DailyTech - NASA Green Aviation Summit Pushes for 20 Percent Fuel Cut by 2020

Ames Research Center Director Simon "Pete" Worden speaking to the audience at the summit stated, "As the world travels even more we're going to have a very serious global warming issue, as well as lots of other environmental impacts of aviation."
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Talk of global warming, particularly in light of recent revised melting figures, is sure to provoke criticism from some and praise from others. However, most would agree that cutting NOX emissions -- which are toxic and cause health issues -- is desirable. Likewise, most can agree that cutting noise pollution is a good idea.

Prospect of water 'white elephants' raised | The Australian

AS water flows under Bonnie Doon bridge to swell Lake Eildon, signalling the end of a 10-year drought, questions are being raised.

Questions such as whether the Victorian government was panicked by climate change fears into funding a multi-billion-dollar "white elephant".

At the height of Victoria's worst drought in a century in 2007, the government embarked on building a desalination plant that might cost as much as $5 billion, as well as launching a $2bn Foodbowl Modernisation Project and a $750 million north-south pipeline.