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Lucy Lawless has a cheque for the PM
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 5 days ago
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Actress Lucy Lawless and climate scientist Jim Salinger are heading to Parliament with a cheque for Prime Minister John Key. The pair plan to give Mr Key nearly $5,000 and a boarding pass to help to get him to the climate change talks in Copenhagen next...
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, Jim Prentice, environment minister, minister jim, John Key, Jim Salinger, prentice says, Canada, greenhouse gases, Denmark, Civil disobedience, Stop climate chaos, Lawless, Greenpeace, Politics, Contraltos, Lucy Lawless, Environmental organizations, Human Interest, Law Crime, Environment, Carbon finance, Climate change in New Zealand, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, Emissions trading, Environmental economics, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
A waste timebomb that must be defused
Perth :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility This is not a problem simply for consumers; it is a challenge that requires national leadership, greater responsibility from industry and a dramatic shift towards treating waste as a resource. Recycling is considered to be one of the most important environmental...
Tags: Australia, environment minister, Perth, Electronic waste, ECycle, Clean Up Australia, Computer recycling, Recycling in the United Kingdom, Recyclable materials, Recycling industry, Recycling, Environment
Ecan review teams announced (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 7 days ago
Credibility Ministers have released details of the review teams who will look into Environment Canterbury's poor performance. Last month, Environment Minister Nick Smith said ECan would be investigated because of slow resource consent processing, poor management...
Tags: local governance, New Zealand, Auckland, Resource consent, Environment minister, Resource Management Act, Canterbury Regional Council, Politics
Mexico might host key climate change conference in 2010: environment minister
Mexico City :: Mexico | 9 days ago
Credibility Mexico might host a conference that could lead to a deal replacing the Kyoto Protocol if December's meeting in Copenhagen fails to do so, Mexico's Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada said Thursday. "If Copenhagen misses the goal and Mexico...
Tags: Mexico Civil Engineering College, environment minister, climate change, Mexico, Mexico City, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse gas, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Environment
Residents 'appalled' at Bligh's Traveston recovery offer
Brisbane :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility The Save the Mary River Coordinating Group says it is appalled Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will not meet residents' requests for further assistance after Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett dumped the Traveston Crossing Dam. Mary Valley residents...
Tags: Queensland, Traveston Crossing Dam, Traveston Dam, Anna Bligh, federal environment, environment minister, queensland premier, Australia, Brisbane, Desalination, Mary River, South East Queensland Water Grid, Water supply, Environment, Paul Lucas, Andrew Fraser, Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Politics, Lawrence Springborg, Water supply and sanitation in Australia
Garrett Rejects $1.8 Billion Traveston Dam
Brisbane :: Australia | 12 days ago
Credibility Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says Queensland's controversial $1.8 billion Traveston Crossing Dam should not go ahead. "After considering the Traveston Dam proposal and the best available scientific evidence and other material ... Traveston...
Tags: Mr Garrett, Peter Garrett, Traveston Dam, environment minister, Mary River, Traveston Crossing Dam, Queensland, federal environment, minister peter, Anna Bligh
New Waste Policy and recycling schemes
Perth :: Australia | 18 days ago
Credibility The policy includes a landmark scheme for recycling computers and televisions, with householders able to drop off used computers and TVs for recycling free of charge, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced today. "Under the new product stewardship...
Tags: environment minister, Australia, minister peter, Peter Garrett
SA bag ban having big impact
Ban :: India | 19 days ago
Credibility The SA Government says a university survey shows people believe it has made a difference and are overwhelming supportive of the ban. SA Environment Minister Jay Weatherill is happy with the outcome. "Eighty-two per cent of people think that this has had...
Tags: environment minister
Jamie Joseph says Canterbury favoured by refs
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 19 days ago
Credibility He says historically Canterbury seems to get best of the refereeing. "I've found that they've always had the 50/50 decisions go their way. Certainly in the final last year there were a number of marginal calls" Joseph also wants the team which gains...
Australia must boost recycling: alliance
Perth :: Australia | 19 days ago
Credibility The Boomerang Alliance is delivering a report to federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett, suggesting the rollout of a national container deposit and refund scheme, similar to what already operates in South Australia. The group says this will double...
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