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A mighty wind – turbine power growth hit 40 per cent last year ADAM MORTON August 9, 2010 Wind power generation across the eastern states grew by 40 per cent last year as several large farms began operating. A Climate Group report on electricity generation and its emissions, covering all states except Western Australia, found Continue Reading →
NSW climate plan a farce if new coal fired power stations built Media release: 9 August 2010 Any plan to cut the state’s greenhouse gas emission will be meaningless if two new coal-fired power stations are built, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. (‘Ambitious targets in greenhouse proposal’, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August page 3, Continue Reading →
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Cardinal Pell labelled the Greens “anti-Christian” and “sweet-camouflaged poison”. (AAP: Paul Miller)
The Greens have retaliated after Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell launched a scathing attack on their party.
In an opinion piece in the Sunday Telegraph, Cardinal Pell labelled the Greens “anti-Christian” and “sweet-camouflaged poison”.
Cardinal Pell also claimed the Greens policies are expensive and will not help poor people.
But Greens leader Bob Brown says Cardinal Pell is just dog whistling.
“The Australian Greens’ policies for a more compassionate society and more sharing society, more dignified society are the most in line with Christian beliefs,” he said.
“The problem for Archbishop Pell is that he’s out of touch with mainstream Australia and many, many Catholics.
“I suspect he’s blowing a dog whistle for a Abbott-Abetz government in future, and that’s a much harsher government than the compassionate policies the Greens are putting forward.”
Loan guarantees to help drive shift to 100% renewable energy Sunday 8 August 2010 The Australian Greens today announced a policy for $5 billion worth of loan guarantees for large-scale renewable energy developments, working with an enhanced renewable energy target, a grant scheme and a feed-in tariff to drive Australia’s transformation into a Continue Reading →
Scientists say the 100 square mile ice island, 600ft thick, is ‘very unusual’ and the biggest formation of its kind since 1962
An ice island 100 square miles in area has broken off Petermann Glacier in Greenland, and is thought to be the biggest formation of its kind for 48 years. Photograph: AP
An ice island with an area of 100 square miles has broken off from one of Greenland‘s two main glaciers in what scientists say is the biggest such event in the Arctic in nearly 50 years.
The huge chunk of ice, which is 600ft thick, broke off the Petermann Glacier, located about 620 miles south of the North Pole, on Thursday.
It is now drifting in a remote area called the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada.
Up to 100,000 disenfranchised Australians may now vote on August 21
THE High Court has restored the vote to up to 100,000 Australians, who will be added to the rolls in time for the August 21 election.
On what was hailed as a “historic day” for democracy, the court handed down its majority ruling yesterday in the fastest-ever turnaround for a full bench hearing.
Shannen Rowe and Douglas Thompson, members of political advocacy group GetUp!, challenged the constitutional validity of changes the Howard government made to the Electoral Act in 2006. Experts predicted the decision may have consequences for future constitutional challenges and could have an impact on the outcome of the election.