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		<title>Noosa fish health report released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies, Tim Mulherin, released the Final Report of the Noosa Fish Health Investigation Taskforce. The taskforce was set up in January 2009 to investigate a range of fish health problems at the Sunland Fish Hatchery, including fish deaths and...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Budget modest on clean energy funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2130</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Australian renewable energy innovation was one of the sector’s few winners in a tough Federal Budget, according to the Clean Energy Council. Clean Energy Council Chief Executive Matthew Warren said the modest clean energy funding in the Budget package highlighted the need for a carbon price that...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>CEC questions solar credits announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 02:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the Clean Energy Council household solar power must not be used as the scapegoat for electricity price rises, despite adjustments to Solar Credits arrangements announced by federal government being a necessary and sensible decision. Matthew Warren, the Chief Executive of the Clean...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Planning for a new climate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thami Croeser</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2112</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The floods that have covered about two thirds of Queensland earlier in the year did at least five billion dollars in damage. And the fear and anguish experienced by those who lost their homes and businesses – or loved ones &#8211; is unmeasurable. It’s alarming to think that this might be just our...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Development threatens renowned wetland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2104</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) and the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) are calling for the protection of the significant marine values of the Pumicestone Passage in the face of the massive Caloundra South development. An internationally renowned wetland, the Pumicestone...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>A bigger Australia teeters on the edge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barney Foran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2098</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Carbon tax or not, Australia’s carbon emissions will keep rising, driven by rapid rates of population growth and increasing affluence. Most of the carbon is domestic but we also own the carbon that China and other manufacturers emit when they make stuff we purchase from our malls and big box...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Flooding lessons often forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Summers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2079</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following the Brisbane floods in 1974, a protocol emerged from the State Government that saw local governments begin to use what is known as the Q100 or 100-year ARI (average recurrence interval) flood event. In essence, this means that the 100-year ARI flood is one with a probability of occurring...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>New research centre for geothermal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[geothermal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2068</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Queensland is establishing itself as a global hub for geothermal energy research, technology development and jobs, Energy Minister Stephen Robertson said on April 20. Opening the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE) at the University of Queensland, Mr Robertson said the centre...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Switching off to climate change</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcoOnline/~3/CkQCaBWi7Fc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Hardwick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://econews.org.au/?p=2059</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last Sunday I was relaxing at home when a neighbour dropped in for coffee. Our discussions usually cover a broad range of subjects and this time we ventured from politics, tsunamis, nuclear power and finally to our topic de jour &#8212; climate change. I’m sure you would agree that good discussions...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Coal seam gas company fined</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal seam gas]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Queensland Gas Company (QGC) has been issued three penalty infringement notices by the federal environment department for unapproved clearing of vegetation as part of the construction of a pipeline in far north Queensland. Up to six kilometres of vegetation was cleared prior to having...<div class="feedflare">
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