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Body liquefaction technology a green alternative to cremation

September 27, 2011
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BY CLAIRE CONNELLY, TECHNOLOGY REPORTER This heavy duty pressure chamber reportedly produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation: Picture: Courtesy of  Bio Cremation IT sounds like something from the creepy 70s science fiction film Soylent Green – but this latest form of body disposal is a slimy reality.A Florida-based technology company has invented...
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URGENT! Candlelight Vigil TONIGHT! 27 September 2011 19:00 – 21:30. Hands off the Kimberley.

September 27, 2011
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27 September · 19:00 – 21:30 Location: Parliament House, Corner Bourke and Spring St, Melbourne. Created by: United Peoples of Australia As the truth behind the lies of Government slowly shows itself, and as people begin to awaken to the corporate and political corruption that plagues society, we ask that you join us in this family...
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12 endangered Sumatran tigers filmed in Indonesian rainforest

May 9, 2011
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WWF has called for the logging in Bukit Tigapuluh forest to be cancelled Numbers of Sumatran tigers have dwindled to 400 from 1,000 in the 1970s Footage of 12 endangered Sumatran tigers has been recorded in an Indonesian forest that is about to be cleared by loggers. The giant cats are on the brink...
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Koalas ‘facing extinction’

May 3, 2011
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AUSTRALIA continues to use the koala as a national symbol even as the marsupial population is in precipitous, perhaps terminal decline, Greens leader Senator Bob Brown said. Senator Brown said the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee was told today of “a catastrophic drop in the number of koalas”. “Their great habitat here in...
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Millions of spiders ‘cocoon’ trees in Pakistan

April 8, 2011
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Millions of spiders have cocooned entire trees across Pakistan in a thick coating of web.PHOTOS: Tree ‘cocoons’ rise from floodwaters The arachnids apparently were forced into the branches by last year’s devastating monsoon floods. They climbed into the trees in late July last year when monsoon rains flooded the regions of Sindh, Punjab, Khyber...
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Dead turtle ingested 100s of pieces of plastic highlights sea pollution

March 25, 2011
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By FIONA MACRAE   They look like the pieces of a colourful mosaic. But these shards of plastic were found in the stomach of a young sea turtle that lost its battle against the rising tide of pollution. Environmental campaigners say the image illustrates the deadly toll that our throwaway culture is having on marine...
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Swarms of fish off coast of Acapulco caused by tsunami?

March 14, 2011
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The shores of Acapulco’s beaches were this weekend teeming with masses of fish packed so tightly they looked like an oil slick from above. Thousands of sardines, anchovies, stripped bass and mackerel surged along the coast of the Mexican resort in an event believed to be linked to the devastating Japanese tsunami. Delighted fishermen...
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Japan earthquake: what do we tell the kids?

March 14, 2011
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A father and child walk through a devastated area in Sendai, northern Japan on Saturday, March 12. Picture: AP Photo/Kyodo News   IT may not be happening to them directly, but children in Australia are still going to be traumatised by the events in Japan, an expert says. During the flood in Brisbane, KidsHelpLine...
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Honeybee decline is unlikely to stop due to a perfect storm of threats, UN warns

March 11, 2011
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By DAVID DERBYSHIRE A perfect storm of perils and threats is behind the disastrous decline in honeybees over the last few years, a UN report warns today. Scientists have identified more than a dozen factors – from chemical pesticides to the loss of wild flowers – which are conspiring against one of the world’s best...
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‘Global Katrina’: Biggest solar storm ever could cause power cuts for MONTHS

February 22, 2011
‘Global Katrina’: Biggest solar storm ever could cause power cuts for MONTHS

The world is overdue a ferocious ‘space storm’ that could knock out communications satellites, ground aircraft and trigger blackouts – causing hundreds of billions of pounds of damage, scientists say. Astronomers today warned that mankind is now more vulnerable to a major solar storm than at any time in history – and that the...
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