In an amazing turn around, local leaders of Ulsan in Korea have agreed to allow our Whale Embassy volunteers to stay near the site of a planned whale meat factory - just hours after telling them to leave or face the "consequences".
A scandal over unauthorised genetically engineered corn in our food is escalating. Newly released, independent scientific opinion increases pressure on Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to protect consumers from the untested GE corn known as Bt10.
One of the great threats of genetically engineered crops is that they may spread uncontrolled and contaminate the natural environment. So it is alarming (to say the least) to discover GE canola growing by the roadside in Japan.
The whale watching season has started early on Australia's coast, with sightings of humpback whales migrating north from Antarctica to breed. How many of these whales will we see next year if Japan has its way with whaling?
He's Australia's economic pilot and we urgently need Peter Costello to steer us toward clean, green energy sources to avoid dangerous climate change. Yet the treasurer's 10th budget does little to put Australia on a path away from polluting, greenhouse-intensive fuels.
"We are saying to other countries, 'You can't produce nuclear weapons'. Yet now we have evidence that this very type of research may be happening here. I find that very frightening."
Many Australians who voted for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd because he promised serious action on climate change will be very disappointed following the release of his government’s emissions trading Green Paper on 16 July.
