Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. Read more...
Timber company Gunns has asked the Federal Government for a permit extension as it continues to fight for its planned northern Tasmanian pulp mill. Read more...
Duck Stamp in Sex Scandal
Paul Walsh of the Minneapolis Star Tribune appears to have broken a story that will lead to a lot of chuckles and some exasperation. Hunters who have purchased the self-adhesive $15 Federal Duck Stamp and use the number printed on the card to order more stamps are greeted by a sexy... Read more...
Gordon Brown vowed tonight to free Britain from the "dictatorship of oil"
with billions of pounds invested in nuclear and renewable energy sources to
counter the effects of soaring world oil prices.