The ABC reports – Collapse at Clarence Colliery at Lithgow ‘equivalent to giant oil spill’, wilderness foundation says.
I wonder if in all history rivers and creeks have never eroded coal measures before? So are there natural examples of environmental damage equal to “giant oil spills” in the rivers and water courses draining the abundant coal measures surrounding greater Sydney?
Not trying to minimise any particular event but let us keep some perspective and it would be nice to see the media reporting a rational view from all angles.
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Ranger uranium mine to close – should Governments pass laws enabling Jabiluka to open?
The AFR view of the story – Rio Tinto signs Ranger uranium mine death warrant – so as things stand uranium production in the Northern Territory will run down and pretty much end about 2020. This table is from a decade ago but the grade and size of Jabiluka still puts it in the same place in the list.
The development of this orebody would be good for the nation. If you or I owned property wanted for a new road or Govt purpose it would eventually be resumed if we refused to sell. Hence my question – should Governments pass laws enabling Jabiluka to open? I have held a view for years that the Ranger site is too small for the operations they require. Not only does levitra online pharmacy it helps you with your ailments. As i’ve already explained, there are plenty of web-based pharmacies low price levitra supply sub-quality medications. Mandatory Contracts This isn’t a sure-fire sign of a bad supplier when it comes time to purchase materials for a new experiment, but it can order viagra on line be. Rolfing – Applied to reorder the significant body sections, on line levitra this technique uses physical control and development attention to bring the body into vertical arrangement. Just look at the aerial scenes showing how crowded it is. World Nuclear Association view. The Mirrar People view. Some history from 1998.
Similarities between the FIFA disaster and UN IPCC aims to redistribute wealth to the Third World through schemes to reduce carbon dioxide
Yesterday I posted this map showing nations who voted for FIFA President Sepp Blatter – and those who did not.
Now so soon after being elected Sepp says he is stepping down – sooner the better – surely FIFA must be put down and replaced by a new and very different org.
I was easily able to find this map showing a sort of “corruption index” for nations.
Even The Guardian says “for years the carbon market has been riddled with corruption.”
Circle closed.
How FIFA returned Sepp Blatter as President – a map worth seeing
From Radio Free Europe
President Obama using the EPA to shut down coal fired electricity generation in the USA
These two online articles show that concern is rising in the USA about two main issues around the shutdown of coal fired power – the impact of higher electricity prices on the less well off and the reliability of the grid.
I hope that policymakers in the USA can learn from Australian experience after our Coalition Govt foolishly introduced a tiny RET scheme (Renewable Energy Target) in 2001 – then in 2010 this was vastly increased by GreenLabor. Of course the USA gets 20% of electricity from nuclear energy – I do not know if that sector can take up any slack from reductions in coal use.
IMHO Australia is sleepwalking towards increased risk of grid instability but adopting the 33Gwh target for 2020 has eased that risk a little. On the other hand some states are working towards higher targets. Queensland wants 50% renewable energy by 2030 and the ACT (only ~300K people) has a 90 percent renewable energy target for 2020. All against a background of China increasing emissions out to 2035 at least. Nothing we try to do matters a cup- full of warm spit.
Colossal Greens and UN hypocrisy exposed constantly complaining about the Great Barrier Reef yet ignoring the large scale destruction of many reefs in the South China Sea
We get sick and tired in Australia with Greens media exaggerations on the fabricated subject around “dumping” dredged spoil on the Great Barrier Reef – which is of course in some UN inspired world heritage area blah blah.
Yet total Greens and UN silence on the huge and rapid island construction by China which is smothering unprecedented areas of reef and marine habitat.
The total damage to the GBR by Australia in over a century would not rate a minute fraction of the damage done in the Spratly’s in 12 months.
Utter hypocrisy by the Greens and UN.
Minister Greg Hunt claims Direct Action policy success as the first auction squanders $660 taxpayer millions – more waste to come
In Nov 2014 I wrote – Why are we wasting $Billions on “Carbon Farming” when Australia is naturally sequestering all our emissions without any human intervention ?
12 April 2015 news commentary critical of the Govt – Direct Action: Government’s $2b carbon scheme likely to fall short as first auctions approach, analysts say
Yesterday news trumpeted by Govt – Emission Reduction Fund: Government purchases 47 million tonnes of carbon abatement in first auction
Bending over backwards to clear trees for the new BoM weather station in Adelaide parklands
First let me say I am not in any way against the clearing of whatever trees have to be cleared for the new BoM weather station. Australia has no shortage of trees or places to replace a few.
I am simply pointing out the utter hypocrisy in classifying these trees so nitpickingly adversely – see extract from Adelaide Park Lands Authority Agenda – page 60/143.
Not significant – atypical in form – low vitality – poor structure – regrowth – and low life expectancy – pass me that chainsaw quick.
The photo shows ordinary enough mallee struggling to establish itself a bit of a habitat. If a mineral exploration company wanted to say clear 18 trees like this for a drilling program – hundreds of km from anywhere at Outer Black Stump – they would expect to have to lodge a Review of Environmental Factors or REF report – probably running to many dozen pages and usually requiring a consultant costing up to or over $10,000. They would also have lodged upwards of $10,000 as an environmental bond to have an exploration licence granted in the first place – to ensure that the site was rehabilitated.
All this before your drill bit touches soil. In the case of a REF there would have to be assessments of fauna too which the BoM seems to be escaping in this case, yet there must be birds and insects inhabiting these trees.
Collected articles by David Archibald – Climate, Defence, Geostrategic, Liquid Fuel Security, Civilisation
I always enjoy reading what David has to say – here are links to his writings.
His book “Twilight of Abundance” is available at Amazon – great country by country sections on food security in the middle east.
Graziers forced off Mount Morris Station near Charleville – carbon farming is part of the financial issue
Last May I tried to get a grip on the circumstances at Mount Morris Station – News from the world of carbon farming – Charleville property sold up by bank despite carbon farming project.
A reader has just sent this link from the Chronicle in Toowoomba last October – Stuart family forced off Mount Morris – but not a word mentioned about carbon farming. The 20th May 2014 article in The Australian quotes the bank with their reservations about the very long term nature of the carbon farming agreements. But there must be more than that concerning the bank. Income is income – so what if it runs for a very long time – why would a bank not like that?
If anybody has any further information please let us know.