private native forestry on freehold land. And for all the families that have not only protected … [Read more...] about Don’t Cut Trees in Queensland
Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
I thought it was cattle and cane that was driving the destruction of rainforests in the Brazilian Amazon, but according to an article in New Scientist titled Forests paying the price for biofuels by Fred Pearce, it is soybean grown for … [Read more...] about Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
