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News, events, submissions...
Walk Against Warming, Cornelian Bay, Hobart + Lottah Picnic Grounds, Blue Tier:
Environment Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania organised this year's event at Cornelian Bay, Hobart.
Friends of the Blue Tier also organised a walk - in threatened old growth forest in the spectacular Blue Tier.
Both events went really. At Cornelian Bay we had about 200 people which was great given our limited time and resources this year. We had about 50-80 people walk/ride the 4km to the event from a meeting point just outside hobart (the Cenotaph). Speaking in Hobart were: Peter Boyer (Peter Boyer (The Climate Project), Christine Milne (Australian Greens Senator), Margaret Steadman (Sustainable Living Tasmania), Corey Peterson (Sustainability Officer, Mackillop College) and Sam Simenetis (Rail, Tram and Bus Union). After our speakers we walked from the foreshore up to the headlands (20 mins return) and then put on a vegan BBQ and had the local kite club come along selling $3 kites which looked great, plus a few local groups had colourful stalls and kids activities.
We got great media coverage -the Mercury newspaper met the group at the Cenotaph and we got a good article in the Sunday paper - then we got radio and great pieces on all 3 TV news shows that night.
http://gallery.me.com/rosematthews#100096 - some pics by Rose Matthews who attended the event.
Check out Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne's speach here (AUDIO)
You can also view our media release here: http://www.et.org.au/node/25
The community is calling on the state and federal government's to be world leaders on climate change. We need stronger action at all levels - current targets are not sufficient to avoid catastrophic climate change - FOR MORE INFO CLICK HERE
Poznan:
International negotiations for the post-Kyoto Treaty will be held in Poznan, Poland in 2 weeks. Please continue to contact our state and federal politicians and make sure that they know the Australian community wants them to be world leaders in Poznan this December.
Contact Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Contact Climate Change Minister Penny Wong
Marine News:
This week...
1. Coastcare Week 1-7 December - Get involved!
2. Next Ocean Planet Meeting - next Wednesday 26th 6pm, ET office
3. Save Ralphs Bay
4. Sea Shepherd Benefit, Sunday 23 Nov, Brisbane Hotel
5. Volunteer help needed
6. News in brief
Head to www.et.org.au/node/33 for the latest marine news and events
Weilangta News:
Swift Parrot "Reprieve" Not Enough to Halt Extinction Threat
Local residents welcome yesterday's announcement by David Llewellyn, Minister for Energy and Resources, Primary Industries and Water, that logging and woodchipping will be postponed in Wielangta Forest where endangered Swift Parrots are currently breeding.
"The Minister's announcement will allow the Swift Parrots to breed in safety in Wielangta for this year, but still leaves the way open for Forestry Tasmania to log this all important breeding habitat as soon as they migrate back to the mainland" said Sharon East, spokesperson, Wild Wielangta, South East Tas Forest Protection Group...to read media release click here
MORE INFORMATION:
http://wildwielangta.edublogs.org
Polluting Pulp Mill Win in Russia:
After decades of campaigning, environmentalists in Russia are celebrating the closure of a notorious factory controlled by the billionaire Oleg Deripaska that pumped toxic waste into Lake Baikal.
Since it was built more than four decades ago the Baikalsk paper and pulp mill has allegedly run off thousands of tonnes of dioxin and other harmful byproducts into the world's deepest lake.
Head here for the whole story http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/12/pollution-water-russia-deripaska
Gunns Share Price Plummets Again! today's article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2423772.htm?section=justin
WILD FOREST BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
2pm Sunday 30th November - The Landscape Gallery, 1/23 Hunter Street, Hobart
You are warmly invited to the launch of WILD FOREST, a new book from The Wilderness Society about the Weld, Florentine and Styx Valleys in Southern Tasmania, and to the opening of the photographic exhibition "ENDANGERED TASMANIA" by Nature Photographers Tasmania and to be launched by Senator Bob Brown. More info, head to www.et.org.au/node/17 or contact Rob Blakers: 62232537
SUBMISSIONS: head to http://www.et.org.au/node/18
Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs (State)
To outline the possible scope of a feed-in tariff for Tasmanian electricity customers who choose to invest in renewable electricity generation, the implications for all other customers, and on the structure of the Tasmanian electricity market. Discussion paper: http://www.dier.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/33851/feed_in_tariff_draft_discussion_paper.pdf
PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS DUE 24th NOVEMBER 2008
Water Quality Policy Review 2008
Public submissions are being sought for a review of the State Policy on Water Quality Management in Tasmania.
The State Policy on Water Quality Management 1997 is the main statutory instrument for managing environmental water quality in Tasmania. The policy sets a framework for improving how water quality is monitored, measured and reported.
Discussion paper: http://www.environment.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=3719
Please note that the very short SUBMISSIONS PERIOD CLOSES 15th DECEMBER 2008 -
CHECK OUT www.et.org.au/node/20 for water info
EPBC review: Time for a greenhouse trigger?
Minister Peter Garrett has announced that the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act will be reviewed by Dr Alan Hawke, and will be due in October 2009. Of particular interest to CANA members is that this Act can be amended to incorporate a 'greenhouse trigger' for high polluting developments. The Federal Government drafted such a trigger in 1998, and suggested amendments to the Act to incorporate this trigger are made in the people's Climate Protection Bill (www.climatemovement,org.au/ClimateProtectionBill). The discussion paper and terms of reference can be viewed at www.environment.gov.au/epbc/review.
Submissions are due by 19 December 2008.
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