Current Environmental Issues Index Vol 110 (2010) Nos 1 - 20

Adelaide (S.A.)

Release valve: Restrictions eased but you'll pay more for water. / Sarah Martin / Advertiser / 30/08/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(15)p.29

Struggling to meet our water targets. / Tom Zed / Advertiser / 14/08/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(14)p.27

How is this not a crisis? / Maria Moscaritolo and Cara Jenkin / Advertiser / 1/06/2010 p. 19 / Feature article CEI v. 110(9)p.21

Agriculture

Farmers say water plan will cost jobs. / Sophie Morris / Australian Financial Review / 5/08/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.17

Farmers weigh carbon question. / Bruce Mounster / Mercury (Hobart) / 26/10/2010 p. 8 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.16

Murray water plan consigns farms to wither in a permanent drought. / Andrew Broad / The Age / 26/10/2010 p. 13 / Opinion CEI v. 110(18)p.20

Environment concerns put second to farmers. / Michelle Grattan / The Age / 25/10/2010 p. 2 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.8

Murray plan will 'cripple dairy industry'. / Damon Kitney / Australian / 19/10/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(17)p.24

Food for more than thought. / Jo Chandler / The Age / 16/10/2010 p. 6 Insight / Opinion CEI v. 110(17)p.8

Import surge could wipe out benefits. / Lanai Vasek / Australian / 15/10/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(17)p.7

Farmers have a right to be angry. / / Sydney Morning Herald / 14/10/2010 p. 16 / Editorial CEI v. 110(17)p.20

Cuts spark fears for food security. / Lauren Wilson and Patricia Karvelas / Australian / 11/10/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(17)p.7

Murray 'disaster' to hit bush. / Rosslyn Beeby / Canberra Times / 9/10/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(17)p.19

This is not just a pretty picture. / Debra Jopson / Sydney Morning Herald / 26/09/2010 p. 1 / Feature article CEI v. 110(16)p.8

Locust plague looms over $2.8b NSW harvest. / / Sunday Canberra Times / 18/09/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(16)p.10

Substantial crop damage likely in Vic. / / Australian Financial Review / 8/09/2010 p. 8 / News Item CEI v. 110(15)p.11

Carbon credit incentives mean sheep headed for the chop. / / Australian Financial Review / 26/08/2010 p. 8 / News Item CEI v. 110(14)p.16

Biochar 'can cut' greenhouse gases. / Rosslyn Beeby / Canberra Times / 21/08/2010 p. 12 / News Item CEI v. 110(14)p.13

Locusts poised to devour crops. / Samantha Healy / Sunday Mail (Qld) / 15/08/2010 p. 21 / News Item CEI v. 110(14)p.12

Apple growers fight NZ import threat. / Fleur Anderson / Australian Financial Review / 11/08/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.13

Growers back fight on apple imports. / Nigel Austin / Advertiser / 11/08/2010 p. 32 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.13

Now, it's Russia - next, it's the world. / Gwynne Dyer / Canberra Times / 10/08/2010 p. 11 / Opinion CEI v. 110(13)p.14

Tassie wallaby cull tops one million. / Nick Clark / Mercury (Hobart) / 5/08/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.25

City to "grow" 134,000 homes on farmland. / Jason Dowling / The Age / 30/07/2010 p. 10 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.23

US bans health risk pesticide. / Leigh Dayton / Weekend Australian / 26/06/2010 p. 12 Prof. / News Item CEI v. 110(11)p.17

Outcry as more fish die. / Brian Williams / Courier Mail / 19/06/2010 p. 13 / News Item CEI v. 110(11)p.18

The true cost of our daily bread. / Ben Cubby / Sydney Morning Herald / 19/06/2010 p. 1 / Feature article CEI v. 110(11)p.5

World food supply in danger: UN. / Rosslyn Beeby / Canberra Times / 7/06/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(10)p.16

Farmer outrage as irrigation faces axe. / Asa Wahlquist / Australian / 3/06/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(9)p.8

Left high and dry holding water rights. / Sophie Morris / Financial Review / 1/06/2010 p. 60 / Feature article CEI v. 110(9)p.9

Win for all as Cape land locked away. / Rosanne Barrett / Australian / 27/05/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(9)p.14

Flow of wild rivers law angers graziers. / Jared Owens / Australian / 24/05/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(9)p.14

Gas threat must be heeded. / Blair Chadwick / Courier Mail / 21/05/2010 p. 35 / Letter CEI v. 110(9)p.11

Farmers draw line in the dirt over mining. / Brian Williams / Courier Mail / 20/05/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(9)p.11

Seeds of discontent. / Geoff Strong / The Age / 12/05/2010 p. 13 / Feature article CEI v. 110(8)p.15

Plague buzzes in and out goes the fruit. / Blair Richards / Mercury (Hobart) / 30/04/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(7)p.17

GM crops 'needed in drought'. / Jesse Doyle / Australian / 8/04/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(6)p.14

New crops to flourish as farmers save water. / Rosslyn Beeby / Canberra Times / 3/03/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(4)p.1

CSIRO sets out high cost of warming to farmers. / Rosslyn Beeby / Canberra Times / 2/03/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(4)p.2

Grape expectations as climate change bears fruit. / Debra Jopson / Sydney Morning Herald / 1/03/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(4)p.1

Food bowl taskforce attacked by former chief. / Nicolas Perpitch and Dennis Shanahan / Australian / 10/02/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.2

Farmers want pastoral north. / Sophie Morris / Financial Review / 9/02/2010 p. 14 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.1

'Food bowl' hope dashed. / Peter Michael / Courier Mail / 9/02/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.1

Add science to the mix to help weigh up this emotive issue. / Philip Gibbons / Canberra Times / 19/01/2010 p. 9 / Opinion CEI v. 110(1)p.22

Mustering kangaroos isn't the answer yet. / D Sackett, P Curlewis, R Ellison, / Australian / 15/01/2010 p. 11 / Letters CEI v. 110(1)p.12

Roo's gas emissions kindest to planet. / Ean Higgins / Australian / 13/01/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(1)p.12

Push to shield shrinking farmland. / Steven Wardill / Courier Mail / 11/02/2009 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.2

Air Pollution

Coalmine dangerous to public, says health boss. / Ben Cubby / Sydney Morning Herald / 3/11/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.4

Fresh view on city life: ban polluting vehicles. / Clare Peddie / Advertiser / 22/09/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(16)p.28

Sick US veterans sue over pollution from war-zone rubbish pits. / Maria Glod / Sydney Morning Herald / 7/08/2010 p. 19 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.21

Forestry says sorry on smoke choke. / / Mercury (Hobart) / 24/04/2010 p. 17 / News Item CEI v. 110(7)p.12

Forestry smoke chokes Burnie. / Helen Kempton / Mercury (Hobart) / 23/04/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(7)p.12

Forestry fires up Tasman region. / / Mercury (Hobart) / 21/04/2010 p. 13 / News Item CEI v. 110(7)p.11

Stop this arrogant vandalism. / C Cracknell, H Zanella, J Birkett, S Grove, / Mercury / 21/04/2010 p. 17 / Letters CEI v. 110(7)p.11

Angry outcry brings respite. / David Killick / Mercury (Hobart) / 20/04/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(6)p.12

Forestry begins its 150 fires. / / Mercury (Hobart) / 13/04/2010 p. 13 / News Item CEI v. 110(6)p.11

Car pollution clamp to fight smog. / Ari Sharp / The Age / 9/01/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(1)p.15

Move to cut car toxic cocktail. / Emma Chalmers / Courier Mail / 9/01/2010 p. 25 / News Item CEI v. 110(1)p.16

Car industry slams curb on emissions. / Jared Owens / Australian / 9/01/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(1)p.16

Algae

Coral reefs in hot water as stress turns algal lodgers toxic. / Jamie Walker / Weekend Australian / 19/12/2009 p. 2 / News Item CEI v. 110(1)p.10

Antarctica

Deep ice cores show chilling evidence of global warming. / Michael Richardson / Canberra Times / 6/07/2010 p. 9 / Feature article CEI v. 110(12)p.11

Scientists link drought to human-induced climate change. / Matthew Denholm / Australian / 9/02/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.3

Ice core 'evidence' of human climate change. / Cortlan Bennett / Canberra Times / 8/02/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.3

Aquaculture

Voxpop: Would you stop eating fish like Atlantic salmon and flake because environment groups say it's an unsustainable fishery? / Hobart Mercury / 20/11/2010 p. 27 / Opinion CEI v. 110(19)p.7

CSIRO prawn's new dawn. / Thomas Hunter / The Age / 29/06/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(11)p.2

The perfect prawn. / Clare Peddie / Advertiser / 29/06/2010 p. 15 / News Item CEI v. 110(11)p.2

Prawn breeding breakthrough. / Jason Clout / Australian Financial Review / 29/06/2010 p. 46 / News Item CEI v. 110(11)p.1

Arctic Regions

Fears rise for Greenland ice mass. / Suzanne Goldenberg / The Age / 12/08/2010 p. 16 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.16

Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic: a sea of rubbish. / / Sydney Morning Herald / 14/06/2010 p. 8 / News Item CEI v. 110(10)p.26

Bees

Saltbush survey reveals bunch of new species. / Mark Schliebs / Australian / 1/11/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.1

Biodegradation

Green nappy battle brews. / Sue Mitchell / Financial Review / 7/06/2010 p. 17 / News Item CEI v. 110(10)p.6

Biodiversity

Global 'agreement' on protecting biodiversity is another con. / George Monbiot / The Age / 3/11/2010 p. 19 / Feature article CEI v. 110(18)p.2

Saltbush survey reveals bunch of new species. / Mark Schliebs / Australian / 1/11/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.1

Biodiversity plan to lock up land. / Adam Morton / The Age / 27/10/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(18)p.1

Marine census deeply disturbing. / / Canberra Times / 6/10/2010 p. 18 / Editorial CEI v. 110(16)p.24

Census logs mysteries of the deep. / / Canberra Times / 5/10/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(16)p.23

Biodiversity under attack, world food security forum told. / Sally Pryor / Canberra Times / 1/09/2010 p. 14 / News Item CEI v. 110(15)p.14

Life and death along the food chain. / Deborah Smith / Sydney Morning Herald / 15/05/2010 p. 3 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.2

Basics of life under threat as extinctions accelerate. / Tom Arup / Sydney Morning Herald / 11/05/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.1

Experts warn species loss is unnatural. / Juliette Jowit / The Age / 9/03/2010 p. 8 / News Item CEI v. 110(5)p.5

Birds

Now, alas, official: soon to be ex-parrot is extinct in the wild within five years. / S Dooley / The Age / 5/05/2010 p. 19 / Opinion CEI v. 110(7)p.3

Parrots face extinction. / Adam Morton / The Age / 22/04/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(6)p.5

Protect rural people, then birds - say irrigators. / / Advertiser / 5/03/2010 p. 32 / News Item CEI v. 110(5)p.19

Brisbane Qld

We'll be living in sardine suburbs. / Kelmeny Fraser / Sunday Mail (Qld) / 23/05/2010 p. 10 / News Item CEI v. 110(9)p.20

Bushfires

Brumby plays fast and loose. / Karen Kissane / The Age / 1/09/2010 p. 15 / Opinion CEI v. 110(15)p.2

Fire risk will be greater. / Matt Johnston / Herald Sun / 28/08/2010 p. 4 / News Item CEI v. 110(15)p.1

Costs of climate change are already spiralling out of control. / Paddy Manning / The Age / 14/08/2010 p. 2 Business / Opinion CEI v. 110(14)p.1

If you're living in a bushfire zone, you can stay. / Daniel Wills / Advertiser / 11/08/2010 p. 18 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.4

New fire chief to take control. / Paul Austin / The Age / 3/08/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.3

Immediate action on report urged. / Mathew Dunckley / Australian Financial Review / 2/08/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.2

Electricity upgrades to cost sector billions. / Mathew Dunckley / Australian Financial Review / 2/08/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.5

Act now to save lives. / Michael Bachelard / Sunday Age / 1/08/2010 p. 1 / News Item CEI v. 110(13)p.1

Fuel reduction programs fall short, hearing told. / Karen Kissane / The Age / 16/04/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(6)p.26

Fuel reduction target 'mystery'. / Darren Gray / The Age / 18/02/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.15

Fire buffer zones win backing. / Darren Gray / The Age / 17/02/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.15

Call for rethink on bushfire plantings. / Stuart Rintoul / Australian / 12/02/2010 p. 9 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.16

River alert fails to halt logging in burnt bush. / Peter Ker / The Age / 6/02/2010 p. 13 / News Item CEI v. 110(3)p.26

The money or the trees. / Peter Ker / The Age / 4/02/2010 p. 17 / Feature article CEI v. 110(2)p.15

Camels

Outback divided over feral camel. / Larine Statham / Canberra Times / 27/02/2010 p. 15 / Feature article CEI v. 110(4)p.9

APY camel cull is food for thought. / Miles Kemp / Advertiser / 20/02/2010 p. 24 / News Item CEI v. 110(4)p.10

Canberra (A.C.T.)

A vision splendid for sustainable city. / Ewa Kretowicz / Canberra Times / 31/08/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(15)p.26

Cancer

Cancer risk from mobiles 'a riddle'. / Adam Cresswell / Australian / 18/05/2010 p. 7 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.4

Cancer study finds no clear link to mobile use. / Kate Hagan / The Age / 18/05/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.3

Mobile call cancer link unproven in study. / Danny Rose / Mercury (Hobart) / 18/05/2010 p. 5 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.3

Mobiles clear - for now. / Clare Peddie / Advertiser / 17/05/2010 p. 11 / News Item CEI v. 110(8)p.4

Cane Toads

A hard life on the hop. / Chi Tranter / Courier Mail / 10/06/2010 p. 38 / News Item CEI v. 110(10)p.2

Who ya gonna call? Toadbusters. / Lindsay Murdoch / Sydney Morning Herald / 7/06/2010 p. 6 / News Item CEI v. 110(10)p.1