'Red List' introduced to protect at risk ecosystems
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2013-05-08 20:37:38 -0700 | green-news
The global report is similar to what already exists for animal and plant species that are threatened, vulnerable or on the brink of extinction...Twenty ecosystems around the world have been assessed so far, across six continents and three oceans. The...
Coalition to abolish green energy funds
Source: The Age
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2011-12-19 09:00:20 -0800 | political-news
Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb labelled the planned Clean Energy Finance Corporation a reckless slush fund on Tuesday. "This will be a referendum, the next election, on the carbon tax and all of the associated reckless actions that this government...
Crackdown on pollution as 40 industrial sites face the third degree
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2011-11-12 15:41:31 -0800 | political-news
Orica chemcial leak, the government will today launch the biggest environmental audit in NSW history, targeting more than 40 potentially toxic industrial sites in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. The Environment Minister, Robyn Parker, said the audit was the first stage...
Flash-flooding turns deadly as man swept into stormwater drain
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2011-05-26 17:14:35 -0700 | travel-news
Sam Harris uses a canoe to make his way down Bong Bong Road at Dapto. Photo: Orlando Chiodo He was reportedly swept into the drain while walking. The drain passes under six lanes of roadway before emptying into a small...
Couple rescued from sinking yacht
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2011-01-15 13:17:10 -0800 | political-news
Monday. "The rescue was extremely dangerous due to the poor sea conditions," marine area commander Detective Superintendent Mark Hutchings said in a statement. Advertisement: Story continues below The couple, who were en route to Fiji from Sydney, had set off...
From whaler to whales' saviour
Source: The Age
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2011-01-02 15:56:03 -0800 | technology-news
A former Norwegian whaling ship, docked in Melbourne this week, has been transformed into an anti-whaling specialist by the Sea Shepherd activists...Also in Environment: A marmoset monkey stolen from a south coast animal park has been reunited with its family...
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