A cold weather emergency response plan to tackle disasters after record cold and snow brought down power lines and paralyzed much of the usually mild south earlier this year… was activated in China on Wednesday. Read more here.
Archives for December 2008
Australian Commodity Statistics 2008
ABARE released today, Thursday 4 December 2008, Australian Commodity Statistics 2008.
This report is an invaluable reference book with Australia’s agricultural and resources industries. It is a comprehensive publication, containing overview and macroeconomic information as well as key statistics on the supply of and demand for more than forty commodities.
It covers current and historical data on price, production and export information, with some historical series extending over forty years.
Download your free electronic copy or purchase a hardcopy from www.abare.gov.au
Eating Reindeer
Around 70 per cent of Swedish reindeer slaughtered are calves, which means they die without seeing snow, claims the animal welfare group Viva!. Read more here.
A Consensus Means …
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. Abba Eban via Joe D’Aleo
Donate to the Australian Environment Foundation
Make a Donation, Save the Environment, Stop the Emissions Trading Scheme. Read more here.
Save the Environment, Stop the Emissions Trading Scheme
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am writing to you as the Chair of the Australian Environment Foundation (AEF). Over the last year a key issue for us has been the protection of River Red Gum forests in the Central Murray Valley of south eastern Australia. At our recent conference and AGM in Canberra, members decided that the best thing we could do as an organisation for the environment over the next year would be to oppose the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
You might well ask why an environment group would oppose such a scheme. Well, for three reasons:
1. An ETS will not change the global temperature;
2. It will force many clean and green Australian industries overseas; and
3. It will make Australians poor, but it is richer, not poorer nations, that are generally better able to protect their natural environment.
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Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.