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Australia: Gunns nearly out of ammo on pulp mill
Australian: THE long battle over the proposed Tasmanian pulp mill may soon be over, with proponent Gunns unable to give an assurance that the controversial project will proceed. In a marked change of tone, the timber company last night told the Australian Securities Exchange that it was no longer certain that it could obtain sufficient finance or a joint venture partner. It also told the market it could not meet a deadline for the start of construction of November 30, set by the Tasmanian ...
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As Biomass Power Rises, a Wood-Fired Plant Is Planned in Texas
New York Times: The city of Austin, Tex., approved plans on Thursday for a huge plant that will burn waste wood to make electricity, the latest sign of rising interest in a long-dormant form of renewable energy. When completed in 2012, the East Texas plant will be able to generate 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 75,000 homes. That is small by the standards of coal-fired power plants, but plants fueled by wood chips, straw and the like – organic materials collectively known as biomass – ...
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Almost Half of Australia Untouched by Humans: Study
Reuters: More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world's environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday. Australia has some of the last great wilderness, with three million square kilometres (1.1 million square miles) largely unchanged by industrial civilisation, a report for international conservation watchdogs the Pew Environment Group and Nature Conservancy said. "It's rare on ...
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Australia largely untouched by humans, say scientists
Asian News International: Scientists have found that the continent of Australia has been largely untouched by humans, and stands as one of the world's top five wilderness havens, ranking alongside the Amazon forest and the Sahara desert. A report by two conservation groups, the Pew Environment Group and the Nature Conservancy, found that forty percent of Australia qualifies as wilderness. The two conservation groups have hired scientists to scan the globe for the last remaining areas of wilderness and ...
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Future Storms, Global Warming Could Devastate Louisiana Coast
ABC News: http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=5677197
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