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1. Western Sydney residents say ‘Clean air, No incinerator’

   three local schools. Prospect Reservoir forms part of Sydney's drinking water and is only five ... kilometres from the proposed site: this would put the drinking water of 4.5 million people under threat of ... stopped and is dead in the water. Until that time we will keep up the fight." Melinda Wilson from No ...

2. Knitting Nannas meet the Wollongong candidates knit-in

   most vulnerable areas, our water catchments. CSG mining licenses can be reissued anytime.” The Nannas ... a ban on coal seam gas mining in the drinking water catchment? 2. Would you vote for legislation for ... a permanent ban on coal seam gas mining in the drinking water catchment? 3. Would you move legislation for ...

3. Anger in WA as Labor reneges on gas promises

   metropolitan from unconventional gas. “It looks like the promise of fracking bans is being watered down before ... a process from exploration to mining and development that can cause health, water and land use issues. “The ... unconventional gas industry poses to tourism, health, land, water, and farming in our region. “We call on the ...

4. Refugee activists target National Gallery of Victoria

   action, the Artists’ Committee placed red dye into the water of the gallery’s famous moat and water wall. ... They assured the public the dye used is specially formulated for pools and water features and filters ...

5. Chevron abandons drilling plans in Great Australian Bight

   Bight’s pristine waters are vital breeding and feeding grounds for many marine mammals, including 36 ... trying to turn into an oil field. It's very deep water, it's very rough water, it's ...

6. Narrabri locals protest at Santos AGM

   for water’, you have a problem. When these communities are supported by their shire councils, the ...

7. Environmentalists organise against new NSW logging proposals

   carry out inspections.” The NCEC fears that if the proposed rules are implemented, water yields on the ... temperature is rising. We need to be protecting our future by maximising the shade, natural water and carbon ...

8. Linc Energy found guilty of serious environmental harm

   escape. Its operations left water polluted to the point it was unfit for stock to consume. In 2015, the ...

9. Santos ignores 23,000 opposition submissions

   comes to water. “They have point blank refused to conduct the extra baseline data collection on ... point of having an expert water group to review gas mining proposals if Santos is free to just ignore ...

10. Moolarben mine 'a reckless act'

    of our rivers and water resources, cohesion of our rural communities or global warming". ... "The loss of water and good farming country because of the Moolarben mine approval is a further death ...

11. VicForests charged for illegally logging in East Gippsland

    years, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning concluded that protected rainforest ...

12. Will Leadbeater’s possum survive extended forest agreement?

    wildlife surveys to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, rather than logging agency ... Victoria’s National Parks. FoE spokesperson Ed Hill said: “Logging National Parks and protected water ...

13. Call to end Puerto Rico's colonial status amid ongoing power shortage, privatisation plans

    Caribbean colony of Puerto Rico, swaths of the island still have no electricity, while food and water ...

14. Submissions tell government not to support Santos’ fracking plans

    cannot ignore. They must reject this unacceptable gasfield.” The region’s irrigator body Namoi Water ... significant uncertainty of the predicted impacts on ground and surface water resources. “The concern we have ... Water board member Matt Norrie told the ABC. Coonamble farmer Anne Kennedy said: “We are not surprised ...

15. Sit-in against mining giants at parliament house

    impact on a water resource, it can now trigger a review by the federal environment minister. "The ... laws passed yesterday to assess water resources are welcome, we are disappointed that both major ... most significant land and water resources off limits" he said. Farmer Phil Laird said: "As ...

16. Sri Lanka: Conditions 'rapidly deteriorate' in war zone

    reported that "stranded families packed fields filled with human waste, water supplies dwindled and ... crowding, water supplies, toilet facilities and stress in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). On ... enough food and drinking water." In a statement issued on February 24, the World Health Organisation ...

17. Workers locked out by dairy giant Parmalat

    community support and the camp was saved from running dry by the generosity of a local water carter who ... donated a 10,000 litre water tanker, which is now parked at the front of the Echuca site. On February 17, ... February 25, 2017 1127 Parmalat workers, who have been locked out since January 18, with the donated water ...

18. ‘Don’t be a creep’: Radiohead asked to cancel Israel gig

    alone. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Elvis Costello, Bjork and many others have heeded ...

19. Koalas put pause to Watermark coalmine

    local farmers and state and federal MPs raised concerns over the agricultural and water impacts of an ... and water, would leave at least 262 koalas homeless and clear 800 hectares of koala habitat. She told ... would have impacts on the region’s water resources for centuries. Located near one of the “most ...

20. Federal government approves devastation of Liverpool Plains

    claims that they would only be using limited amounts of water Duddy pointed out that this was irrelevant ... because of the destruction of aquifers. “It's not the water that they're taking that's the ... problem. It's the water that they're harming,” he told the SMH. Fiona Simson, president of NSW ...

21. Hundreds march in Katherine for a frack-free future

    of water, country and culture from fracking gasfields. From Alice Springs to Arnhem Land, ... of all people to clean water and a healthy environment. Photos: Jeff Tan Like the article? Subscribe ...

22. Greens a chance in Marrickville by-election

    Labor's neglect of the water and energy crisis. "We need sustainable solutions such as re-use and ... recycling of water, not half-baked ideas like the desalination plant", said Byrne. The Liberal Party is ...

23. Loopholes in Queensland’s proposed law will allow ongoing clearing

    water quality. Landowners have been able to lock in those exemptions — protecting them from changes to ...

24. Statoil to drill for oil in Great Australian Bight

    environmental concerns over the project, including worries over potential oil spills in the rough waters of the ... conditions on the planet” and “extreme deep-water drilling under such conditions is too risky”. “Any spill ...

25. Agricultural experts urge a halt to Shenhua coalmine

    doesn’t work like that. Underground water doesn’t work like that. “Premier Berejiklian must stop this mine ...

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