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As Greenpeace protest continues, support increases

As six Greenpeace volunteers remain on a coal export ship they boarded just outside the Great Barrier Reef this morning, support from prominent Australians is gathering pace.

Leading Australian climate scientist, Professor Matthew England said:

“This action by Greenpeace draws attention to the role of our coal exports in contributing to ongoing global warming. It's vital that the world moves away from coal-based energy to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.  This means Australia has to urgently rethink any expansion in our coal exports.” 

Landholders to earn carbon credits by planting Mallee

Landholders will be able to generate carbon credits from establishing mallee plantings on their properties under a new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodology approved by the Australian Government today.

The methodology for Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Mallee Plantings using the Reforestation Modelling Tool sets out rules for setting up and monitoring projects that store carbon in permanent plantings of mallee trees.

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation, Yvette D’Ath, and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Joe Ludwig, welcomed the latest methodology. Mrs D’Ath said it would assist landholders in drier areas that receive an average rainfall of 600mm or less.

Round She Goes Market is coming to Sydney!

The first Sydney Round She Goes is on Saturday 18 May.

Round She Goes is an eco-friendly fashion market event just for women. It’s an opportunity for anyone to book a stall and offload their unwanted quality preloved fashion items in a fun and friendly event. It was founded in Melbourne in 2008 and also operates in Adelaide.

Promoting Sustainability with People Power - 100,000 PLUS at the click of a button

The notion of sustainability calls for collaboration and the owners of Carbon Market know that there is power in numbers when it comes to encouraging widespread environmental change.

Tim Langdon, Director of Carbon Market Pty Ltd, owners of Eco Voice, Eco News and Eco TV is delighted to join forces with environmental campaigner Lara Shannon to help spread the environmental word.

Australians want tax revenue for environment, education, not mining

With the federal and state governments set to meet for the regular COAG conference tomorrow, the question of education reform will be firmly at the top of the agenda.

Research commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) shows the government has to hand an effective – and popular – tool to help deal with these pressing issues and ease a tight budget.

When asked by Lonergan Research about whether the government should spend the roughly $2 billion annually on the fuel tax credit to mining companies, 58 per cent felt the money would be better spent on environmental protection, while 55 per cent said education deserved the money more.

Canadian mining company announces involvement in Aceh government plan to clear over 1.2 million hectares of Sumatra’s protected forests

A Canadian mining company announced Tuesday that it expects the governor of Sumatra’s Aceh province to allow it and other extractive industries to destroy 1.2 million hectares of valuable and currently protected rainforest.

The company, East Asian Minerals, claims in a press release to be working closely with government officials and to have staff in Aceh lobbying to reclassify large tracts of the province from "protected forest" to "production forest."  The company's website also states that it has hired a senior government official, former Golkar Deputy Chairman Fadel Muhammad “to help them with these efforts.”