Australia
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Climate denial is a right-wing trait
George Monbiot
It was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) because his was too strong. When Julia Gillard, the new Labor leader, also flunked the issue, many of her supporters defected to the Greens.
It was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) because his was too strong. When Julia Gillard, the new Labor leader, also flunked the issue, many of her supporters defected to the Greens.
25/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Reports and Documents
Transparency in environmental regulatory decisions within the Department of Mines and Petroleum (Western Australia)
The Department of Mines and Petroleum is the state’s lead agency for regulating mining, petroleum, and geothermal activities in Western Australia. A key regulatory function of the department is to ensure that environmental impacts
associated with resource development projects are minimised, and that
Aug 2010
Department of Mines and Petroleum- Govt of Western Australia
News
Protest against inaction on climate change
Sydney: Thousands of Australians protested against inaction on climate change on Sunday, converging on major cities to voice their discontent ahead of this week's national polls.
Thousands gathered in Sydney's business district for the annual “Walk Against Warming” rally and similar events were held in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin and Hobart.
Thousands gathered in Sydney's business district for the annual “Walk Against Warming” rally and similar events were held in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin and Hobart.
16/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Anti-vaccination website poses public health risk
Misleading and inaccurate claims published by an Australian anti-vaccination campaign group pose a risk to public health, a government watchdog has ruled. The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC), the health watchdog for the state of New South Wales, based in Sydney, issued the warning yesterday over information presented on the website of the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN).
Jul 2010
New Scientist
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Vaccine.doc
Feature Articles
Replacing underperforming protected areas achieves better conservation outcomes
Suggestions that poorly performing conservation areas should lose their protected status, and the money saved used to better effect elsewhere, tend not to go down well with conservationists or local lobby groups. But according to a study of the performance of the nearly 7,000 protected areas in Australia, that may well be the best policy in the long run.
Jul 2010
Nature
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7304
365-367
Replacing underperforming protected areas.pdf
Feature Articles
Trade-in to trade-up
Nature reserves and protected areas enjoy sacred status in conservation — which translates into a 'do not touch' attitude. But selling off some of the less worthy of them would pay conservation dividends.
Jul 2010
Nature
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7304
322-323
Trade-in to trade-up.pdf
Feature Articles
Effectiveness of biodiversity surrogates for conservation planning: Different measures of effectiveness generate a kaleidoscope
Conservation planners represent many aspects of biodiversity by using surrogates with spatial distributions readily observed or quantified, but tests of their effectiveness have produced varied and conflicting results.
Jul 2010
PLoS ONE
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1-12
Feature Articles
Diving through the thermal window: implications for a warming world
Population decline and a shift in the geographical distribution of some ectothermic animals have been attributed to climatic warming. Here, we show that rises in water temperature of a few degrees, while within the thermal window for locomotor performance, may be detrimental to diving behaviour in air-breathing ectotherms (turtles, crocodilians, marine iguanas, amphibians, snakes and lizards).
Jul 2010
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
1-9
News
Oz 1st woman PM vows to review mining tax
Canberra: Australia on Thursday appointed its first woman Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who vowed to end division over a controversial mining tax, resurrect a carbon trade scheme and call elections within months.
25/06/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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