Dams
Giant hydroelectric dams pushing tribes to extinction
John Vidal Giant hydroelectric dams being built or planned in remote areas of Brazil, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Peru and Guyana will devastate tribal settlements by forcing people off their land or destroying hunting...
Mekong dams threaten giant fish, says WWF
Ian MacKinnon The survival of some of the world's largest freshwater fish, including a giant catfish, is threatened by a series of hydroelectric dams planned for the Mekong River, a leading environmental group has...
Dams break 80 per cent capacity
Christine Kellett Record inflows mark major turnaround from the dark - and dry - days of 2007.
Rain fills dams as court allows trade on water rights
Lenore Taylor NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ONLY a third of the flooding rains around St George in southern Queensland will make it over the border into NSW once large irrigators such as the cotton farm Cubbie Station fill their dams.
Rivers, dams fail Lachlan Valley towns
Josephine Tovey NEXT month Viv Lemottee will have to make a choice between his animals and his washing machine.
Dam fences catch cane toads on the hop
Nicky Phillips Restricting water access to Australia's most notorious pest, the cane toad, could be the most effective way to reduce their spread across the country, a study has found.
Beach pollution risk sours St Kilda Festival
Mex Cooper St Kilda festival-goers keen to take a dip on Sunday have been warned against swimming with most of Melbourne’s beaches believed to be polluted after recent heavy rains.
Dam burst fears spark evacuation orders in Tasmania
Evacuations have been ordered in northern Tasmania amid fears that dams could burst and indundate homes.
Yasi to drop up to 300mm of rain
Dan Nancarrow Between 200mm and 300mm of rain is expected to bucket down on north Queensland tonight, causing widespread flooding as Cyclone Yasi hits the coast.
Premier launches flood inquiry
Daniel Hurst Preparedness and emergency response to be examined in probe as death toll reaches 20.
Flood inquiry 'has enough freedom': Bligh
Daniel Hurst Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has rejected opposition calls to widen the terms of reference for the newly launched independent inquiry into the state's flood disaster.
Flood inquiry team needs more freedom: LNP
Daniel Hurst The commissioners investigating Queensland's devastating and deadly floods should be given the freedom to examine all relevant issues, the state opposition says.
Queensland's flood inquiry: the terms of reference
The full terms of reference for the royal commission-style inquiry into the state's flood disaster.
Budget surplus washed away
Jared Lynch and Josephine Tovey THE federal budget's return to surplus in 2012-13 is likely to come under enormous pressure as the mop-up begins for Australia's biggest natural disaster.
Operator won't reveal emergency plan at dam
Natasha Wallace and Aaron Cook WATER authorities in Brisbane are refusing to release the flood emergency plan detailing exactly when and how much water should have been released from Wivenhoe Dam to manage the Queensland disaster.
Evacuation, warning systems 'may need improvement'
Daniel Hurst Evacuation procedures and emergency warning systems could be improved in the wake of Queensland's flood disaster, Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says.
Bigger dam wouldn't be too costly, report finds
Natasha Wallace WIVENHOE DAM had a ''high hazard'' classification and its operator needed to spend $40 million on flood security regardless of whether it adopted recommendations to increase its storage capacity, a...
She won't be there for a third
Josephine Tovey, BRISBANE THE flood of 1974 was a once-in-a-lifetime experience Marilyn Peacock has already experienced twice. She will not hang around for a third.
Hope, anger and inquiry: A week after the disaster
Cameron Atfield More than a week since the waters receded, the enormity of Brisbane's flood disaster is starting to sink in.
After the rain, the valley keeps a welcome for signs of hope
Jacob Saulwick THERE is not much farming going on in the Lockyer Valley right now, one of Australia's most fertile farming plains and a big supplier of vegetables on the east coast.
