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Major parties’ failure to address public climate change concern may hand Greens up to 14% of vote and balance of power in senate
Australia’s former prime minister Kevin Rudd lost public support after failing to tackle climate change. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Australia‘s Greens party is poised for a breakthrough in this weekend’s elections, cashing in on the incoherence of the major parties on an issue that has claimed more than one political scalp.
The Greens could win up to 14% of the vote, according to opinion polls, nearly double what it achieved last time. It is likely to give them the balance of power in the senate (elected by proportional representation), and a seat in the lower house.
Ecologist
16th August, 2010
The UK could soon have its first commercial geothermal power plant after an exploratory drilling project was granted local planning permission in Cornwall.
Engineers will begin drilling a 4.5km deep borehole early next year at a site near Redruth, with a further site at the Eden Project still awaiting approval.
The drilling is the first sign of an emerging geothermal power sector in the UK, which the Government hopes could provide between one and five gigawatts (GW) of renewable electricity by 2030. Germany already has an estimated 150 geothermal power plant projects in the pipeline.
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The major parties are doing their utmost to win over voters. (ABC: Brigid Andersen)
Courtesy of the High Court, an estimated 100,000 Australians have now been added to the electoral roll ahead of Saturday’s vote.
In what is shaping as a very tight contest, all the major parties are now doing their utmost to win over the new voters.
Watch the television or listen to the radio, and the blitz of mostly negative political advertising is hard to ignore.
But from midnight Wednesday the traditional blackout comes in and the parties pour their efforts into winning over voters through the internet or in newspapers.
Aside from the advertising, there is doorknocking and direct mail.
Some voters feel they are being targeted because they have suddenly joined the electoral roll.
Greens activist Matt Keyter moved house after the last election and he has now got a last-minute opportunity to vote in his new seat of Melbourne.
“Two days ago I received a letter from the Australian Electoral Commission saying that I’m now enrolled to vote,” he said.
“I received also a letter endorsing [Labor candidate] Cath Bowtell’s campaign today.”
In the seat of Sydney, law student Doug Thompson has also had his name added to the electoral roll.
“At the start of this week I received a letter from [Labor candidate] Tanya Plibersek addressed to my new address providing me with her information on how I should vote in this election and her policies,” he said.
The direct mail is not illegal, but Mr Thompson says he was surprised at the speed with which he was contacted.
He was one of two young Australians who, with the support of advocacy group GetUp!, had taken the matter of enrolment rights all the way to the High Court.
He has no doubt why the parties are suddenly taking an intense interest.
“I think it’s proving to be potentially a much closer race than a lot of people were initially predicting,” he said.
Northern Russia’s vast peat bogs may play a pivotal role in regulating greenhouse gas levels throughout the world, according to a new study.
The barren peatlands of Siberia have been a massive methane producer since soon after the last ice age some 12,000 years ago, far longer than previously thought, scientists say. They also found evidence that suggests peat bogs rank among the world’s top carbon stores, absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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