News Archive (01 Aug 2007 - 31 Aug 2007)
Commitment to end sale of inefficient hot water systems welcome: WWF
WWF has welcomed today's commitment by the Australian Labor Party to halt the sale of inefficient hot water systems as an important policy in the fight to reduce Australia’s carbon footprint.
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Climate change no excuse to plunder north's resources
Ill-considered responses to climate change in Australia's south are no excuse for an unsustainable rush to develop northern Australia's water, land and energy resources, says a new report to WWF released today.
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Reef or rubble - Saving the Reef starts now with a $300m investment
A $300 million investment to clean up Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is needed immediately to save the reef from a build-up of toxic pollution and to ensure resilience against climate change, says WWF, the global conservation organisation.
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Climate experts urge rapid expansion of parks
The World Bank's former chief biodiversity advisor, Dr Tom Lovejoy, has endorsed calls by a panel of top Australian conservation science experts to make rapid expansion of Australia's National Reserve System the top priority for climate change adaptation.
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Letter to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Your feature (August 06, 2007, Seeing Green on Big TVs) shows that Australian consumers are being ripped off by being sold TVs and white goods which seem cheaper to buy, but in fact guzzle electricity and are much more expensive to run. And that's not just expensive for the family budget but also for the environment which has to cope with needless extra greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ningaloo World Heritage welcomed, but boundaries must be scientific
WWF welcomes today's announcement by the Federal Labor Party to fast-track the nomination of Ningaloo Reef by February 2008, but calls for bipartisan support for the nomination boundaries to be based on scientific advice.
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