The Age Environment Index

Testing the waters

Crucial debate beckons for Liberals' environmental warrior.

Friday August 22, 2008

Big Apple seeks green tinge

Within 10 years New Yorkers may be walking over the Brooklyn Bridge beneath gently whirring turbines and gazing up at the Empire State Building topped by a giant windmill.

Japan to mandate carbon labelling

Japan is to enforce carbon footprint labelling on food packaging and other products in an ambitious scheme to persuade companies and consumers to do more to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon bill to backfire, big business warns

Big business has attacked the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme, saying it will force companies to the wall or drive them offshore.

Thursday August 21, 2008

Environmental study gives desal plant green light

More than 1.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gas will be pumped out during the construction of Victoria's proposed desalination plant, and another 1.2 million tonnes emitted each year once it starts boosting Melbourne's water supply.

Global Warming

How to reduce emissions?

The Government is committed to emissions trading; its climate change adviser Ross Garnaut is a strong advocate and even the Opposition supports the general idea. Today we get the detail — the design of the Government’s preferred model of emissions trading.

The great biofuels con

Analysis and Debate: Way to go?

All you need to know about Garnaut

Eco-friendly pets: Fido reduces his carbon paw print

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Whale Watch

Australia signs on to truce on whaling

The Federal Government, under fire for weakening its opposition to Japanese whaling, buys into a deal set to muzzle it, at least through the coming Antarctic season.

South Atlantic whale sanctuary new test for IWC

Blues sing lower and deeper

Whaling policy appears high and dry

Andrew Darby: When a longtime friendship heads into stormy waters

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Conservation

Not seeing the forest for the ... maths

Australia has 10% less forest than government has believed for the past five years, prompting fears that forestry policy have been based on flawed figures.

Dairy, dairy quite contrary, how does a cash cow grow?

'Wildlife warrior' no friend to our fauna

Getting rid of plastic bags is a good start

Larissa Dubecki : Ugly doesn't cut it in conservation

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Water Issues

Is desalination the solution?

There are more than 13,000 desal plants around the world, and one is planned for Victoria. But among the experts, the technology is far from universally embraced as the pragmatist's panacea.

Desal advisers get $30m contracts

Federation Square installs water tanks

A little water goes a long way

Blue Wedges fail to halt channel deepening

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Energy Smart

Holden vows to be first over the hybrid line

It may have lost the new-car sales race for the past five years, but Holden could beat Toyota to produce the first Australian-made petrol-electric hybrid vehicle.