Green Left: On January 5, federal environment minister Peter Garrett delayed final approval for the Gunns’ Tamar Valley pulp mill in Tasmania, rejecting three modules of the environmental assessment while approving nine others. Garrett said that it would have been “entirely inappropriate” to approve the mill without undertaking further environmental studies. However, deputy prime minister Julia Gillard made it clear at the same time that Gunns is now legally able to begin construction of the …