The twentieth century way of life has been made available, largely due to the miracle of cheap energy. The price of energy has been at record lows for the past century and a half.As oil becomes increasingly scarce, it is becoming obvious to everyone, that the rapid economic and industrial growth we have enjoyed for that time is not sustainable.Now, the hunt is on. For renewable sources of energy, for alternative sources of energy, for a way of life that is less dependent on cheap energy.Â
Explosive UNESCO report gives Great Barrier Reef 8 months 02 Jun 2012 | Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea Last night’s explosive UNESCO State of Conservation Report and draft decisions on the Great Barrier Reef is a slap in the face for the federal and Queensland governments, who must now stop their dredging, dumping and Continue Reading →
Fukushima in Peril Published June 1, 2012 | By John James Its official! A building can be leaning and have bulging walls supporting a massive tank of liquid on the top floor, and still be secure from any earthquake! This means the world is safe! The Wall Street Journal just reported that TEPCO doesn’t have Continue Reading →
Boom is not yours, PM tells miners Mark Baker, Canberra May 31, 2012 Read later Comments 106 Prime Minister Julia Gillard PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has bluntly warned the mining industry that mineral resources belong to all Australians and Labor is determined to spread the benefits of the boom to working people. Rejecting industry criticism Continue Reading →
$10 billion energy fund passes lower house AAPUpdated May 30, 2012, 8:01 pm tweet1 Email Print The federal government has pushed legislation through the lower house to set up a $10 billion green investment bank for clean energy projects. After parliamentary debate on Tuesday and Wednesday the government won a vote to pass a legislative Continue Reading →
Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS May 30, 2012 Compiled: 1:05 AM Washington: Seattle Votes Against Coal Terminals By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) The Seattle City Council passed a resolution opposing development of coal-export terminals in Washington over concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment. Even in Kentucky, Coal Industry Continue Reading →
Source: The Sunday Telegraph WHEN you strip away all the noise, what really presses most on Australians’ sense of wellbeing is the relentless and punishing rise in the cost of living. That is the inescapable truth beneath all the rolling political debates of our time — and utilities are the heart of this problem. It Continue Reading →