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Alcoa deal locks in jobs – and emissions ROYCE MILLAR, BEN SCHNEIDERS AND ADAM MORTON March 2, 2010 THE biggest consumer of Victoria’s brown-coal-fired electricity is to continue operating for decades after the surprise announcement of a long-term power deal for Alcoa’s controversial aluminium smelters. Unions were celebrating and environmentalists reeling last night with the Continue Reading →
environment movement
18 Feb 2010
Tasmanians protesting against Gunns’ proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill. Image: the Wilderness Society
Environmentalists in the Wilderness Society are at war with themselves at a time when they should be sharpening their focus on the great task ahead, writes Heidi Douglas
Something you don’t get to see very often is a bunch of environmentalists baying for blood. Vegetarian jokes aside, a political campaign led by a powerful group of disgruntled ex-staff, members and internal staff is attempting to topple the heads of The Wilderness Society’s National Management Committee and Executive Director Alec Marr — and in doing so is threatening the organisation’s ability to protect Australia’s environment.
The internal conflict at TWS has recently made the news, generating plenty of potentially damaging publicity for the organisation. In a recent article in The Age, serious allegations against Marr — including bullying, financial mismanagement and a lack of transparency — appeared in print.
Fund money gone to dodgy dealer
March 2, 2010
THE bulk of $125 million in Australian money invested in five offshore hedge funds has been sent to a known spiv, in what could become the largest case about missing cash in Australian history.
Frank Richard Bell, a British broker with a history of dubious deals, has been named as the manager of an offshore fund that received $75 million invested in Astarra Strategic.
Money sent to Mr Bell’s Exploration Fund provides the latest twist in an international hunt for more than $120 million invested in Astarra Strategic. And those close to the investigation admit it is likely no funds will be recovered.
Kevin Rudd’s mea culpa carries risks
KEVIN Rudd has admitted he has a problem, a wider problem than the bungled $2.45 billion home insulation scheme, and one that began before Tony Abbott became Opposition Leader- a problem with his leadership and a problem he has to address himself.
It’s also a problem he realises he should have addressed a few months ago. It is the end of a state of denial about Rudd’s public support, his management style and his priorities.
The dramatic fashion in which he has undertaken to become more emotionally involved, to act more instinctively, and to refine his re-election policies and themes has caught his colleagues, the media and the public unawares.
Reacting suddenly and personally to a problem that he should have addressed earlier has also led the Prime Minister to over-react and appear panicked when it wasn’t necessary. There were concerns expressed yesterday within Labor ranks that the leader may have gone too far initially in admitting faults and causing alarm.
He’s refined his agenda, redefined his promises and talked down expectations of a double-dissolution election on climate change and completely omitted tax reform as a priority. Under pressure from falling public support for months – “taking a whacking”, as Rudd said yesterday – and concern about his style among his colleagues, he decided unilaterally to put himself “in the frame” for blame and to spearhead a recovery.
Cars pollute even when engines are switched off
February 28, 2010
LEAVING the car at home and catching a train to work may not be as good for the environment as you think.
Vehicles sitting in the sun for days at a time can spew out damaging hydrocarbons – one of the main ingredients in smog, a federal government study has found.
Hydrocarbons are in the vapour that escapes from petrol tanks on a warm day. Most newer cars have canisters that trap them before they are released but if cars are left sitting for longer than 24 hours the canisters can fill up and stop working until the vehicle is driven, the Second National In-Service Emissions Study found.
Lobbyists bid to turn RBS, BP and Shell annual meetings into green referendums
A protester wearing a mask of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper brandishes a barrel of oil over protesters dressed as penguins outside Canada House in Trafalgar Square, London. Photograph: Teri Pengilley
British companies spearheading the drive to exploit the Canadian tar sands will come under renewed assault this week from an increasingly vocal group of shareholders and environmentalists who are planning to turn the forthcoming BP, Shell and Royal Bank of Scotland annual meetings into a referendum on these controversial operations.