environment

Environment minister approves fossil fuel projects increasing carbon emissions 8% per year

Maules Creek and Boggabri coal mines, and the Gloucester CSG Field in New South Wales get conditional go ahead from the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke increasing Australia's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Decision strongly condemned by the local community and conservationists, with court challenge being flagged as possible.

Environment Minister Tony Burke has conditionally approved the Whitehaven Maules Creek open cut coal mine near Narrabri in the Leard State Forest as well as the four fold expansion of the neighboring Idemitsu Boggabri coal mine, and a major Coal Seam Gas field near Gloucester being undertaken by AGL Energy.

Related: Sydney's water supply under threat from BHP Longwall coal mine extension | Coal Seam Gas Field proposal for Pilliga Scrub withdrawn by Santos

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Tasmanian Liberals postpone forestry protection

Tasmanian Liberals are vowing to postpone the heritage listing of native forests, further delaying a resolution of the decades-long community division.

Last Thursday the Tasmania Labor Government announced protection of 170,000 hectares of forests as part of the proposed forestry peace deal.

Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck told ABC on Friday the party opposed the deal on the grounds that it poses problems for mining and undermines parliamentary scrutiny of the peace agreement.

Senator Colbeck's clarification on how the protection does so has been sought.

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American naval ship crashes into Philippine world heritage site

The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) dared President Aquino to relentlessly pursue his declaration that, despite the apology issued for the reckless grounding of an American ship on Tubbataha Reef, the US Navy has undoubtedly violated Philippine laws and therefore must be meted out with appropriate punishment.

Responding to media questions on whether the apology was already enough, Aquino, in a
surprisingly I’m-not-a-US-puppet-posturing, was quoted as saying: “that doesn’t exempt them
from having to comply with our laws … Excuse me, may nasira sa amin, eh. Gano’n na lang

Karoly Says Fierce Aussie Weather a Warning to the World

Our opening guest this week on Radio Ecoshock is Dr. David J. Karoly. He's been a lead IPCC author and advises the Australian government through the Climate Change Authority. After a stint teaching Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, Karoly is now at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne.

DAVID KAROLY INTERVIEW DOWNLOAD MP3
in CD quality:
http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/climate2013/ES_Karoly.mp3

In Lo-Fi:
http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/climate2013/ES_Karoly_LoFi.mp3

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Tasmanian bush fires sign of world to come

The image of kids in the water clinging to a dock, under a fire-red sky, captured the situation. The great Australian heat wave of 2013 also struck the southern-most part of the country, the island of Tasmania. Maybe this is the future anywhere trees grow, as global warming heats the planet.

Professor David Bowman is at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, teaching and researching Forest Ecology. He's a published expert on fire in the earth system.

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United Natures - a United Nations of all species

United Natures - a United Nations of all species

Documentary movie on the Rights of Mother Earth and permaculture of the inner landscape. Featuring a stellar international cast of top environmental thinkers and activists including Vandana Shiva, Dr Helen Caldicott, Polly Higgins (ecocide), Starhawk (permaculture), Father Bob Maguire, Cormac Cullinan (Wild Law), David Holmgren (co-originator of permaculture) and Michael Reynolds (earthships) amongst others. A homemade grassroots independent film self-funded by the director, Peter Charles Downey.

Website
www.unitednaturesmovie.com

Japanese Sasago syndrome, Dutch dam marker and African inferno overflow as evidences of hot expanding earth theory [global warming, geophysics and cosmology]

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A good few hundreds unfailing bolts were find torn loose in almost one geophysical and technical moment of lithospheric stretching in Japanese tunnel “Sasago” in 2012. It means that long dams in Holland can one near day be toppled in the water!

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“Japan Sasago Syndrome” and “African infernal overflow” as evidences of hot expanding earth theory [global warming, geophysics and cosmology]

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A GOOD FEW HUNDREDS UNFAILING BOLTS WERE FIND TORN LOOSE IN ALMOST ONE GEOPHYCICAL & TECHNICAL MOMENT OF LITHOSPHERIC STRETCHING IN JAPANESE TUNNEL “SASAGO” IN 2012. IT MEANS THAT LONG DAMS IN HOLLAND CAN ONE NEAR DAY BE TOPPLED IN THE WATER!

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A relevant graphic

Here's a graphic created by SchNEWS (www.schnews.org.uk) in the UK a number of years ago, incase you haven't seen it. It's copyleft I believe so its reusable.

As an outsider looking on from rainy England*, and hoping the fires stop soon with minimal further loss, I just wonder how the climate change deniers will try to stop the public making the connection between this and climate change? There's a chance that enough idiots will vote Tony Abbott in next time, who appears to be an old-school climate change denier from another era.

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Nuclear Films wanted - 3rd Uranium Film Festival Rio

Call for Entry - Uranium Film Fesival 2013: The International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2013 is calling for entries of films made on nuclear issues. The festival invites independent short films and feature films, documentaries, movies, animated films and image films, produced at any point of time.