Green News Australia

Adelaide’s desal plant: catastrophe for marine ecosystems?
Environmentalists fear that Adelaide’s proposed billion dollar desalination plant in the St Vincent Gulf will have catastrophic effects on the local marine ecosystem. The plant is expected to discharge 50 billion litres of saline water each year, and this is predicted to kill the sea grasses that stabilise the marine environment. [...]

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Bligh urges states to back federal plan for Murray-Darling
Qld Premier Anna Bligh has urged states to back the federal plan for the Murray-Darling system.
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Winners and losers in Australian climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Climate change could alter the farming map of Australia, with some agricultural operations moving into the wetter north of the island continent as the major food-producing belt in the south dries up.
Popularity: 33% [?]

Popularity: 33% [?]

NEW GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS REPORTING SYSTEM STARTS TUESDAY
From next Tuesday (1 July), businesses emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases will be required to monitor and measure the emissions ahead of [...]

Popularity: 80% [?]

Toowoomba awaits Govt water decision
With Toowoomba’s dams at 11 per cent and falling, the city’s council says it is still waiting for clear direction from the Queensland Government on future sustainable water…
Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Water for the Future
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, has today released three separate fundings under the $12.9 billion federal Water For the Future plan:

$8.6 million to create a how-to guide for farmers, involving farm-scale demonstrations, with the aim of simultaneously improving water use and productivity, while delivering better environmental outcomes
$2.5 million for [...]

Popularity: 19% [?]

Call to reconsider perceptions of recycled water
Modern treatment plants in Australia have demonstrated their capacity to safely remove most contaminants from recycled water, so it may be time for Australians …
Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

Report finds Murrumbidgee River worst in system
The head of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission says the report into the health of the river system has highlighted the poor state of the Murrumbidgee River.
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

Wheat farmers encouraged by steady rain
After a few weeks of steady rain, wheat farmers in the Narrabri-Moree district of New South Wales are working around the clock to sow their seeds, hoping this year’s crops will produce one of the biggest yields on record. However other areas in the New South Wales grain-belt are still waiting for their share [...]

Popularity: 21% [?]

Dam protesters to rally against ’scrubber bull’ Bligh
Opponents of a proposed dam at Traveston Crossing near Gympie in south-east Queensland will take their campaign to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he visits the Gold Coast this weekend.
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]