It might be the depths of winter in Antarctica but scientists say they’re seeing more signs of global warming on the frozen continent.
New satellite photos show the Wilkins Ice Shelf is even closer to breaking from the peninsula. Experts say the effects of warming there now look irreversible.
That may eventually lead to rising sea levels [...]

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Greenpeace has joined a protest against a plan to mine shale oil on the north Queensland coast.
Mining company Queensland Energy Resources is doing feasibility studies into an open cut mine 15 kilometres south of Proserpine.
Simon Roz says the Greenpeace boat, Esperanza, will join protests off Airlie Beach next week.
He says the mine would have catastrophic [...]

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The executive general manager at Perilya Limited, Paul Arandt, says the company is conservative in its water use, and it takes every opportunity to recycle contained mine water.
The Greens’ mining spokeswoman, Lee Rhiannon, has said some mining companies are keeping water from farm and domestic users and jeopardising the long-term viability of the agricultural sector.
 Perilya [...]

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A planned oil and gas exploration off the NSW coast has been praised as the public could benefit from a drop in petrol prices.  However the Greens believe it would give false hope and put the environment at risk.
Media reports have said skyrocketing oil prices had driven an Australian joint venture to develop a drilling [...]

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Orchardist Peter Darley says the council needs to address fears, including that Lake Canobolas could be drawn down to mud level.
“The figure they give is that would yield about 1040 megalitres if they drew it down to three metres below the spillway, but the question was asked, how much water’s in the Lake Canobolas? How [...]

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The Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, met his state and territory counterparts in Melbourne yesterday, but they failed to reach an agreement on appropriate action to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags.
Tasmania’s Minister, Michelle O’Byrne, says that despite Tasmania being ready for phasing out the use of plastic bags and introducing a levy, it would [...]

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The Greens say that instead of touring a clean-coal project, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should have visited one of the world’s largest solar power plants in China, which is headed by a man who was educated in Australia.
Greens Senator Christine Milne says Mr Rudd should have made a symbolic gesture and visited the Suntech solar [...]

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How will we reduce Australias greenhouse gas emissions?
Simple. We lock it 2 kilometres underground, therefore removing it from our atmostphere.
Australia, more specifically south-west Victoria, is the proud new owner its first carbon storage plant which will bury 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in the ground.
Phil Freeman from the conservation foundation says Australia should [...]

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Funding the desalination plant will see inceases in water charges by at least $200 a year. A choice which the New South Wales Government says it has not.
The price will rise by $95 a year for the average household from July 1 and are expected to reach of $203 increase by 2012.
Interestingly enough, only half of the money will [...]

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