Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has revealed details of the Government's timetable for an emissions trading scheme.
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17/03/2008
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Climate change could turn Ireland's legendary emerald landscape a dusty tan, with profound effects on its society and culture, a new study released in time for St Patrick's Day has reported.
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17/03/2008
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KwaZulu Natal, South Africa – After bringing Africa’s black rhinos spectacularly back from the brink of extinction one of the world’s most successful conservation programmes is to celebrate its first decade by seeking to extend its operations to more of Africa.
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17/03/2008
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International — A new movie has dealt another severe blow to the credibility of US based Monsanto, one of the biggest global chemical companies and the provider of seed technology for 90% of the world’s genetically engineered (GE) crops.
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17/03/2008
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Arndo, Victoria, Australia — Two days after the NSW government announced it would join Victoria in commercially growing genetically engineered (GE) crops, Greenpeace activists enter a GE canola field trial in Victoria and unfurl a banner saying “GE CANOLA KNOWS NO BORDERS”.
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17/03/2008
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A former agricultural engineering, power and machinery lab at Cornell is being gutted to make way for a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Laboratory that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels and will occupy the entire east wing of Riley Robb Hall by January 2009.
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16/03/2008
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Portland , OR — PORTLAND, Ore.— Thursday the Center for Biological Diversity and four other conservation groups filed a scientific petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect 32 species of snails and slugs as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The species are primarily found in old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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16/03/2008
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A thaw of the world's glaciers has accelerated to a new record, with some of the biggest losses within Europe in a worrying sign of climate change, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said.
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16/03/2008
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Operators of abalone ship the Destiny Queen, anchored off Semaphore Beach in Adelaide, say it has been cleared of committing any environmental breaches.
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16/03/2008
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Japan says it has reached an agreement with Australia to oppose aggressive tactics by anti-whaling protesters, despite strong disagreements on whaling itself.
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16/03/2008
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