Photo Slideshow: Australia’s Agriculture and Energy
The scale and rapid development of the nation’s coal seam gas industry is changing the social fabric of the country’s small towns and farming regions, which have become protest centers.
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Australia’s Agriculture and Energy Sectors Clash Over Water
Rural culture and the industrial economy are at odds. Photo © Aaron Jaffe / Circle of Blue Farmers from the Liverpool Plains region gather in Mullaley, New South Wales, to attend a town hall meeting about the progress of coal seam gas development. Residents here worry that the energy sector could damage aquifers traditionally tapped […]
Draft Plan for Australia’s Murray-Darling Reignites Old Flames
After the 20-week public consultations ended last week, three key basin states have rejected the proposed plan, and more than 60 Australian academics have slammed the document for neglecting to include climate change projections and for its lack of transparency.
Photo Slideshow: Australia’s Coal and Gas Boom Boosted By Asian Demand
Massive hydrocarbon production has created worries over water use and pollution as the “Down Under” nation rises to the top of global exporters.
Global Energy Demand Driving Australia’s Coal and Gas Export Boom
International demand and new technologies push nation to the top for hydrocarbon exports. But massive production has also created worries over water.
The Stream, April 19: Australia’s Water Market
New photos published on the Guardian reveal that early construction work for the controversial Belo Monte dam has already started in the Amazon, despite ongoing legal battles over environmental licenses. And there are already signs of deforestation. Australia’s water market has helped farmers and irrigators in the ailing Murray-Darling River Basin to weather drought and […]
The Stream, March 26: Tighter Rules for Coal Seam Gas in Australia?
South Australia has become the third Australian state to agree to the federal government’s tightened approvals process for future coal seam gas and large-scale coal mining projects, Platts reported. Water Security Germany has offered to help resolve the water disputes in Central Asia and to invest in water-saving solar and wind energy in the region, […]
The Stream, March 7: Australia Floods Stir Murray-Darling Debate
Extensive flooding in Australia makes the need to implement a new Murray-Darling Basin water management plan less urgent, argued the Water Minister of New South Wales, who called for delayed action on the reforms, according to The Australian. Two billion people gained access to safer drinking water between 1990 and 2010, meeting an international Millennium […]
The Stream, December 16: Australia’s New Food Bowl
An expansive new irrigation proposal could turn northern Australia into a food bowl, The Australian reported. Water withdrawals for agriculture and mining are putting increasing pressure on the South’s Murray-Darling basin, prompting government officials to look elsewhere. United States Chicago’s Deep Tunnel may not be completed until 2029, despite a recent legal settlement that set […]
The Stream, December 1: Australia’s Coal-seam Gas Development
Australia’s fast-growing coal-seam gas industry is a “relatively short-term prospect” and may not be worth the cost to farmland and the environment, a according to an interim report for the Senate Inquiry into the impacts of coal seam gas in the Murray-Darling Basin, The Australian reported. The study recommends that coal-seam gas development be suspended […]
The Stream, November 29: New Water Blueprint for Australia’s Food Bowl
ABC Australia has published the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s long-awaited draft plan for the ailing river system. The plan proposes to cut water use by 2,750 gigaliters a year, short of the 3,000-4,000 gigaliters initially proposed. But according to Reuters, even the scaled-back plan looms more political trouble for Australia’s minority government as irrigation cuts have […]
The Stream, October 13: Australian MPs Pass Carbon Tax Bill
Australia’s lower house of parliament narrowly passed a historic bill to cut carbon emissions and introduce a national carbon tax scheme, the Guardian reported. Though the Senate is almost certain to follow, opposition leaders said they would repeal the bill if elected. Meanwhile, China said it would introduce a national resource tax next month, BusinessGreen […]
