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Former Australian of the Year Professor Tim Flannery has criticised the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, for breaching the trust of the electorate on climate change.
Professor Flannery says Australia needs to move towards renewable energy.
He says the environment is headed towards the equivalent of a heart attack and he does not have any faith that Mr Rudd is going to take action.
Renewables cash welcome but will not create jobs or drive industry Canberra, Wednesday 12 May 2010 The $652 million increased investment in renewable energy in lastnight’s Federal Budget will be welcomed by an industry starved ofsupport, but will not provide any long-term certainty for a seriousexpansion in renewable energy. The Greens will pursue in the Continue Reading →
Economic growth is incompatible with cutting carbon emissions, most of which are produced by manufacturing and consumption
• National Carbon Calculator: Can you cut UK emissions?
• See how the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and Labour would cut emissions
The Guardian’s carbon calculator – the Lib Dems were the only major party to fill it out. Photograph: David Levene
It’s not surprising that neither Labour nor the Tories wanted to run the Guardian’s National Carbon Calculator. Had they done so, they would have had to acknowledge that the figures on which they base their climate change policies are a work of science fiction. The government claims that our total emissions amount to 627 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e). The Tories have never disputed this figure. It’s convenient for both sides to accept this falsehood, and to pretend that the challenge is far smaller than it is.
Shelved ETS funds clean energy programs By Ben Atherton Updated 3 hours 52 minutes ago The new fund will be used to support renewable energy projects like wind and solar power. (flickr.com: dbking) The Drum: Federal budget: have your say Related Story: Swan plots course back to the black Related Story: $4.3b to bolster national Continue Reading →
‘Perverse subsidies’ to blame for wildlife loss, says UN Ecologist 10th May, 2010 Promises to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 have not been met by any national government, according to the UN, which is calling for taxes and incentives to encourage action The world is losing its biodiversity faster than ever before, despite world leaders Continue Reading →