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The failure of environment ministers to take action on plastic bags and recycling underscores their hopeless capture by the big food and beverage corporations, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said today. "This is a plastic-wrapped, recycled failure to take action. With the exception of South Australia, it is no different to repeated failures to take Continue Reading →
Greenpeace is calling on the Independent Commission Against Corruption to conduct an inquiry into the process behind the approval of growing genetically engineered (GE) canola in NSW.
The call comes after we found that the committee set up to investigate whether GE canola should be grown in NSW was stacked with pro-GE advocates.
According to two of the committee members, dissenting members’ concerns were down-played, marginalised and not reflected in the minutes of the meeting. Furthermore, it was not publicly revealed that the committee was split on the recommendation to approve planting GE canola.
ian Traynor – The Guardian The European commission is backing away from its insistence on imposing a compulsory 10% quota of biofuels in all petrol and diesel by 2020, a central plank of its programme to lead the world in combating climate change. Amid a worsening global food crisis exacerbated, say experts and critics, Continue Reading →
Based in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, the Citizens Climate Campaign has called on the Prime Minister to ban new coal fired power station. The campaign points out that each new station will emit carbon dioxide for fifty years and divert funds and research away from renewable solutions.
The urgency is driven by the NSW government’s apparent determination to build new coal fired power plants before the carbon trading regime comes in later this year, then sell them off to private enterprise.
The organisation provides a template letter to send to your local representative.
Barbara Yaffe – Vancouver Sun In crafting policy around air travel, governments both here abroad are flying by the seat of their pants. The world is starting to be affected by the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil, but many involved in transportation planning are looking the other way. In fact, it’s easy Continue Reading →
Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, today called on the Rudd Government to focus its Budget priorities on existing climate solutions such as energy efficiency and renewable energy as the National Generators Forum joins those wavering on coal geosequestration. Senator Milne said "The window dressing for the coal industry is now in tatters. Continue Reading →