Britain brandishes olive branch to restart global climate change talks
Britain brandishes olive branch to restart global climate change talks
Ed Miliband concedes ground and offers to sign new Kyoto treaty in unilateral attempt to heal rift between rich and poor countries
- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 31 March 2010 17.59 BST
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Climate secretary Ed Miliband at the Copenhagen climate change conference. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP
Britain brandished a diplomatic olive branch today as it tried to restart global climate change negotiations with an initiative to heal the rift between rich and poor countries following the failure of the Copenhagen summit.
Climate secretary Ed Miliband conceded considerable ground, offering to sign a new Kyoto treaty as developing countries’ demand, but while also requiring that those nations enshrine their commitments to tackling global warming in international law.
Lasers could create clean nuclear energy
Lasers could create clean nuclear energy
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Researchers hope to one day recreate the nuclear process that drives the Sun, using lasers instead of heat and pressure to fuse atoms together (SOHO/ESA/NASA)
An Australian-led team of scientists may have found a way of creating a cheap and abundant source of clean energy through nuclear fusion.
The process could generate no radioactivity and produce little pollution.
The scientists have used computer models to simulate nuclear fusion without the extreme temperatures currently needed for other fusion methods.
Kevin Rudd’s bn health and hospital funding favours labor seats,
Kevin Rudd’s $3.2bn health and hospital funding favours Labor seats
- From: The Australian
Maech 6 2006
THE federal government’s $3.2 billion in nation-building health and hospital investments overwhelmingly favour Labor electorates and marginal Coalition-held seats that could tumble at the coming election.
An analysis by The Australian of major projects receiving capital from the Health and Hospitals Fund found the spending disproportionately benefits Western Australia and Victoria – the two states leading the revolt against Kevin Rudd’s proposed National Health and Hospitals Network – and punishes NSW.
According to figures from the federal Department of Health and Ageing, Labor electorates have been allocated $1.83bn, or 72.6 per cent, of the $2.52bn in health fund investments designated for a specific location.
Coalition to reduce migration
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Regional NSW ‘to grow 70%’ by 2036
NB (What idiocy From Planning Minister Kelly.This is based solelyon the economy. This is a recipe for disaster) Regional NSW ‘to grow by 70%’ by 2036 AAP April 6, 2010, 9:47 am Population growth in regional NSW over the next 25 years will boost the economy, Planning Minister Tony Kelly says. The government on Continue Reading →
Arctic thaw frees overlooked greenhouse gas: study
Arctic thaw frees overlooked greenhouse gas: study Reuters April 5, 2010, 4:26 am Related Links Australia backs carbon markets at talks April 1, 2010, 6:54 am OSLO (Reuters) – Thawing permafrost can release nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, a contributor to climate change that has been largely overlooked in the Arctic, a Continue Reading →