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`No easy choices' in energy debate

06 Feb 12 | Once Labor's carbon tax kicks in governments will need to decide how to best provide extra support for low-emissions technologies, including nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage, a Melbourne-based group says.

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Council hammers in message on waste

04 Feb 12 | ARMED with a sledgehammer and with warpaint smeared across his cheeks, Harry Galea has declared war on hard waste.

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Celebrating wetlands wonders

03 Feb 12 | CHARLOTTE Scurr-Nicholls got up close to some of the fish species lurking at the Tamar Island Wetlands Centre yesterday.

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Green revolution plan

01 Feb 12 | GENEVA - A UN panel headed by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma has presented a plan for world leaders to propel an ``ever-green'' energy revolution that could wean the world off fossil fuels when they meet in Brazil later this year.

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Forest war rages in splintered process

31 Jan 12 | Protesters for and against logging faced off yesterday as a public relations war between conservationists and the forestry industry heated up. |

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Sea temperature shocks scientists

31 Jan 12 | RISING temperatures in the Tasman Sea have shocked scientists, who have identified an area off Tasmania as a global warming hotspot.

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Greens slammed over walking track

31 Jan 12 | THE Tourism Industry Council and state opposition have attacked the Greens over their opposition to the proposed $33 million Three Capes walking track on the Tasman Peninsula.

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Water bans hitting town and country

28 Jan 12 | WATER restrictions have hit farmers and households and more are likely to come as both the state government and Ben Lomond Water respond to low rainfall.

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ANZ branches targeted by mill protesters

26 Jan 12 | PROTESTS were held in front of ANZ bank branches across four cities yesterday in solidarity against the financial institution's possible decision to allow timber company Gunns to refinance its loans. |

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Ta Ann protesters are stupid: Green

26 Jan 12 | RESOURCES Minister Bryan Green has labelled protesters targeting timber company Ta Ann ``stupid''. |

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Protesters temporarily disrupt Ta Ann operations

25 Jan 12 | TA ANN temporarily stopped operations at its Huon Mill when a group of conservation activists entered the site yesterday. |

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Jobs to flow from forest deal: Greens

21 Jan 12 | A $120 MILLION economic stimulus package set to flow to Tasmania if up to 572,000 hectares of native forests is protected could generate 3000 new jobs, a report commissioned by the Greens has found. |

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Power for climate authority urged

19 Jan 12 | THE outgoing chairwoman of the Tasmanian Climate Action Council has called for the advisory body to have more power after dealing with ``resistant'' heads of government departments. |

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Activist trio hurt in clash with whalers

19 Jan 12 | DARWIN - Sea Shepherd says three anti-whaling protesters in the Southern Ocean have been injured in the activists' most violent clash with Japanese hunters this season.

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Forest groups unable to make contact

17 Jan 12 | THOSE on both sides of the forestry debate yesterday vied for the attention of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, but with little success. |

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Forest deal: $120m waits for resolution

16 Jan 12 | NO decisions have been made on how to spend $120 million set aside for regional development in Tasmania tied to the state-federal forests deal. |

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Iced-in town waits on tricky transfer of fuel from tanker

16 Jan 12 | A Russian tanker is preparing to off-load nearly four million litres of diesel and petrol to fuel-starved Nome, but first it must position itself near the Alaskan town's iced-in harbour to send the cargo through a 1.5-kilometre hose without a spill.

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Logging roll-over shatters peace

14 Jan 12 | THE decades-long war over Tasmania's forests has reignited after the state and federal governments yesterday allowed native trees to keep being logged in an area earmarked for protection five months ago. |

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Greens call for marine farm rethink

13 Jan 12 | A NUMBER of marine farm licence breaches in the West Coast's Macquarie Harbour between 2005 and 2009 raise ``serious environmental concerns'' which should cause the state government to rethink its support for an expansion of marine farming, the Tasmanian Greens say.

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Activist takes high ground over forestry

12 Jan 12 | A CONSERVATIONIST who has spent the past four weeks at the top of a Southern Tasmanian tree has asked the Prime Minister to visit the tree. |

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