The War On Grass
Years ago, in the days when stuff arrived in the mail, printed on paper, I came across a very funny …
Category Archives: Energy
Fukushima is Here
On March 11th in 2011 a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that swept through the …
‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’
A final missive from Austria, in which Andrew Lang reports on the last few days of his bioenergy tour of …
A Letter from Austria
En route from Finland to Austria, Andrew Lang attempts to see past the large man with the window seat to …
A Letter from Finland
In the dying throes of an Australian federal election campaign, it’s easy to forget that the rest of the world …
Liberal MP a No Show on Fracking
In an act that reeks of both arrogance and complacency, Russell Broadbent, the Federal Member of Parliament for the electorate …
CSG threatens Baw Baw Shire
A mining company with an approved licence to explore for coal seam gas (CSG) in Baw Baw Shire in Victoria …
How Bad Are Bananas?
Remember the great banana shortage of 2006, when Cyclone Larry destroyed vast tracts of Queensland, including Australia’s banana supply? Was …
World Sustainable Energy Days Conference 2014
The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) conference is held each year in Upper Austria, attracting experts in renewable energy from …
Blink, and we’ll all be fracked
We don’t want our land degraded or our beautiful rolling hills to become an eyesore covered in gas wells. From …
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