The News Review:
- Wotif there was no pulp mill?
- Stop Tassie Forest Genocide – Stop the Gunn’s Pulp-mill !! Part 1…
- Native forests vital in climate change fight green groups say
- To fight invasive bug Hawaii enlists a cousin
- Polls take on a green hue
Wotif there was no pulp mill?
LIVENEWS.com.au – Sep 16, 2007
com chief executive officer Graeme Wood says he opposes the mill proposed by timber giant Gunns Limited. The online accommodation website’s chief says Tasmania needs a viable forest industry but not at industrial scale. He says the 1600 jobs expected to be created by the mill’s establishment are insignificant compared to the 100000 inbound tourists to Tasmania he can add. He says that would grow jobs by anywhere between three and four thousand. And Mr Wood says Tasmania is a special asset on the world stage of tourism… He says the 1600 jobs expected to be created by the mill’s establishment are insignificant compared to the 100000 inbound tourists to Tasmania he can add. He says that would grow jobs by anywhere between three and four thousand. And Mr Wood says Tasmania is a special asset on the world stage of tourism.
Stop Tassie Forest Genocide – Stop the Gunn’s Pulp-mill !! Part 1…
abc.net.au – Sep 16, 2007
Also what about some respect for 10′s of thousands of Australians senior citizens and the very young etc wo feel so very disenfranchised and cannot stop this pulp mil nor have a voice !! Most Australians & friends of Australia want that this environmental genocide is not to be permitted to proceed & the Fed. Government must now intervene here and now. – This Gunn’s Pulp-mill which is pulping our heritage – the Tasmanian Native Forest – must be stopped & prevent this world’s biggest program of commercialized Massive Mega-Mega De-FRESTATIN in Tasmania of our Native Forest. No Gunn Pulp-Mill – Please !!Please see PART # 2If in Tassie the State wants.
Native forests vital in climate change fight green groups say
ABC nline – ABC nline – Sep 16, 2007
The executive director of the Nature Conservation Council in New South Wales Cate Faehrmann says yesterday’s meeting was a great success but said several major issues including Tasmania’s old-growth forests need more attention. Ms Faehrmann says if the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania goes ahead it could contribute 2 per cent of all Australia’s collective greenhouse emissions. “The conference yesterday was all about how much native forests can contribute towards reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and how crazy it is that we are still seeing old-growth forests being logged in this country when we have to deal with climate change” she said. Tags: environment forests australia nsw sydney-2000Search for news.
To fight invasive bug Hawaii enlists a cousin
Honolulu Advertiser – Sep 16, 2007
Since it was first detected in Manoa two years ago the wasp has killed thousands of trees from urban Honolulu to remote regions of the Neighbor Islands. State scientists have spent more than a year studying the predator insect a parasitic wasp found in Tasmania and say they are confident it will not have any negative impacts on the environment. Though they have just started the permitting process which includes a public comment period they hope to release the African bug by the end of the year. The gall wasps also native to Africa have been one of the most environmentally damaging and costly invasive species to creep into the Islands in decades scientists say. A plethora of pesticides have done little to stop them and they have no predators in Hawai’i which has allowed them to spread quickly and relatively unabated. “It’s been one of the worst we’ve seen in a long time” said Neil Reimer manager of the plant pest control branch at the state Department of Agriculture.
Polls take on a green hue
Brisbane Times – Sep 16, 2007
If it remains strong the preference flow of Greens candidateSusan Jarnason would easily deliver the seat to Labor candidateGeorge Newhouse. Ms Jarnason a community mental health nurse said she wasrealistic about her winning chances but excited about the level ofsupport she was receiving. She nominated the Tasmanian pulp mill controversy as one of themain reasons voters were turning off Mr Turnbull along withconcerns over global warming. “There are a whole lot more people coming up now and askingquestions about these issues” she said. “Global warming used to bea green issue but now it is more mainstream. Even before being unveiled as the Greens candidate for theeastern suburbs seat of Kingsford Smith in Coogee todayenvironmental lawyer Ms Mahony 41 had already startedcampaigning. Hoping to reduce the 8.