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Cattle station purchase 'fantastic' for Great Barrier Reef, green groups say
2016-06-22 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment groups are applauding a fantastic move by the Queensland government to protect the Great Barrier Reef by buying a Cape York cattle station responsible for a disproportionate amount of pollution that flows on to the reef. The Queensland government has spent $7m buying the 560 sq km Springvale Station, situated south of Cooktown, the ABC reported on Wednesday. Cattle stations cause erosion and long gullies that pour sediment into rivers that drain into the water around the Great Barrier...
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Lower Powell Green Street and Sewer Project Update: June 20, 2016
2016-06-21 17:42:28| PortlandOnline
Work continues on an Environmental Services project to replace and repair 4,508 feet of aging sewer pipe. The work includes constructing 22 green street planters and planting trees to absorb rain and reduce stormwater runoff. The project will keep about 1.6 million gallons of stormwater out of sewers annually, increase sewer system capacity and reduce basement backups.
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Australia: Federal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull to announce new 'green cities' fund
2016-06-19 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A re-elected Turnbull government would create a new investment fund, worth up to $100 million a year, to boost the use of renewable energy and clean technology in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. The Sustainable Cities Investment Fund, to be announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Monday, would be administered and funded by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The aim of the fund is to stimulate private sector investment, meaning projects would have to demonstrate...
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Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Stands With Anti-Pipeline Group to Defend Protest Tactics
2016-06-18 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alternet: An environmental group fired back at a Republican Senator who singled them out at a committee hearing on Tuesday for employing tactics which he insinuated were on par with terrorism. The organization, Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE), in turn accused Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) of McCarthyite, fear-mongering tactics when he targeted them during a Senate hearing related to oil and gas pipeline permitting. While the Republican national security hawk painted BXE as extremists, Jill Stein, presidential candidate...
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SE Hawthorne-Salmon Area Green Street and Sewer Project: June 16, 2016
2016-06-17 18:07:00| PortlandOnline
Work on SE 45th Avenue between Hawthorne and Madison is temporarily on hold while crews repair a gas main broken during sewer construction
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