Groups campaigning to stop the roll out of coal seam gas (CSG) mining have slammed federal resources minister Martin Ferguson for his attack on two Southern Cross University scientists who released results of their research into the CSG industry鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions.
Simon Butler
The people of the west African nation of Guinea suffer high rates of poverty and malnutrition. In some of Guinea鈥檚 regions, more than 40% of people are food insecure.
Yet to grow soy and corn for export and biofuel production. A further 1.5 million hectares of .
The United Nations has warned that world grain reserves have fallen to critically low levels as world food prices have risen to levels close to that of 2008 鈥 a year in which food riots took place in more than 30 countries.
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Barry Commoner, 鈥渁 leader among a generation of scientist-activists鈥 () and possibly 鈥渢he greatest environmentalist of the 20th century鈥 (), died in New York on September 30, aged 95.
If there is one thing melting away faster than the Arctic ice cap it鈥檚 the credibility of the global carbon trading system set up under the Kyoto treaty to address climate change. A United Nations sponsored panel said in a September 10 report that with potentially devastating consequences鈥.
After melting past the previous record minimum in late August, Arctic sea ice cap has continued its rapid decline.
By September 5, the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) said the ice cap had fallen below 4 million square kilometres 鈥 鈥渁 45% reduction in the area of the Arctic covered by sea ice鈥 since the 1980s and 鈥90s.
This year鈥檚 melt 鈥渄idn鈥檛 just touch the record, it really drove right through it鈥, the NSIDC鈥檚 Ted Scambos told US National Public Radio on September 12.
Five anti-coal protests took place in Australia over four successive days. The actions targeted coal exports, coalmining, coal transport and coal port infrastructure.
The first action took place in Melbourne on September 3, where four members of Quit Coal climbed the roof of Victoria鈥檚 parliament house and unfurled a huge 86 square metre banner.
The banner displayed a quote from NASA climate scientist James Hansen 鈥 鈥淐oal is the single greatest threat to civilisation and all life on our planet鈥 鈥 and asked, 鈥淲hy is Baillieu funding coal?鈥
Three Victorian coal-fired power stations slated for closure will now stay open, resources minister Martin Ferguson said on September 5. He said he ended talks to buy out the three Latrobe Valley plants because the owners had asked for too much.
Labor and Greens agreed to pay owners to close down six coal-fired power plants under their Clean Energy Future package. The package also includes the new carbon price scheme.
Australia will join its carbon price scheme with Europe鈥檚 emissions trading scheme (ETS) by 2015. The decision means Australia鈥檚 future carbon price will be set by a European market notorious for .
More than 2 million square kilometres of Arctic ice that should be there, is not. A few years ago, United Nations models predicted climate change would lead to ice-free Arctic summers within 100 years.
Now, some scientists say it could melt away completely within the next few 100 weeks. And there is next to no chance it will recover.
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott says he wants to open a 鈥渘ew debate about freedom of speech鈥. But Abbott is most interested in defending 鈥渇ree speech鈥 for Australia鈥檚 rich and powerful at the expense of oppressed and marginalised groups.
In the space of a decade, Australia鈥檚 mining sector has come to dominate the country鈥檚 economic life. In June, Reserve Bank governor to 鈥渂e about as large as business investment in the rest of the private economy combined鈥 by mid 2014.
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