2005 media releases

December 2005

Greens urge vigilance against arson

Greens on duty for Byron Bay NYE celebrations

Greens commemorate Tsunami anniversary

Public miss out as toll road delivers for trucking industry

Greens challenge Minister on Salty Lagoon

Pacific Highway upgrade report shows RTA deficiencies

Court decision on recycling shows Government the way

Mums and Dads betrayed by Snowy sell off

Poll proves Sydney is ahead of its Government on desalination

Review panel should be able to reject desalination

Government inaction on Fish kill at Salty Lagoon

Premier must rule out coal once and for all

Greens win on desalination inquiry

Parliament finishes with black day for environment

November 2005

Iemma needs action not words to be Green

Green debate reopens

Desalination documents show Sydney wants to use less

33 boxes of desalination documents released - Over 90% want recycled water and water saving devices

Desalination debacle must stop

Government must come clean on desalination propaganda

Cohen moves against B-Double trucks

Premier must reign in Energy Minister on coal talks

Federal and state governments fail on Sydney’s water

New Lucas Heights reactor puts Sydney at risk

Greens ensure State of Environment Report before 2007 election

Upper House orders release of desalination documents

Iemma must match Bracks on renewable energy or he will become Australia’s direst power premier - Cohen

October 2005

Reckless arrogance on desalination plant

GE deal sells out farmers

Ministers must protect farmers against GE contamination

Cohen wins next round in defamation battle

NSW flops on Green Power

Turning off blasting burglar alarms

Southern NSW National Park bill falls well short

Greens ensure elections for Aboriginal Land Councils

Howard Government backs Greens move against desalination plant

September 2005

Biodiesel for Sydney’s ferries

Cohen returns to site of his first environmental action

Sydney needs to be full of sustainable development -Sartor must keep the green zones

Greens Optimistic on blue gum high forest

Desalination dinosaur

Labor and Coalition block Greens plan to give young people the vote

Iemma must fix Greenhouse sham

Greens welcome GM moratorium extension but urge action and openness on contamination

August 2005

Time to Get Smart on Water

No Action on Illegal Landclearing

June 2005

Environment must take priority at exclusive resort

Lowering voting age to 16 would end scapegoating

Costa labels Pacific Highway upgrade concerns “stunts”

Carr admits nuclear energy not possible in NSW

Nuclear energy a threat to climate and communities

Greed harms Brigalow balance

May 2005

Too little, almost too late: ideas go missing to save water

Cutting flows to Hawkesbury-Nepean River risks its future

Desalination a greenhouse nightmare

Toxic clean up cost must now involve former owner ICI

Budget ignores Sydney’s water future

Carr chooses to blacken the air

NSW Government loses the plot over BASIX

April 2005

New study finds Murray Red Gums dying fast

Delays to BASIX hurting owners’ hip pockets

NSW environment funding increase now critical

Coal industry not ready to tackle greenhouse

28 months late, another deadline missed on Brigalow

March 2005

Electricity bills to rise as Carr refuses energy efficiency

World’s largest GM trials find farms and wildlife devastated

Byron: little town with a big heart

NSW embarrassed back into National Water Initiative

February 2005

Government in Denial over Illegal Logging

Climate change the litmus test for Carr’s legacy

Forests sell-off risks failure for NSW on greenhouse gas reduction

Survival of NSW rivers now in jeopardy

Sydney’s water future draining away

‘Chainsaw’ MacDonald declares war on forests

NSW wetlands in crisis

NSW Farmers misled by NSW Farmers Association

January 2005

Land clearing in NSW our greenhouse shame