Article & News

Day: January 31, 2014

Business
Anger as Barrier Reef dredge dumping to go ahead

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has approved a plan to dump dredge spoil from Queensland’s Abbot Point coal terminal expansion in the Marine

Business
Aust govt moves on Tas forest World Heritage listing

Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government has written to the World Heritage Committee requesting that 117 newly protected areas of forest in the island state of Tasmania

Business
Report: Natural disasters cost Victoria $20bn

A research report just released by the environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) shows that natural disasters cost the Victorian state government and the

Business
EU panel backs faster move to carbon market fix

The European Parliament’s environment committee has agreed to accelerate the adoption of a rescue plan for the bloc’s emissions market, which the European Commission wants