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No lawn without fossil fuel

Climate
Science-denying -  production of ignorance and the public right to know.
Big Australian media reject climate science. It is not surprising therefore that levels of acceptance of anthropogenic climate change have dropped in Australia, where we have the highest emissions per person in the world.  The Conversation  011113

Mega footprint, fossil fuel turf

Sprawl
A 200 lot sub-division was approved at the site near Woolgoolga in 2010, and the developers now want to expand it to 280 lots. They also want to see a restriction on domestic cats and dogs lifted."It's a delicate ecosystem in Hearnes Lake, because it feeds into the Solitary Islands Marine Park, into an area near Flat Top Rock" abc 041113

Bushfires
threaten World Heritage wilderness west of Kempsey. The Racecourse Trail and Dungay Creek fires have now burned across almost seven thousand hectares of mainly public forest."The conditions are that dry that it's just burning through all of those normal good containments. "There are no properties under threat but there is of course World Heritage listed areas in there and the environmental impact is quite serious." abc 041113

Slash & Burn
New arson laws could see farmers charged with criminal offences. Farmers involved in approved fuel reduction burns could be charged with arson if the burns get out on control and cause unforseen damage. abc rural 041113

Meat
Growth promotants (HGP) in beef. "I've worked in the meat packing plants for many years and when beta agonists first came on the market I started seeing problems I'd never seen before, stiff sore footed cattle that kinda hurt all over, just don't want to move." China, Taiwan and Russia have also banned US beef that's been treated with beta agonists. abc rural 041113
Rural
Higher death rate for rural cancer patients. Rural patients lagging behind city counterparts on cancer treatment abc, 041113