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Craig VenterNew man-made species could solve energy problems

Sara Phillips |

Craig Venter sure doesn't look like Dr Frankenstein. He's a genial looking bloke: bald and sun-damaged on top and whiskery, like the keen sailor he is, on the chin.

But like Mary Shelley's hero, he has created life from spare parts. He's re-thinking Darwin and he's trying to solve the world's environmental and health problems.

"I note that this exciting new development of sustainable energy is funded by the BIG OIL company Exxon Mobile." - Lewis of the Hills

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Geothermal energy trials begin near Geelong

Geothermal energy trials begin near Geelong    

Lateline |

The hamlet of Gherang,100 km west of Melbourne, has been chosen as a test site for geothermal energy trials - if successful, it could provide power for the growing region around Geelong.

Woolworths regional distribution centre (RDC) in Brisbane

Unseasonal desires: the hidden cost of 'fresh' produce  

News Online |
Ban on bluefin tuna

Ban on bluefin tuna 

Radio National Breakfast |
Oil inquiry points the finger at lax government

Oil inquiry points the finger at lax government  

PM |

The Agriculture Minister Terry Redman says WA has a chance to become a major supplier of wheat to Saudi Arabia.  

The Agriculture Minister Terry Redman says WA has a chance to become a major supplier of wheat to Saudi Arabia.
News Audio |

The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise  

The president of REIWA Alan Bourke says speculators are sitting on land in the expectation prices will rise
News Audio |

The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases  

The Urban Development Institute's Deborah Goostrey says more land should be released as the population jumps in Perth and demand increases
News Audio |

Bligh tours St George flood zone  

Premier Anna Bligh speaks about the St George floods in southern inland Qld to the ABCs Craig Zonca.
News Audio |

Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks about St George floods  

Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart speaks to the ABCs Craig Zonca about the St George floods in southern inland Qld
News Audio |

Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.  

Toodyay fire survivor Laurie Biggs says there are still many unanswered questions about December's devastating blaze.
News Audio |

Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened  

Volunteer fire fighter James Knapp tells reporters the investigation into December's devastating Toodyay fire should be re-opened
News Audio |

Adelaide Ladder project helps young  

Andrew Crowell talks about the Adelaide Ladder project, which involves restoring the Black Diamond Hotel at Port Adelaide.
News Audio |

Flick goes the Shears

Landline |

Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year as struggling wool growers bail out or focus on the more lucrative lamb market. Some of the big movers in the meat game are the once scorned shedding sheep. Kerry Staight reports fro ...

Flick goes the Shears

Flick goes the Shears  

Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year as struggling wool growers bail out or focus on the more lucrative lamb market. Some of the big movers in the meat game are the once scorned shedding sheep. Kerry Staight reports fro ...
Landline |
Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy  

Australian grain growers need no reminding that the past decade or so has been one of the toughest on record nor that the biggest factor has been the weather. However as Chris Clark reports Australia continues to be one of the world's largest wheat exporters.
Landline |
Electric cars an 'attractive proposition' for Australia

Electric cars an 'attractive proposition' for Australia  

Former Victorian MP and chief executive of Better Place Australia, Evan Thornley, discusses his company's infrastructure plans for electric cars.
Inside Business |
Clinton's nuclear talks hit snag

Clinton's nuclear talks hit snag  

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is in Moscow for a series of diplomatic talks, but high hopes of progress in nuclear disarmament talks have failed to materialise.
Lateline |

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