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Australian forests escape furnace, Greens rejoice

By Tue, Mar 20, 2012 3:56PM UTC 2 Comments A campaign against forest burning. (Design by Paul Kimbrell http://www.eastgippsland.net.au/?q=forest_furnace)

Australia’s old-growth forests will not go to the furnace to generate electricity — at least for now. Environment watchers are rejoicing over the Parliament’s vote against subsidies intended for loggers to burn native growth forests to generate power. Tasmania’s Huon Valley Environment Centre, for one, praised the Federal MPs who voted against Lynn MP Robert Oakeshott’s motion to allow...

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