Australia is blessed with an abundance of natural resources and has become China’s leading supplier of coal and iron ore.The strategic review also advises the government to tailor its basing plans by considering U.S. security interests. via U.S., Australia announce…
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U.S., Australia announce deeper military ties amid Pentagon pivot to SE Asia – The Washington Post
Posted in Natural Resource Commodities
Report: Water shortages increasingly will offer weapon for states, terror groups
Although “water-related state conflict” is unlikely in the next 10 years, the assessment said, continued shortages after that might begin to affect U.S. national security interests. 126 Comments Weigh InCorrections? Personal Post The assessment is drawn from a classified National…
Posted in Water
Illegal logging makes billions for gangs, report says
Illegal logging generates $10-15bn (£7.5-11bn) around the world, according to new analysis from the World Bank. Its report, Justice for Forests, says that most illegal logging operations are run by organised crime, and much of the profit goes to corrupt…
Posted in Environmental Issues, Timber
Scientists Look for Reasons for Changed Whale Behavior
Gray whales normally mate in the tropical lagoons of Baja California in the winter, migrate north to chilly polar waters to feed on shrimp-like prey that blanket ocean floors in the spring and summer, and return to Mexico the following…
Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains
"I have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in combination treatment with traditional antibiotics. Resistant bacteria have an efflux pump in their bacterial membrane that efficiently pumps out antibiotics as soon as they have…
Europe’s water resources ‘under pressure’
Continued inefficient use of water could threaten Europe’s economy, productivity and ecosystems, a report has warned. The European Environment Agency (EEA) said that the continent’s water resources were under pressure and things were getting worse. It said limited supplies were…
Posted in Water
U.S. to challenge China’s curbs on mineral exports; China says it will push back
U.S. officials are highlighting an industry over which China has a near-monopoly. The country now produces more than 95 percent of the world’s rare-earth minerals, which are used in almost all advanced industrial products, from helicopter blades to solar panels…
Posted in Natural Resource Commodities
Onslaught of solar flares bring space weather storms to Earth
Onslaught of solar flares bring space weather storms to Earth By Jason Samenow and Brian Vastag A visual of the solar flare that erupted on the sun Tuesday night (NASA) The sun is hot and bothered, and exhaling its fury…
Posted in Environmental Issues
DR Congo employs dogs to tackle elephant poaching
DR Congo employs dogs to tackle elephant poaching Bloodhounds have begun working with rangers at Virunga National Park to track down poachers Continue reading the main story Related Stories Fears over Congo elephant killing How wars and poverty have saved…
Posted in Environmental Issues, Species
UN team examines mining threat to Great Barrier Reef
A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry. Fears that coal exports and oil and gas exploration would jeopardise the reef prompted the Unesco delegation’s visit. Environmentalists have…
Posted in Environmental Issues
