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admin /3 May, 2006
Clean, free and renewable wind energy was proven, fast to build and cheap compared with other renewable energy technologies, the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) said in a discussion paper on a national Code for wind farms.
The AGO, part of the Department of Environment and Heritage, said in a section of the discussion paper headed “The growth of the wind industry in Australia” that wind energy was well placed to grow and deliver greenhouse emission cuts on an increasingly cost-competitive basis.
admin /3 May, 2006
US President George Bush has called on Congress to revoke $US2 billion
($A2.7 billion) in tax breaks granted by his administration to oil
companies as a panicky White House seeks to combat growing public anger
over escalating fuel prices, according to The Australian Financial Review (27/4/2006, p.12).
admin /3 May, 2006
During a recent visit to Beijing, ALP National President Warren Mundine told senior government officials that a Federal Labor Government would not disrupt any sales agreement between Australia and China, reported The Canberra Times (2 May 2005, p.3).
admin /3 May, 2006
An agreement between Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuala marks the beginnings of Che Guevara’s dream of a United States of South America. Details of the agreement are available here.
admin /2 May, 2006
With growing electricity demand coupled with the need to limit greenhouse gas emissions, most countries have nowhere else to go for clean base-load electricity generation but nuclear power, reported The Age (28 April 2006, p.13).
admin /2 May, 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics import price index rose 1.8 per cent in the March quarter, for an annual reading of 6.7 per cent, reported The Canberra Times (22/4/2006, p.23).
