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[edit] 2009
Red dust storm engulfs Sydney, Australia, September 23 [1] topic
- Bundanoon takes up exciting community initiative of becoming Australia's First Bottled Water Free Town, July 8 [2] topic
- Thousands of Australians call on the Federal Government to drop its carbon pollution legislation and start large-scale investment in renewable energy, June 13 [3] topic
- Australian Government will invest:$1.6 billion in solar technologies, including new funding of $1.365 billion in a Solar Flagships program, May 12 [4] The Solar Flagships program will aim to create an additional 1,000 MW of solar generation capacity. This ambitious target is three times the size of the largest solar energy project currently operating anywhere in the world. topic
- Government delaying the introduction of Australia's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (emissions trading system), by one year to 1 July 2011, May 4 [5] topic
- Australian wildfires and web tools, February 9 [7] topic / 2009 Victorian bushfires on greenlivingpedia
- Southern Australia feels the heat, January 28 [8] Residents of south-eastern Australia are being warned to expect the worst heatwave in a century. Temperatures went up to 45.5C (114F) in Adelaide, its hottest day in 70 years. topic
- Endangered species discovered - call for halt to logging, Brown Mountain old growth forest, Victoria, Australia, January 28 [9]
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References
- ↑ wikinews, September 23, 2009
- ↑ Bundy on Tap, Jluy 8, 2009
- ↑ greenlivingpedia, June 13, 2009
- ↑ Australian Government,May 12, 2009
- ↑ Prime Minister of Australia, May 4, 2009
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2009
- ↑ Global Voices Online, February 9
- ↑ BBC news, January 28
- ↑ Environment East Gippsland, Media release, January 28
