http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Earth_Continents_Australia-and-NZ_18_197_721.html Press Review of the Earth from the most relevant websites. Keep in touch with the Earth and your future ! fr-FR http://www.earth-stream.com/logo-stream-Earth.png http://www.earth-stream.com Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:56:28 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australia-releases-economic-base-to-carbon-scheme_18_197_721_134882.html Australia's government on Friday released key economic data it will use to design an emissions scheme to combat global warming, predicting economic growth of 2.3 percent in the regime's key mid-term years around 2020. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:14:05 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/First-Samples-of-Algae-Based-Green-Crude-Have-Arrived_18_197_721_134840.html New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation has been working on technology to convert wild algae to next generation fuels and has recently produced the first samples of green-crude from a proprietary process that does not rely on genetically modified organisms. As we have covered previously on this site, algae based fuels are a promising second generation bio-fuel that may offer energy independence and a decreased reliance on fossil fuels without the negative consequences of agrofuels like ethanol that take up farm land adding to the current food crisis, are energetically inefficient and hog scarce water resources. Green-crude differs significantly from first ... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:20:22 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Company-Profile-for-Telecom-New-Zealand-International_18_197_721_134753.html Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) is a division of the Telecom Corporation of New Zealand. TNZI provides the full range of telecommunications services to retail and wholesale customers including data, voice, and mobile services. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:20:56 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australia-Economy-won-t-delay-carbon-cut-Wong_18_197_721_134506.html AAP: The global economic meltdown is not cause to put off the start of an emissions trading scheme, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said. Ms Wong said Australia had delayed taking action on climate change for long enough, and business would benefit from carbon certainty by introducing a trading scheme sooner rather than later. "We've always said we will approach our response to climate change in an economically sustainable fashion, and we will consider very carefully the economic ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:58:38 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australian-mining-boss-doubtful-of-global-pact-on-climate_18_197_721_134476.html Radio Australia: The head of one of the world's biggest mining companies is doubtful that a global agreement can be reached on climate change. Australian mining company Rio Tinto is among the big businesses insisting on global agreement, before Australian industry is fully exposed to an emissions trading scheme. The miner's chief executive Tom Albanese says it's important that moves are made towards an international agreement. But he says the chances of a global solution are ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:03 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Discoveries-Highlight-Danger-to-Reefs_18_197_721_134449.html Inter Press Service: Efforts to create an inventory of life on Australia's major coral reefs -- to be used as part of a baseline to determine the impacts of global warming and overfishing upon reefs -- have turned up hundreds of previously unknown and rare species. Scientists released the first results of a four-year study into the biodiversity of some of Australia's most well-known coral reefs on Sep.19. While the findings -- which include around 300 soft coral species, of which 50 percent are ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:38:29 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/As-Population-Surges-Australia-Tries-to-Keep-Pace-INSIDE-THE-MARKETS_18_197_721_134438.html By Michael Perry The population of Australia is booming, fueled in large part by migration, and the boom may leave policy makers struggling to ensure adequate infrastructure like housing, transport and health care within a few decades. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:44:15 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australia-Climate-Plan-Must-Be-Realistic-Adviser_18_197_721_134220.html Reuters: Australia's planned emissions trading scheme and ambitions for a new post-Kyoto international climate pact must be cautious and realistic, says the government's chief climate adviser. Ross Garnaut, asked by the centre-left government to design an emissions trade scheme to make the US$1 trillion economy less polluting, hands his final report to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd later on Tuesday. "I am putting a pin in the delusion (that an ambitious agreement is possible)," Garnaut said ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:30 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Mobile-Giant-Rings-Up-Record-Profit_18_197_721_134188.html By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom VODAFONE New Zealand has continued to make hay, posting a 18 per cent jump in profits to a record $191 million in the year to March. Revenue was up 10 per cent to $1.5 billion, according to accounts just filed with the Companies Office. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:29 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Turn-Up-Drive-in-Drop-Off_18_197_721_134181.html eDAY is all about e-waste. So if it has to do with computers or cellphones, just drive on up and drop it off, Laurence Zwimpfer, organiser and chairperson of the Computer Access New Zealand Trust says. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:44 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australia-Climate-Adviser-Scheme-Need-Not-Boost-CPI_18_197_721_134050.html Reuters: Australia's 2010 carbon emissions scheme would not be inflationary if permit revenue was used to offset increased costs, the government's top climate adviser said in his final report on the scheme released Tuesday. Ross Garnaut also said the Australia should allocate A$1 billion to the power industry, dominated by coal-fired generators, to help it adjust to the emissions scheme. He stood firm on a recommendation in an earlier report that no free trading permits be issued to ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:43 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Small-sacrifice-can-save-the-planet_18_197_721_134046.html Sydney Morning Herald: AUSTRALIANS will be driving clean electric cars, giving up their lamb roast and rump steaks for chicken and pork, living in higher-density cities and swapping cheap air flights for interstate trains. In the outback, millions of beef cattle and sheep will disappear from the marginal rangelands, farmers will grow grasses and eucalypts for carbon trading and kangaroos will dominate the bush, potentially becoming one of the nation's biggest export meats. This image of a sustainable ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:06:02 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/World-s-Largest-Vertical-Social-Networking-Site-Goes-International-With-Launch-of-Allrecipes-UK-and-Allrecipes-Australia_18_197_721_134025.html SEATTLE, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Allrecipes.com, the original and largest food-based vertical social networking community, today announced the launch of new, localized versions for UK and Australia/New Zealand audiences: Allrecipes.co.uk and Allrecipes.com.au. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:37:23 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Taiwan-New-Zealand-Activate-Mutual-Fishery-Check-Mechanism_18_197_721_133985.html Text of report in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website [By Deborah Kuo] Kaohsiung, Oct. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:37:22 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/South-Korea-Detects-Melamine-in-New-Zealand-Milk-Product_18_197_721_133980.html Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) - The government said Wednesday that it found the chemical melamine in a milk-based product imported from New Zealand. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:05:52 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Australians-urged-to-eat-kangaroo-in-order-to-reduce-emissions_18_197_721_133960.html BBC: An Australian government adviser on climate change has urged Australians to ditch beef and lamb for kangaroo steaks to help save the planet. Sheep and cows produce a high amount of environmentally unfriendly methane gas through belching and flatulence. But economist Ross Garnaut noted in a report on global warming that kangaroos produce virtually no methane. He predicts a change in farming and eating habits with the introduction of a national carbon trading ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:05:43 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Microwave-factory-to-act-as-carbon-sink_18_197_721_133958.html An industrial microwave plant opens in New Zealand to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by turning organic waste into charcoal Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:33 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Scientists-aim-to-boost-Southern-Ocean-CO2-monitoring_18_197_721_133939.html Reuters: Australian scientists set sail later this week on a voyage that could lead to better data from the Southern Ocean, which plays a major role in acting as a brake on climate change. Oceans absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide and the Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica plays the greatest role of all the world's oceans, scientists say. The problem is there is no permanent monitoring of the Southern Ocean because of its wild seas and remoteness and scientists cannot ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:16:05 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/Crocodile-suspected-in-disappearance-of-Scottish-man-at-Australian-campsite_18_197_721_133824.html Search continues for 63 year old who was camping with his wife on river in northern Queensland Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:55:10 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Australia-and-NZ/New-Zealand-ETS-Scheme-First-to-Include-Agriculture_18_197_721_133815.html Though beset by challenge and turmoil amongst its political allies, New Zealand's centre-left Labour Government has finally passed its ground-breaking emissions trading scheme (ETS) into law - though with a general election only a few weeks away and the right-wing National party odds-on to take power, how long the scheme will remain intact is anyone's guess. While some 27 other countries, by current count, have enacted some form of ETS already, New Zealand's is arguably the first truly comprehensive scheme, including as it does the vital agricultural sector within its gamut - although the staggered start-up of the scheme ...