March 9, 2009 - ...$250 000 worth of renewable energy infrastructure onto the roof tops of surf clubs. We have money to get a further two surf clubs set up with renewables, and money for wind turbines for two public schools in the region. We are also set to install solar panels on a local church. In 2009, we aim to focus on getting rural fire stations set up with renewable energy. Of course, these community installations of renewable energy make no difference to the big picture. They do however allow us to demonstrate that renewable energy technology is ready to go right now....
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Forget Bush for the moment, let’s worry about China!
December 9, 2007 - ...including the spraying of large amounts of herbicides, have prompted repeated protests by local Cambodians. According to the international NGO Global Witness, Chinese companies have destroyed large parts of the forests along the Chinese-Myanmar border and are now moving deeper into Myanmar’s forests in their search for timber. In many instances, illicit logging activity takes place with the active support of corrupt local officials. Central government officials in Myanmar and Indonesia, countries where China’s loggers are active, have protested such arrangements to Beijing, but relief has been limited. These activities, along with those of Chinese mining and energy companies, raise...
Greening the Desert. How Farmers in Sahel Confound Scientists
January 4, 2008 - ...exacerbated by political instability and unrest, prompted the UN to hold a conference on desertification in 1977. This initiated a debate, still ongoing, on the causes and effects of drought, land degradation and desertification. There are two opposing camps in the debate. Adherents of the desertification hypothesis hold human activities responsible for ‘irreversible’ declines in vegetation from ‘overuse of resources’ and ‘human mismanagement’. Sceptics, however, see declines in vegetation as the result of drought, and hence a temporary phenomena, with humans playing only a minor role, if at all. Some scientists have stressed the high potential of adaptation of the...
Climate Change Commentary from the Field
July 26, 2007 - ...following (most simple first): Switch off all appliances on ‘standby’ at the power socket whenever possible and certainly every night before going to bed. (Saves the average household about $100 and 750kg of greenhouse gas emissions per year). Install long-life light bulbs as standard ones fail (Each fluorescent bulb saves $ 45 over its lifetime). Recycle everything you can. (Saves about 1000kg of emissions per year) Use less hot water; fit water-saving shower heads, use cold or warm water only for washing machines. Only boil full jugs when you really need to! (Likely to save about $100 per year and...
Opinion: The right side of history? Labor’s noble climate talk lost in coal smoke
August 30, 2019 - ...164,000ML a year. Some aquifers connect with water in the Great Artesian Basin, which is being used without metering. Water tables are being lowered in some instances and many water bores are failing. Other industrial water usage in the region includes five operational and six proposed coal mines. The Acland New Hope mine was subject to a Queensland Land Court judgment on water and health issues so damning that it is difficult to understand why this mine is allowed to continue. The number of coal seam gas wells is projected to triple, supported by the Queensland government. Pre-election, the Morrison...