With all the icebreakers around these days are we only making matters worse by breaking up all this sea ice?
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After all we do need that ice to reflect heat away from the planet so do we really need more of them?

I'm afraid there are other considerations involved. The Antarctic Treaty. How long will this treaty be respected in a world where China is expanding into Antarctica? The Philippines and Vietnam already know what “Freedom of Navigation” means for the South China Sea.

It may have changed hands since dust fog fiasco, but it's still in foreign ownership and these foreign owners are nothing more than environmental vandals and this time the mining lease should be revoked and them made to fully clean up their continuing messes.

Contamination fears grow as Cadia confirms mine waste leak near Orange.

A gold mine near Orange in the New South Wales Central West has confirmed its waste storage facilities are leaking.

The leak has sparked fears of broadscale groundwater contamination in the farmland surrounding the Cadia gold mine, which is owned by the Newmont Corporation.

Guy Fitzhardinge runs beef cattle on his property, which flanks the southern tip of Cadia's boundary, and shares ground and surface water sources with the mine.

He does not yet know if the water on his property is affected, but he is concerned it could impact his operation because producers must declare livestock exposure to contaminants........

A possible disaster averted.

Queensland government rejects Great Artesian Basin carbon capture and storage project.

Queensland authorities have rejected a controversial plan to pump more than 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the Great Artesian Basin (GAB).

Glencore subsidiary CTSCo had applied for approval to run a three-year trial in which up to 110,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year would have been injected into the Precipice Sandstone aquifer near Moonie, west of Brisbane.

The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation has decided not to approve the project due to the potential impacts on groundwater in the GAB.

The plan was strongly opposed by agriculture and environmental groups due to concerns about contamination and the impact on water pressure across the basin.

More than 180,000 people across inland Australia rely on the GAB for water.

The department said it had carefully considered the environmental impact statement and found the proposed site was not suitable......