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The Federal Government says the place to fight whaling is in the courts, not the seas, but one suspects they’re secretly cheering Sea Shepherd on, writes Mungo MacCallum. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
CHRISTINE MILNE’S work for gay law reform in Tasmania in the 1980s and ’90s earned her the memorable sobriquet ”the mother of teenage sodomy”, from the state’s former far-right Liberal MP Michael Hodgman. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
The fate of elephants, rhinoceroses and other imperiled species could be decided in the coming days at a major meeting on wildlife trade regulation in Bangkok. … Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Japan’s whaling industry is highly subsidized and operating at a loss, yet internal governmental power struggles may keep it alive. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Union boss Paul Howes should acknowledge the health dangers of the coal industry if he genuinely wants to safe-guard the community, Greens senator Richard Di Natale has declared. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
The Whitehaven Coal hoax dramatically raised the profile of a proposed new coal mine. There’s very little to prevent environmentalists from using the same trick again. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Japanese whalers left port to kill upwards of 1,000 whales. Australia must act — not just talk — to stop them. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
The Japanese hunting of whales in Australian Antarctic waters is against Australian law. Yet the Australian government is strangely reluctant to enforce its own laws. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
The Australian government will use diplomatic channels to convince Japan to put a stop to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
A few weeks before the tsunami struck Fukushima’s uranium reactors and shattered public faith in nuclear power, China revealed that it was launching a rival technology to build a safer, cleaner, and ultimately cheaper network of reactors based on thorium. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post