Obama’s University of Quensland speech and its legacy
Jason Wilson writes in TheGuardian (20.2.15) ‘Back in November, Barack Obama flew into Brisbane from Beijing, where he had announced an historic climate change agreement with China’s
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Jason Wilson writes in TheGuardian (20.2.15) ‘Back in November, Barack Obama flew into Brisbane from Beijing, where he had announced an historic climate change agreement with China’s
The ABC News (25.2.15) reports that Queensland’s Environment Department has launched an investigation into the alleged illegal dumping of thousands of litres of chemicals and waste oil
‘Top experts are warning of significant scientific uncertainties arising from a massive coal seam gas expansion proposal in Queensland. ‘The ABC has obtained a report from
Oliver Milman writes in The Guardian (18.2.15): The Queensland government may adopt tough new regulations to tackle the amount of pollution flowing onto the Great Barrier
‘ … the significance of Adani’s mine, if constructed, is not just the economic boon that producing up to 60 million tonnes of coal a year
Around the world economies taking steps to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels to address climate change, coal and gas exporters like Australia face the challenge
The Sunshine Coast Daily‘s ‘letter of the day’ (29.1.15) is from Tom Crothers, which carefully catalogues all the LNP policies that will have had a detrimental
‘The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a reef policy scorecard ahead of voters heading to the polls this weekend, despite no new polices on the
‘Australia could be on track for a temperature rise of more than 5C by the end of the century, outstripping the rate of warming experienced by
‘The environment minister, Greg Hunt, has ordered the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to draft regulations to ban dredge spoil dumping in the area “once
Stradbroke Island should not be forgotten. The Stradbroke Island Management Organisation has made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into ‘Certain Aspects of the Queensland Government
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