South Sister updates

summaries & links ...

[Diary of Events provides a record of events from 21 February 2005 when Forestry Tasmania moved road making machinery up to South Sister prior to logging.]

General environmental articles

This is a new section devoted to random articles on the environment from around the world, mainly from The Independent.

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air, a book by David J.C. MacKay available for downloading (.pdf file, 13MB) or check his website for alternate versions
2008/06/20 - Bangladesh is set to disappear under the waves by the end of the century
2008/05/23 - Amazon Indians lead battle against power giant's plan to flood rainforest
2008/04/15 - Biofuel: the burning question
2008/04/11 - The miracle in Madagascar - a blueprint for saving species
2008/04/04 - American songbirds are being wiped out by banned pesticides
2008/03/30 - Time runs out for islanders on global warming's front line

2008/07/08 - The Australian: Hybrids will destroy our wildlife

2008/05/24 - The Mercury: Brown loses logging battle

2008/05/17 - The Australian: Gunns hit with ban on use of herbicide

2008/05/02 - The Australian: Challenge against Gunns pulp mill gets go-ahead

2008/03/31 - The Australian: Hope of cure for dying Tasmanian devils

2008/03/14 - Tasmanian Times: RPDC: Anniversary of a serial killing

2008/03/04 - Celsias: Tasmania's Forests: Lies, Lies and More Lies
Tasmanian Times: Mill: project on hold ... ?

2008/02/04 - ABC News: More court action over pulp mill
The Mercury: Gunns block lawyers' bid to stop mill

2008/01/29 - The Australian: Pulp mill 'will cost Tasmania $300m'
The report by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research(.pdf file, 1.14MB)

2007/12/02 - The Age: Island on the brink of catastrophe; Get a move on before Macquarie becomes island of the dead

2007/11/30 - ABC News: Forestry Tasmania wins appeal against Weilangta logging

2007/11/25 - The Mercury: Labor returns as pulp vote hits polls

2007/11/23 - The Mercury: Wilderness Society loses pulp mill appeal
The Australian: Ruling spurs on mill fight

2007/11/20 - ABC News: Launceston Council withdraws support for mill
The Australian: Council opposes pulp mill on health grounds

2007/11/18 - The Mercury: It's not over yet
Tasmanian Times: Richard Flanagan's speech: Now is the time for turning
The Age: Gunns might yet find the miller's tale has an unhappy ending