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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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They’ve got their trousers on

They’re almost here – Baggy Trousers bring ‘Madness’ to Ballina next week! London-born and hailed as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier Madness tribute show, Baggy Trousers brings to life the legendary UK band’s iconic hits in The Sound of Madness and bring the energy, humour and soundtrack of the UK’s golden era to Ballina RSL.
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Byron EchoEve O’Connor, Byron Bay - 0

Ban screens at school

Parents, take a look at the fantastic work the Heads Up Alliance is doing for screen-free schools. Sign the...
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

It’s Scam Awareness Week

Quick thinking and strong scams awareness from a bank branch manager has prevented a woman from losing almost $10,000 to an impersonation scam.
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Byron EchoAnthony Dwyer, Ocean Shores - 0

Big Council rates rise coming (1)

I can remember maybe five years ago when Byron Shire Council implemented a ‘one-off rates increase’ (probably not the...
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Byron EchoPaul Gannon, Coopers Shoot - 0

Proposed rate rises Byron Shire Council

In yesterday’s mail on 18 August I received a letter/brochure from Byron Shire Council (BSC) dated 11 August titled...
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LettersJustin Grimson, Tweed Heads - 0

50-metre Olympic-sized pool

We definitely need an updated 50m swimming facility closer to Tweed Heads. My preference is an outdoor facility. The...
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Standards committee favours power distributors

Letters The Echo - 1
Jim Beatson, Byron Bay. In response to Giles Parkinson's article Lithium-ion battery storage may be banned in Australian homes, about eight years ago, when installing...
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ARENA tender suggests solar PV costs to fall below $A100/MWh

Articles & Columns The Echo - 0
Hybrid projects that include both solar and wind and other energy technologies feature among the 22 projects shortlisted for a total of $100 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, writes Giles Parkinson.
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Hunt’s carelessness forces Australia into damage control

Articles & Columns The Echo - 6
Australian environment minister Greg Hunt ran the gauntlet of committing a significant faux pas on Tuesday, forcing the Australian delegation into damage control for fear of derailing the critical Paris climate talks.
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Should Australian households quit the electricity grid?

Articles & Columns The Echo - 0
To quit the grid, or not. Suddenly, it’s a choice that households in regional areas, towns, and even in the suburbs of our major cities, are going to be able to make. Battery storage is offering possibilities never before considered by the mainstream.
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Coal industry assets are the penny dreadfuls of new economy

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
It seems that one dollar, a greenback, or even just one euro can go an awfully long way in the coal industry these days, writes Giles Parkinson.
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Renewables set to win fight for energy future

Articles & Columns The Echo - 0
In a major new report, global investment bank Citigroup has defined the current battle between cheap oil, and renewables like wind and solar, to be so fundamental it will define the future of energy.
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Is this the last hurrah of the far right in Australia?

Articles & Columns The Echo - 6
If the Queensland election tells us anything about politics in Australia it is that the stranglehold of the far right over the conservative arena in Australia is being broken, writes RenewEconomy editor Giles Parkinson.
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Solar Impulse plane to circle globe on just solar and storage

Articles & Columns The Echo - 0
Am ambitious project to try and ‘do the impossible’ – and fly a plane around the world without a single drop of fuel will begin in late February, writes Giles Parkinson.
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EU’s biggest utility dumps conventional generation

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
Out with the old, in with the new. That’s the dramatic new strategy of E.ON, Europe’s largest utility, which on Monday announced it was dumping conventional energy generation.
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AGL Energy calls for renewables target to be scrapped completely

Articles & Columns The Echo - 1
As speculation increased that the government and Labor would agree on a compromise that would result in a significant hair-cut to the current target, AGL intervened in the debate by saying that was not good enough
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

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With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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