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1: Work Starts On Bendigo Solar Park

Bendigo is one step closer to having locally generated green power with construction of the citys solar park beginning today.

The park will generate enough energy for 150 households and is expected to be one of Australias largest solar parks connected to ...
Read more at www.abc.net.au

2: Flannery Echoes PMs Doubts On Climate Talks

Leading environmentalist Tim Flannery has echoed the Prime Ministers reservations over the likelihood of a sucessful outcome at the Copenhagen climate talks later this year.

On the sidelines of the G8 conference in Italy Mr Rudd told the Danish Prime Mini...
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3: Banning The Bottle Puts Bundy On The Map

The New South Wales Southern Highlands town of Bundanoon has voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale of bottled water attracting attention from around the world.

A community meeting last night took the unusual step making it the first town in Australia possi...
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4: Local Councils Governments Urged To Embrace Renewable Energy

The ACT Commissioner for the Environment has launched a State of the Environment report for the Region.

The report covers an area from Young to Eden including the ACT and examines future sustainability challenges and opportunities.

Commissi...
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5: Green Robin Hoods Police Polluters In Big Apple

Bolting across New York Citys Triborough Bridge the red dumpster truck spewed thick black smoke but its toxic fumes met a quick end with the arrival of two environmental police cars.

The polluting driver who was heading toward Manhattan from the northern ...
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6: Intervention Discussion Not An Open One Greens

The federal Greens say they are worried the Government is not being open with Indigenous people in its discussion paper on the intervention.

The Greens indigenous policy spokeswoman Rachel Siewert says the discussion paper does not make it clear what peop...
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7: WHO Probe Lab Error Behind Swine Flu

A claim by an Australian virus researcher that swine flu may have been created by human error is being investigated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Former Australian National University scientist Professor Adrian Gibbs says the virus could have be...
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8: Dying Oceans Life And Death Issue Indonesia

The destruction of the worlds oceans due to climate change and overuse is a life and death issue for humanity Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said today.

We must come to the rescue of the oceans Mr Yudhoyono said at a global conference on oc...
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9: Brown Wont Guarantee Budget Support

Greens leader Bob Brown has used his Budget reply speech to attack the Governments focus on coal rather than renewable energy.

Senator Brown says the Government is relying too heavily on coal mining booming again.

While it gives some much n...
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10: Govt Ignoring Its Own Green Initiatives

The Federal Opposition says the Government has been too slow off the mark on several of its environmental policies. Opposition spokesman for climate change Greg Hunt says solar panels and rainwater tanks promised in last years Budget have failed to materialise and in...
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