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Council backs McLaren Vale World Heritage bid

Source: Adelaide Now, Dec 5 2012, 6:33pm CST

THE last council to consider its support for the McLaren Vale region's world heritage bid has given the project the green light. Onkaparinga Council voted unanimously this week to join Mount Barker, Barossa and Adel ...

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Decision looms over Qld 'mega-port'

Source: Ninemsn  |   May 19 2013, 10:22pm CDT

A decision on a "mega port" for the Great Barrier Reef will be made within 40 days, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says. The proposal by North Queensland Bulk Ports to dredge three million tonnes of seabed ...

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"We couldn't go forward without in principle and financial support from the councils ... We've now got lots of work to do in building our case."


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Gros Morne fracking issue causing significant reaction

Source: CBC News  |   May 18 2013, 10:30am CDT

Jackie Hunter is the owner of Java Jack's in Rocky Harbour. (CBC) Tourism industry stakeholders, area residents and anti-fracking groups are weighing in on plans for controversial oil exploration near Gros Morne ...

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Total to keep out of Virunga World Heritage Site

Source: WWF  |   May 17 2013, 12:01pm CDT

The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices... Addressing investors in Paris today, Total Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie affirmed that the company will not explore for oil within the boundaries of Virunga Nationa ...

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Fracking may jeopardize Gros Morne UNESCO status

Source: CBC News  |   May 17 2013, 3:22am CDT

Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast, CBC News has learned. Black Spruce Exploration wants to use hydraulic fracturing to find oil and ...

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Oreck family bids $21.8 million to buy back vacuum company

Source: Nashville Business Journal  |   May 16 2013, 11:02am CDT

A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Oreck Corp. has reached an agreement to sell the struggling vacuum cleaner company to the Oreck family for ...

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WWF presses Total for protection of World Heritage Sites

Source: WWF  |   May 16 2013, 8:48am CDT

The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices... WWF today has issued an open letter to investors in French oil giant Total expressing concerns over the company’s ongoing activities on the edge o ...

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3 days ago

Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, Russia

Source: Atlas Obscura  |   May 16 2013, 1:21am CDT

Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The pogost is the area inside a fence which includes two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfigur ...

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Machen man's bid for 'best job in world' gains support

Source: South Wales Argus  |   May 16 2013, 12:52am CDT

SUPPORT: Mathew Richards, who has been shortlisted for ‘the best job in the world’, on Kangaroo Island SUPPORT has come flooding in for a Machen animal expert short-listed from 600,000 applicants for one of the ...

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'KSA moving ahead on heritage preservation'

Source: Middle East North Africa Financial Network  |   May 15 2013, 8:49pm CDT

Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, told an audience at a UNESCO conference that Saudi Arabia is investing in its national heritage as “a principal part of fut ...

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