The latest in Oceania

Australia passes landmark carbon tax laws

2011-11-07T18:00:10Z

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament passed laws that impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.

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Australian PM says to start talks on linking EU carbon trade

2011-09-04T19:30:05Z

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia and the European Union have agreed to start talks to link their carbon emissions trading schemes, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard<...

Sharks get protection in Marshall Islands

2011-03-04T19:30:29Z

The US territory of the Marshall Islands has placed a moratorium on the trade and export of shark fins, a report said Friday, the latest in a trend across the Pacific Ocean.

More than 70 million sharks are killed each year primarily for their fins, which are in high demand for Asian shark fin soup, enviro...

Great magazines for homesteaders

2010-11-29T15:51:48Z

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Eco-tourism: Hotels go green

2010-11-29T15:58:43Z

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In vino veritas: NZ wine proclaims its carbon toll

2010-11-04T23:30:12Z

AUCKLAND (Reuters Life!) - For all the world's environmentally conscious wine drinkers, help is at hand. A New Zealand winery now declares on its label the carbon footprint for each glass you imbibe.

The New Zealand Wine Company on Friday started sales of its Mobius...

Ecological footprint: What is it and why is it important?

2010-11-29T15:40:19Z

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Locally grown food is not necessarily greener

2010-11-29T15:40:39Z

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How to calculate your ecological footprint

2010-11-29T15:40:25Z

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The environmental impact of bauxite mining

2010-11-29T15:04:56Z

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Make a New Garden Bed with Sheet Mulching

2010-11-03T09:58:46Z

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Supporting The Environment

2010-11-03T03:18:58Z

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Soccer Jerseys

2010-11-03T02:51:18Z

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Soil and Agriculture

2010-11-03T10:05:58Z

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Australian environmentalists call for immediate moratorium on CSG

2010-10-20T06:30:21Z

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Green Living - Eco-Friendly Tips for the Home

2010-11-03T00:03:47Z

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saveourforests

2010-11-02T23:55:47Z

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Controlling Climate Change Through Managed Livestock Grazing

2010-11-02T23:50:49Z

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Do your bit for the environment and pee in the shower

2010-11-03T00:02:45Z

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Ecologically Friendly Fur and Other Green Luxuries

2010-11-03T00:03:47Z

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Australian Water Recycling

2010-10-05T16:05:55Z

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Organic Men's T Shirts - The Garment For Those Who Care For The Environment

2010-10-07T14:57:14Z

Do you know that you can help the environment by using organic men's t shirts? Yes, wearing a shirt might seem a drop of water in the ocean against the wide expanse of environmental issues. However, one simple act can actually do so much!

For the past decades, so many environmental issues were brought in the limelight. There is the climate change or global warming, which have affected all life forms on earth, from the littlest creature in the sea to the largest animals roaming the land...

Table Talk: Save the planet during lunch at Otarian

2010-10-13T14:38:45Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - "Be a legend in your own lunchtime," says an advertisement in the London underground for Otarian, a new vegetarian fast-food chain which hopes to play a small part in the fight against climate change.

Australia-based owner and founder R...

What Is Cement Cladding?

2010-11-05T10:27:59Z

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What is Dunnage?

2010-11-05T10:29:00Z

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How to Make an Australian Didgeridoo

2010-11-02T14:36:55Z

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Earth Friendly, Lighter Footprints on Earth - Cheap Nike Air Max!

2010-09-09T21:44:09Z

Naya is committed to making a impact and is preserving the planet by making earth friendly, lighter footprints on our earth by making thoughtful choices that matter. They are going with natural, earth friendly products and materials whenever possible, Naya shoes leave a lighter footprint on the earth.

The Earth Friendly Features are:

- Vegetable-tanned leathers
- Vegetable-tanned linings
- Organic fabrics
- Natural Cork
- Rubber footbeds
- Sustainab...

Are you really helping the environment?

2010-09-09T16:05:59Z

South Australia is one of the pioneers in the ban against plastic bags andpromotion of recyclable bags. They have recognized the harm and danger that plastic bags can bring to the environment. Plastic takes years to break down and can be carried to various places before it does break down. In the process, they can poison, hurt and even kill marine creatures that mistake plastic for food or contaminate the natural resources that we have. With every shopping ba...

What Are Australia's Major Pollutants?

2010-11-02T14:23:28Z

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How to Recycle Planet Ark Toner

2010-11-02T14:18:20Z

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Top Careers for Going Green

2010-11-02T15:52:04Z

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Australian Outback 'could slash carbon emissions'

2010-07-14T09:16:56Z

Australia's Outback could serve as a massive "pollution bank", cutting carbon emissions by five percent by 2030, with better land management and a cull of feral animals, environmentalists said Wednesday.

A study commissioned by the Pew Environment Group and Nature Conservancy found curbing land-clearing and wildfires, and promoting the re-growth of native vegetation...

Market Call: Yale's environmental washable wool seat - car seat, Yale's - Auto Accessories Industry

2010-09-22T03:33:24Z

Change with the seasons, climate cooling, the decorations in the car, nice and warm wool products more and more vehicle owners of all ages. Nine per year, in October is the peak winter car supplies orders, at present, many enterprises have begun stocking, increase production efforts, attempting to show out of a busy scene. For the channel buyers who can find a supplier for high quality supplier is the only choice, at the same time gain more car owners to protect the interests of consumers, so re...

A champion of smart water use

2010-06-03T02:15:37Z

Lidiya ÒLidaÓ Kilchenko is NevadaÕs new Òenvironmental youth ambassador.Ó The 17-year-old Advanced Technologies Academy junior will represent the state in Australia this summer and will work to make Nevada a cleaner, more energy- and water-efficient state upon her return.Kilchenko w...

Greening Australia's Cities through Effective Waste Management

2010-09-10T11:22:08Z

Maintaining a green and pleasant environment for the quality of life of city dwellers in a task that grows harder as population and industry expand. In particular, waste removal in Australia a serious challenge that's at the heart of effective environmental management.

Fortunately, innovative private firms are rising to the challenge with recycling services, skip hire and waste removal. The focus is on diverting as much recyclable material as possible from landfill to recycling. This o...

How Can You Help To Go Green?

2010-10-05T13:47:52Z

You may consider that climate change and fixing environmental issues is a huge undertaking and that you as an individual can do nothing to assist with keeping our planet green. Well there are a large number of things individuals can do, to ensure that our environment stays clean, green and sustainable.

Firstly, lets look at your home. Do you consume large amounts of electricity and water? Do you think you could reduce your water consumption? Could you survive with having half ...

Whaling compromise under attack

2010-04-08T20:15:54Z

A fragile plan to resolve the global feud on whaling is coming under attack from both sides, with Australia seeking more concessions from whalers and Japan vowing never to end its hunt completely.

Key nations in the whaling debate submitted comments to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as...

Australia says will not accept commercial whaling plan

2010-04-02T09:16:54Z

Australia has expressed alarm at growing support for a plan to allow limited commercial whaling, saying it could not accept the proposal before the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

New Zealand, which also opposes whaling, is supporting moves to allow restricted commercial hunts ...

World whaling body could collapse if deal fails: NZealand

2010-04-01T09:16:58Z

The international body to control whaling worldwide could collapse if a deal cannot be reached to allow restricted commercial whaling, New Zealand's representative said Thursday.

Former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer, who chairs an International Whaling Commission

Landmarks go dark, millions unplug for Earth Hour

2010-03-27T06:15:14Z

Sydney shuts off the lights to mark Earth Hour, amid pleas for deal on fighting global warming

The white-shelled roof of the Sydney Opera House fell dark Saturday night, one of the first landmarks to turn out the lights in an hour-long gesture to be repeated by millions of people around the world who are calling for a binding pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Asian cities followed

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-03-17T10:30:15Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

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Loveland (Colo.) Daily Reporter-Herald on why change in credit rules is a positive step:

There's a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who are careless in their spending pay penalties that support banking services for the rest of the populatio...

Japan coastguard inspects whale boat with arrested activist

2010-03-12T23:15:48Z

The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.

Peter Bethune, a member of the militant New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, who is under arrest in Japan for trespass, is reported to be well and in good spirits, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said Saturday.

Bethune, who has been in custody since he boarded a Japanese harpoon ship in Antarctic wa...

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship

2010-03-12T06:00:33Z

Japan arrests New Zealand anti-whaling activist for illegally boarding Japanese vessel

Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.

Peter Bethune, a member of the Steve Irwin after it docked in Hobart, Tasmania, but refused to reveal the reasons for the search warrant or what they...

Whaling foes struggle to reach deal

2010-03-04T19:16:33Z

Australia and Japan on Thursday struggled to strike a deal in a bitter dispute on whaling, but the US negotiator in intense talks said nations would keep seeking a compromise.

Key players on whaling held three days of closed-door talks at a Florida beach resort where they debated a compromise to let Japan, ...

'Jury out' on controversial whaling deal

2010-03-04T19:16:37Z

Australia and Japan have failed to reach a breakthrough in an intensifying row on whaling, but delegates in three days of intense talks say that all sides agreed to keep seeking common ground.

Some 25 nations met at a Florida beach resort to consider a compromise to let Japan, Norway and New Zealand pleaded with supporters and opponents of whaling to "swallow a dead rat" and accept a controversial compromise when negotiators wrap up talks Thursday in Florida.

Key nations including Australia and Japan, whose relations have been increasingly strained over whaling, have been meeting since Tuesday a...

Whale opponents gather in Florida

2010-03-03T09:17:32Z

Key players on whaling huddled behind closed doors in Florida in an uncertain bid to find common ground on an issue that has bitterly divided Australia and Japan.

Negotiators opened talks at a resort hotel in Saint Pete Beach, near Florida in an uncertain bid to find common ground on an issue that has bitterly divided Australia and Japan.

Negotiators opened talks in the resort town of St. Pete Beach, near St. Petersburg on Florida's Gulf coast, participa...

Japan pushes to scrap commercial whaling ban

2010-03-02T05:17:44Z

Japan pushed Tuesday to lift a 24-year-old ban on commercial whaling, setting up a clash at talks in Florida with implacable foes opposed to its pursuit of the giant mammals.

Tokyo's position against the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium risked...

Nations to debate whale hunt compromise

2010-03-01T22:15:49Z

The main players in the feud over whaling gather Tuesday to decide whether to embrace a compromise that would permit outright hunting of the whales but seek to reduce the kill.

Amid rising tensions between Japan and Australia over whaling, negotiators from key nations will meet behind closed doors through Friday in St. Pete Beach, a resort town next to Australia Friday warned Japan that "diplomacy comes to an end this year" on whaling, after presenting a bold plan to phase out the controversial hunts in the Southern Ocean.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, repeating his threat to sue Japan, said time was running out on its practice of k...

Australia calls for an end to scientific whaling

2010-04-16T06:57:46Z

Australia called Thursday for an end to so-called "scientific whaling" and the phaseout over five years of harpooning in the Southern Ocean, in a move apparently aimed squarely at Japan.

The demands, which follow an Australian threat to take legal action against Japan over its whaling activities, were outlined in a proposal sent to ...

Australia calls for an end to scientific whaling: minister

2010-04-16T06:57:47Z

Australia Thursday called for an end to so-called "scientific whaling" and for harpooning in the Southern Ocean to be phased out over five years, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said.

The move follows tense diplomatic talks about whaling prompted by an Australian threat to take

EPA sharply criticizes military's Guam plan

2010-04-16T06:57:58Z

EPA sharply criticizes military's Guam plan, cites water and sewage problems

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply criticizing the military's plan to move thousands of Marines to Guam, saying its failure to plan for infrastructure upgrades would lea...

A year later, TVA chief says ash spill `painful'

2010-04-16T08:17:10Z

A year after TVA ash spill, TVA chief says painful but won't say never again

The Tennessee Valley Authority's top executive says changing the way waste is stored at its power plants should reduce the risk of another disastrous coal ash spill like the one that tarnished a riverside community a year ago. But he isn't offering any guarantees.

Tom Kilgore said eliminating all wet...

EPA delays announcement on regulating coal ash

2010-04-16T08:19:09Z

EPA delays announcement on regulating coal ash, saying it is `complex' analysis

The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed a decision on regulating coal ash waste from power plants.

The agency said in a statement Thursday that it's extending a Dec. 31 deadline because it is "still actively clarifying and refining parts of the proposal." It did not set...

Dealing With the Unexpected Nuisance

2010-10-22T13:23:14Z

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Oil firm delays new bid to plug Australia leak: officials

2010-04-16T09:36:20Z

A Thai-based firm put off a fourth attempt to stop a major oil leak in the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coast on Tuesday due to technical problems, some nine weeks after the spill started.

PTTEP Australasia said equipment problems forced a delay until later this week, heightening environmentalists' concerns over the site wh...

Breakfast on the Bridge

2010-10-22T07:40:40Z

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Top 5 Environmental Issues in Australia

2010-10-14T12:09:19Z

Deforestation

Of all of the environmental issues facing Australia, the loss of our nation's old growth forests are by far the most troubling. At the same time, the issue of unchecked deforestation is probably the one issue that we as Australian citizens can most easily impact by pressuring our government to take the necessary steps to stop the destruction of our nation's natural resources in its tracks. The Rainforest Alliance intends to stand firmly in defiance...

EVENT CALENDAR

2010-10-22T11:27:06Z

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New rural recycling programme targets

2010-10-22T11:22:29Z

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EU carbon ignores Aussie carbon plan rejection

2010-04-16T10:51:33Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Prices for European carbon emissions futures ignored Australia's rejection of an emissions trading scheme on Thursday, rising with firmer German power and oil prices, traders said.

"The market doesn't really look at any of this global stuff," a European carbon emissions trader said.

Australia's parliament rejected a plan for an ambitious emiss...

Carbon neutrality here to stay

2010-10-22T11:05:07Z

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Lespedeza

2010-10-22T09:48:39Z

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Inselberg

2010-10-22T09:39:56Z

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An OffSetting Adventure

2010-10-22T09:31:53Z

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Sustainable steel construction and embodied C0sub2sub assessment

2010-10-22T09:26:47Z

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Plastic not so fantastic for wine's shelf-life: study

2010-04-16T11:14:02Z

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Bottling wine in recycled plastic may be good for the environment in the long-term, but not for the quality of the vintage, an Australian study shows.

The study, commissioned by plastic bottle maker Portavin, revealed the green alternative to glass was only good for wines that are drunk within a maximum of 12 months after bottling, with some wines starting to oxidize as early as 8 months.

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Project Nissan Nismo Frontier

2010-11-03T08:40:20Z

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Australia Flooding

2011-01-06T07:00:29Z

In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, an island is formed by flood water stranding vehicles and other equipment in Rockhampton, Australia. Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking Wednesday. (AP Photo/Janie Barrett, Pool)

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Australia Tennis Hopman Cup

2011-01-04T06:30:53Z

Serbian Novak Djokovic plays a backhand during his match against Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev on day two of the Hopman Cup team tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Wake)

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Hopman Cup

2011-01-03T11:30:50Z

FILE - In a Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, John Isner of the United States plays against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt during their men's singles match at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia. Isner defeated Dr. Dennis Dutton poses at a computer in his office at the University of Canterbury. Author, academic and founder of the popular Arts & Letters Daily website Denis Dutton died in New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec, 2010 at the age o...

New Zealand Earthquake

2010-12-26T01:30:09Z

Safety fences are erected around fallen bricks lay on Madras Street in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 following a series of aftershocks. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Simon Baker) NEW ZEALAND OUT,