Keneally’s state plan leaked on the web
They may need to enlist Sir Humphrey Appleby on forming a leak enquiry.
Keneally’s state plan leaked on the web
A NEW state plan the Premier, Kristina Keneally, plans to take into a TV debate against Barry O’Farrell tomorrow as her agenda for NSW has been sitting on a government website all this week, in what appears to be another internet debacle for Labor.
The document Ms Keneally and her Minister for the State Plan, Linda Burney, will release looks very similar to a document released to community stakeholders by the former premier Nathan Rees last November.
Even the forewords, with respective pictures of Mr Rees and Ms Keneally, are the same.
Electric Vehicles Charge Ahead in US
Electric Vehicles Charge Ahead in US
by Tom Banse, Voice of America
What’s billed as the biggest rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure in the world is about to begin in the United States.
Urban planners are deciding where to locate more than 11,000 charging stations in 11 major cities. They want those stations up and running when the first mass-market electric cars from Nissan and General Motors go on sale at the end of this year.
(Image, left: The Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle goes on sale in late 2010. Credit: NissanUSA)
Last year, the Department of Energy awarded $100 million to eTec, an electric transportation research and development firm, to build electric vehicle charging networks in five states. Now is when the rubber meets the road, or more precisely, construction begins.
Having both emissions trading and feed-in tariffs is a waste of time.
Having both emissions trading and feed-in tariffs is a waste of time Dan Box 12th March, 2010 The new feed-in tariffs are nothing if not controversial, but they also run the risk of conflicting with other, international, climate change policies Government climate change champion Ed Miliband calls it a ‘local energy revolution‘; the Independent ‘a Continue Reading →
Air pollution death toll could hit 50,000 a year, say MPs
Air pollution death toll could hit 50,000 a year, say MPs Ecologist 22nd March 2010 UK’s poor air quality is a bigger killer than passive smoking, road traffic accidents and obesity says parliamentary committee MPs have today delivered a damning assessment of the Government’s performance on tackling air quality issues. Poor air quality reduces average Continue Reading →
Atlantic Rising: How sea level rises are poisoning water in Ghana
Atlantic Rising: How sea level rises are poisoning water in Ghana Will Lorimer 2nd March, 2010 In the latest blog the Atlantic Rising team look at how rising sea levels are poisoning local water sources in Western Ghana In Western Ghana, a sinister new picture of sea level change is emerging: salt water poisoning. Rising Continue Reading →
Wind contributing to Arctic sea ice loss, study finds
Wind contributing to Arctic sea ice loss, study finds
New research does not question climate change is also melting ice in the Arctic, but finds wind patterns explain steep decline
- guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010 07.00 GMT
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Arctic sea ice as seen from Nasa satellites. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images
Much of the record breaking loss of ice in the Arctic ocean in recent years is down to the region’s swirling winds and is not a direct result of global warming, a new study reveals.
Ice blown out of the region by Arctic winds can explain around one-third of the steep downward trend in sea ice extent in the region since 1979, the scientists say.
