Applications for the 2012 WWF Earth Hour Awards are now open!

By World Wildlife Fund posted in Competitions on February 4th, 2012 10:43 am

Held each year at 8:30pm on the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour is a WWF initiative which symbolises the collective power of individuals, businesses…

All parties must step up to save the Reef: WWF

By World Wildlife Fund posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 11:00 pm

Queenslanders must treat the next election as a referendum on the future health of the Great Barrier Reef, WWF says.

The group says major parties must commit to tougher policies on pollution and damaging fishing practices or risk the continuing demise…

Forestry Tasmania a millstone around Tasmania’s neck

By The Australian Greens posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 3:02 pm

Today’s review of Forestry Tasmania confirms the government enterprise is a failed business enterprise and shows viable overseas markets for pulp wood have dried up as the Greens predicted back in the early 1990s, Australian Greens Acting Leader Christ…

Saving the snow leopard: stem-cell generation a bright new hope

By The Conversation posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 2:15 pm

By Rajneesh Verma, Monash University and Paul Verma, Monash UniversityLooking at embryonic cells allows researchers to understand many of the fundamental questions about how an animal’s genes are structured and the…

CSIRO must remain independent: Bandt

By The Australian Greens posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 11:52 am

Greens MP and science spokesperson Adam Bandt says the CSIRO shouldnot be a member of the logging industry’s peak body, Australian ForestProducts Association (AFPA).
Mr Bandt says the CSIRO needs to remain independent and Minister Evansneeds to make th…

Ocean warming drives coral growth rates in Western Australia

By Australian Institute of Marine Science posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 10:43 am

Both rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification pose serious long-term threats to coral reefs, but findings recently published in the prestigious scientific journal, Science, have helped…

Alpine National Park finally free of bullshit

By The Wilderness Society NSW posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 10:38 am

Commonsense has trumped political pandering this week, with the announcement that cattle grazing will not be allowed in Victoria’s iconic Alpine National Park. After a…

Humans cause ocean-wrecking jellyfish plague! Or maybe not …

By The Conversation posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 6:25 am

By Carlos Duarte, University of Western Australia and Kylie Pitt, Griffith UniversityIt seems that every day you read in the scientific literature and global media about the human destruction of our oceans, through i…

Davos failed to address fundamentals – will the next Earth Summit in Rio?

By Greenpeace Australia posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 4:17 am

At the World Economics Forum in Davos last week, no one was denying that we face serious economic, social and environmental crises. When even the Financial Times runs a series of articles on “Capitalism in crisis”, it´s obvious that it’s not just th…

End of the road for dirty biofuels

By Greenpeace Australia posted in News on February 3rd, 2012 2:57 am

“Palm oil-diesel. Extinction and climate disaster.”It’s been a bad few weeks for biofuels produced from food crops: first, the US Environmental Protection Agency said that biodiesel made from palm oil will not count towards the country’s renewable …

Rare Earth – Grave concerns remain after license granted to Lynas

By The Australian Greens posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 4:46 pm

The Australian Greens have expressed grave concerns over the Malaysian Government’s approval for a new rare earth refinery in Pahang.
West Australian Senator Scott Ludlam said many local residents, environment groups and other parties were still deeply…

Worldwide ocean acidity measured

By The Conversation posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 2:39 pm

University of California, BerkeleyResearchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have completed a worldwide study of ocean acidification, or pH level.

Scientists used SeaFET sensors to collect data in …

Piglets share the love with poor communities on Valentine’s Day

By Oxfam Australia posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 2:30 pm

They may not smell as nice as roses, but piglets are a far more generous gift especially to families overseas in need, Oxfam Australia said…

Government should stop spending peanuts on invasive grasses

By The Australian Greens posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 1:30 pm

The Australian Greens say more funding for Indigenous rangers would tackle the issue of out of control Gamba grass, without the need for elephant intervention.“The real elephant in the room is the lack of priority and funding which is given to outbac…

The beginning of the end for automobility?

By The Conversation posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 1:17 pm

By Patrick Moriarty, Monash UniversityCar travel is becoming a victim of its own success. If we in the West had only kept cars for ourselves, automobility could have survived much longer. But we shared them with the …

Elephants the answer to bushfire problem? That’s dumbo, scientists say

By The Conversation posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 11:53 am

By Justin Norrie, The ConversationElephants, rhinoceroses, Komodo dragons and other large animals are the unorthodox but most effective solution to the spread of flammable grasses and feral animals in Australia, a sc…

100% Renewable Action at Penny Wong’s Office

By Australian Youth Climate Coalition posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 11:41 am

On Monday night five minutes before the AYCC SA State Monthly meeting, I received a message about the national push to get the required shift to 100% renewable energy onto the Labor party’s agenda for its unprecedented caucus meeting. The email asked me and other members to make calls to local Labor politicians.  As well [...]

Rinehart’s media ambitions: bad news for coverage of climate change

By The Conversation posted in News on February 2nd, 2012 6:31 am

By Mary Debrett, La Trobe UniversityNews that Gina Rinehart has reportedly attained a 12.8% stake in Fairfax Media (and is seeking just under 15%) is bad for the Australian media environment: it potentially puts yet …

Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 27th – January 30th, 2012

By Greenpeace Australia posted in News on February 1st, 2012 11:42 pm

(This post is by Christine McCann) Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. State…

Earth Hour Goes Unplugged In 2012

By World Wildlife Fund posted in News on February 1st, 2012 11:00 pm

The countdown to Earth Hour 2012 has started, with less than 60 days until the annual lights-out event at 8:30pm on Saturday, March 31st.

Now in its sixth year, WWF‟s Earth Hour will this year see unplugged community events held across the country t…