6) ENVIRONMENT: Global warming, Conservation, Green living ArchiveWATER CONSERVATION WILL BECOME NUMBER ONE CONCERN AS ARID STATES GET DRIER From Rachel Wales Australia is working overtime to keep up with the demands being made on its water supply. A significant lack of rainfall over the last decade has drained water... ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS WORRIED ABOUT IMPACT OF RECENT FIRES ON INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE From Angela Wells Possums, koalas and gliders are being found with burns and smoke inhalation, following the aftermath of bushfires in NSW. The impact on wildlife... AUSTRALIAN PM FACES LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL OPPOSITION OVER PLANS TO REPEAL CARBON TAX From Max Foster Tony Abbot faces intense scrutiny over his plans to repeal the unpopular carbon tax this year. It isn’t just mining jobs, balance of trade, taxes... 2013 HAS COME AND GONE, YET THE ARCTIC STILL REMAINS. THEY OVER-SOLD AGW SAY THE CRITICS From Cliff Hughes In 2008, Al Gore, the former Vice President and author of “An inconvenient truth†made a prediction, based on climate science, that the arctic ice would disappear by 2013. In fact, the.... BUILDING NEW UK HOMES UNDERMINED BY CARBON REDUCTION TARGETS From Trevor Smith Coalition politics are blamed on Government dithering over proposed higher standards for energy efficiency in new homes which is threatening the building of tens of thousands of houses this year, exacerbating the UK's housing crisis and deterring new investment, industry leaders have warned. FRACKING-INVESTMENT-NEEDS OVER-RIDE LOCAL CONCERNS IN QUEBEC From Pierre Lyon Financially-beleagured governments are under enormous pressure from natural gas and energy firms to embrace fracking.
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