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Australian government "most hostile to the environment"

Bill LauranceJune 19, 2014Kelvin Thomson, Tony Abbott government, environmental protection, World Heritage Site in Danger, Tasmania, G20 conference, one-stop shopComment

The 'environmental group' that's anti-environmental

Bill LauranceMay 25, 2014Australian Environment Foundation, Institute of Public Affairs, World Heritage, Tasmania, Tasmanian forests, Tony Abbott government, Australian Liberal Party, doublespeak, climate change, wind farms, green thuggery, Alan Oxley, anti-environment, anti-environmental Comments

IUCN slams plan to de-list Tasmanian forests

Bill LauranceMay 17, 2014Tony Abbott government, Tasmania, World Heritage, de-listing, World Heritage Committee, IUCN, Doha, industrial loggingComment

Aussies fight attack on Tasmanian World Heritage

Bill LauranceMay 14, 2014Tasmania, World HeritageComment

The Tasmanian travesty

Bill LauranceApril 17, 2014World Heritage site, de-listing, World Heritage Commission, Tasmania, tall eucalypt forest, tall eucalypt rainforest, Peter Hitchcock, Australia, loggingComment

World park body slams Australian PM over 'no more parks' vow

Bill LauranceMarch 13, 2014Tony Abbott, national parks, World Heritage, Tasmania, Liberal-National Coalition, World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN, 'no more parks' pledge, AustraliaComment