An East Gippsland environmentalist is calling for an investigation into areas of state forest that have failed to regenerate after being logged. Jill Redwood said there was a parcel of land outside of Bendoc, near the New South Wales border, where there was nothing but dead bracken on land that was logged 11 years ago. …
The dingo is an unpaid pest species manager that works every day, yet they continue to be killed in large numbers. In turn this means that dingoes play an equally important role in protecting a long list of threatened and non-threatened Australian species, preyed upon in almost incomprehensible numbers by these feral interlopers. And yet …
Does the benefit of conducting planned burns ever really outweigh the risks? That was one of the key questions raised by submitters to the Lancefield/Cobaw planned burn investigation. The draft report of the findings from the investigation is due to be delivered to the secretary of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning tomorrow, …
We’re not talking about wind, solar, or hydroelectric power here. The biggest renewable in Europe is wood pellets.
Green group of elderly women claim truckers are trying to intimidate them at forest protest by driving too close Knitting Nannas of Toolangi protest against the destruction of native forest They claim they have been intimidated and bullied by pro-loggers A logging truck allegedly drove dangerously past them, speeding Later, an image of a logged …
An environment group called Knitting Nannas of Toolangi is taking a complaint of intimidation to police after a logging truck drove past one of their gatherings at an “unacceptably high speed” last week, north of Melbourne. When members of the group posted photos of the truck on Facebook, it sparked a torrent of abuse from …
This sustainable development proposal is anything but sustainable.’‚ÄîIlana Solomon, Sierra Club A leaked of draft of negotiating text from a pending EU-U.S. trade deal shows that the bloc is ready to empower corporate polluters while going back on its promise to uphold environmental protections, groups on both sides of the Atlantic warn. The text is …
LOCALS have raised concerns over the independent panel appointed to investigate how a planned burn at Lancefield went so disastrously wrong. Hundreds of people fled and four houses were lost when a planned burn jumped containment lines on Grand Final Day. The fire burned for nearly two weeks. Environment Minister Lisa Neville asked the director …
As the world tries to shift away from fossil fuels, the energy industry is turning to what seems to be an endless supply of renewable energy: wood. In England and across Europe, wood has become the renewable of choice, with forests, many of them in the U.S., being razed to help feed surging demand. But …
