A civil trial is underway in the Victorian Supreme Court as environmentalists try to save an endangered species of possum.
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The critically endangered orange-bellied parrot appears to be moving closer to extinction. A company which supplies desalination systems says a lack of support from SA Water is denying three South Australian towns better quality water. A logging contractor says he is not responsible for damaging a protester's car with a chain in the Boyne State Forest, north of Batemans Bay, on the New South Wales far south coast. Regional Australia Minister Simon Crean says the Riverland's future is at risk without economic diversification. The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says it may remove air purifiers from five homes at Port Pirie sooner than expected, if air and soil testing results are favourable. The South Australian Government has conceded a $1.2 million trial aimed at reducing blue-green algae in Adelaide's Torrens Lake over summer has failed. A proposed $425 million sugar ethanol plant in north Queensland is set to go ahead after getting council and State Government approval. Environmental consultants employed on the ABC's new Queensland headquarters in Brisbane temporarily resigned over concerns that key environmental health measures had been dumped in order to save money, leaked documents have revealed. The Rockhampton Regional Council will meet government officers today about revelations that some coal mines have discharged water into the Fitzroy catchment outside licence guidelines. Scientists have found the humble sea cucumber can play an important role in protecting coral reefs from the impacts of climate change. A company wanting to do mining exploration in remote state forest near the Bobo River is determined to start work in the next few months. Anti-mining campaigners say revised plans for a major expansion of a mining project in central western New South Wales will still adversely impact the environment. The Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council says addressing mining concerns is one of the key issues it will ask candidates to address during the state election campaign. A US Navy plan to have half its fleet running on alternative fuels by the end of the decade may provide a boost to Australian producers. Politicians trade blows after the NSW Government backs down on a controversial plan to ban regular unleaded petrol and force people to use ethanol blends instead. A major United Nations report has called for a sustainable "evergreen revolution", warning that time is running out to ensure there is enough food, water and fuel to meet the needs of the world's rapidly growing population. The Federal Government is delaying nominating the West MacDonnell Ranges to the UNESCO World Heritage List. OneSteel will receive a $64 million advance of federal assistance. Indonesia has revoked a gold mining exploration permit granted to an Australian miner following a series of violent protests against the project left two dead last month. The decision came after thousands of people demonstrated on Thursday on Sumbawa Island, near the popular tourist destination of Bali. The Darling River Action Group (DRAG) says yabbies could be fished to extinction. Conservationists say a planned bauxite mine expansion on Cape York, in far north Queensland, could hurt the Great Barrier Reef. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has stirred debate within Opposition ranks, saying a future Coalition government would support coal seam gas extraction "under the right circumstances". |
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