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Landcare unveils carbon trading market to help farmers

admin /3 March, 2007

Farmers are getting the jump on the Federal Government in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions by introducing their own carbon trading market.

Landcare is today unveiling a program connecting businesses that want to offset their emissions with farmers who are willing to plant extra trees.

A prime ministerial task force is currently examining a nationwide carbon trading scheme.

Landcare chief executive Brian Scarsbrick says the farmers’ scheme will have a dual effect.

"We believe in the long-term though that carbon offsets will really drive revegetation across the landscape," he said.

"Corporate dollars going into revegetation across the Australian landscape to really make it happen."

Seattle joins states revolt against US Feds

admin /3 March, 2007

By LISA STIFFLER
P-I REPORTER

Gov. Chris Gregoire and four other Western governors vowed Monday to join forces to reduce emissions of planet-warming pollution.

The leaders of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, California and New Mexico formed the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which sets out to:

 

  • Create a regional target for reducing greenhouse gases within six months.
  • Establish over the next 18 months a mechanism for meeting that target, which may mean creating a cap-and-trade system that would allow utilities or businesses that are beating the target to sell others the right to pollute.
  • Create a five-state registry for tracking and managing greenhouse gas emissions.

    Earlier this month, Gregoire and Democratic lawmakers announced an executive order and legislation that outlined plans for reducing global warming. Those efforts — which include cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 — are still moving ahead.

    "Our legislation and the governor’s regional leadership are dovetailing very nicely right now," said Sen. Erik Poulsen, D-Seattle.

    • geosequestration trials begin

    admin /3 March, 2007

    Drilling has begun on a well at Nirranda in Victoria’s south-west. Carbon dioxide gas will be pumped underground as part of a geosequestration trial being done by CO2CRC.

    Geosequestration: No silver bullet

    admin /3 March, 2007

    This two year old article from the CSIRO reveals that scientists have been warning the government about the fallacy of turning to geosequestration for years.

    British Columbia could be energy self-sufficient

    admin /3 March, 2007

    A new report titled "The Endless Energy Project" reveals that the Canadian province of British Columbia could be self sufficient in energy by 2025, using a combination of hydro-electricity, domestic and neighbourhood fuel production and electricity generation. The report identified that 14 per cent of domestic energy can be generated in the home by fitting Continue Reading →

    The 911 Script and the Age of Terror

    admin /3 March, 2007

    http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/


    I must admit that I have been deeply shocked by a story that appeared today on my website, to the effect that the BBC reported the collapse of WTC Building 7 23 minutes before it actually took place. Previously, the BBC claimed that it had lost all of its 9/11 coverage, but this video has now surfaced. I watched it myself, and sat there with my blood literally running cold as I saw their reporter saying that Building 7 had collapsed while it was still visible behind her, perfectly intact.

    Now, why wasn’t this just a simple mistake? CNN was reporting rumors that Building 7 might be about to collapse an hour before it happened.

    But the BBC reporter is clearly seen reading from a teleprompter. Obviously, she was reading something written on it, and not making up what would have then seemed to be a wild tale. In other words, she was reading a script, and that script had been put up on her teleprompter early. Not only that, she was sitting in front of a live image of the still-intact Building 7.

    Somebody wrote that script and did so while Building 7 was still standing. How could they know that it would collapse, even if it was unstable, even if there was a fire in the cellars?

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