From Australia:

Spreading hands as dry and cracked as the orchards he tends, the stout man his mates call Tank explained what damage a decade of drought has done .

“Suicide is … [Keep reading >>]

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Besides the immediate death (180) and destruction from the fires raging in south eastern Australia there is this:

VICTORIA’S bushfires have released a massive amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere … [Keep reading >>]

230 suspected dead; perhaps more. 7,000 homeless and living in a tent city. 4,000 firefighters still battling 33 blazes.

The Future is Now … [Keep reading >>]

The wildfires that have so far claimed more than 170 lives in Australia highlight vulnerabilities in a country where the population is spilling into rural areas already under … [Keep reading >>]

While northern Australia is saturated by unprecedented rain the south is going up in flames, in the midst of a record heat wave. Victoria, in the far south east … [Keep reading >>]

“Australia will become the third country, following Denmark and Israel, to implement the group’s vision of electric vehicles powered by renewable energy.

Better Place and Macquarie Capital Group will raise $1 … [Keep reading >>]

The new Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, has honored a campaign pledge and apologize for the governments treatment of Aboriginal peoples. But as noted by Michelle Grattan in … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC’s Paul Reynolds outlines some of the many policy changes likely in the aftermath of Rudd’s victory over Howard: “Mr Bush lost the last of his big supporters in … [Keep reading >>]

The Guardian’s Peter Conrad celebrates the end of the Howard regime: “Now, rather than continuing to bask in all that soporific sunlight, Australia should stop counting on its good fortune … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC is reporting that John Howard has finally been unseated, definitely from his Prime Minister post, and perhaps from parliament as well: “Mr. Howard had found himself on the … [Keep reading >>]

” Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global … [Keep reading >>]