| Typhoon flooding kills 18 in China, dozens missing Heavy rains from the strongest storm to hit China this year continued to threaten the south Wednesday after causing flooding and landslides that have killed 18 people so far and left at least 44 missing, officials said. msnbc.msn.com |
Miner rejects environmental snub claims Northern Energy Corporation has dismissed claims the Queensland Government has rejected the environmental plan for its proposed coal mine near Maryborough in the state's south-east. abc.net.au |
Bothwell 'going green' to help beat climate change Drought has left parts of Tasmania's Southern Midlands like a dust bowl in recent years but that's about to change. abc.net.au |
Federal environment minister consults on new mine Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has inspected the site of Coal and Allied's long awaited Mount Pleasant open cut in the Hunter Valley. abc.net.au |
Richard becomes hurricane, heads for tiny Belize Hurricane Richard formed in the Caribbean and steamed toward an expected landfall Sunday in the tiny Central American nation of Belize, where hundreds of people were evacuated as it approached. msnbc.msn.com |