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Washington: Seattle Votes Against Coal Terminals

admin /30 May, 2012

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 →

Premier’s park hunting backdown the price of power sale

admin /30 May, 2012

Premier’s park hunting backdown the price of power sale May 30, 2012 – 2:10PM Read later Comments 78 Vote Barry O’Farrell. Photo: AFR National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation Continue Reading →

Tony Abbott ADMITS ‘difficult to undo’ carbon tax

admin /30 May, 2012

Tony Abbott admits ‘difficult to undo’ carbon tax by: By Malcolm Farr, national political editor From:news.com.au May 30, 20121:53PM Opposition Leader Tony Abbott conceded it would be difficult to undo the carbon tax. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Daily Telegraph Tony Abbott conceded some parts will be “difficult to undo” But pledged to remove it, Continue Reading →

Union at odds with Bowen on foreign workers

admin /29 May, 2012

Union at odds with Bowen on foreign workers Updated May 30, 2012 09:26:02 Related Story: Caucus backs motion on overseas workers Map: Australia A major union is at odds with the Federal Government about the number of overseas workers to be brought in for the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara. The Government Continue Reading →

Editorial Power Prices (Daily Telegraph)

admin /29 May, 2012

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 →