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Investors call for action on global warming

admin /17 September, 2009

Investors call for action on global warming

More than 180 of world’s biggest investors aim to overcome opposition in US and elsewhere to climate change legislation

More than 180 of the world’s largest investors, with collective assets of $13tn, put their combined weight behind a passionate call for strong US and international action on global warming in New York today.

“We cannot drag our feet on the issue of global climate change,” said Thomas DiNapoli, who heads the $116.5bn New York state pension fund. “I am deeply concerned about the investor risks climate change presents, and the human cost of inaction is unthinkable.”

Watching their lives slip away in Port Macquarie

admin /16 September, 2009

Watching their lives slip away in Port Macquarie

 

DTnews Erosion Lake Cathie

Russel and Annabelle Secombe outside their Illaroo rd, Lake Cathie home they have lived in for the past 30 years. Source: The Daily Telegraph

THIS is the beachside cottage Russel and Annabelle Secombe may have to abandon after 30 years as their council pursues a radical coastal erosion plan.

The couple from Lake Cathie, near Port Macquarie, are one of 17 families whose houses are at risk of being washed away _ without compensation.

Germany to create national hydrogen fuel network by 2015

admin /16 September, 2009

Germany to create national hydrogen fuel network by 2015

Germany speeds up the adoption of hydrogen fuel cell technology with countrywide hydrogen fuelling network. From Inhabitat, part of the Guardian Environment Network

Nissan hydrogen fuel cell vehicle

Nissan hydrogen fuel cell vehicle: such cars would be able to easily refuel in Germany if a plan for a nationwide hydrogen network by 2015 becomes reality.

When it comes to the future of automotive technology, electric cars get the lion’s share of the attention. But hydrogen-powered vehicles are slowly gaining traction, first with an announcement last week that auto companies are spending billions on fuel cell vehicles, and now with news that Germany is planning to launch a countrywide hydrogen fueling network by 2015.

Oxfam: 4.5 million children at risk of aid ‘raids’ to pay for climate change

admin /16 September, 2009

Oxfam: 4.5 million children at risk of aid ‘raids’ to pay for climate change

People already go hungry, take children out of school or sell livestock because of climate-related problems, says agency

Flooding in Bhakhri village in northern India

Flooding in Bhakhri village in northern India. Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

 

At least 4.5 million children could die and tens of millions more could miss out on schooling if rich countries “raid” existing aid funding to pay for measures to help poor nations cope with climate change, Oxfam warned today.

Business raises carbon claim

admin /15 September, 2009

Business raises carbon claim

 

Lenore Taylor, National correspondent | September 15, 2009

Article from:  The Australian

BIG business is demanding extra compensation under the Rudd government’s carbon pollution reduction scheme, but has rejected Malcolm Turnbull’s “hybrid” alternative, in a final effort to bridge the gap between the parties and get an amended scheme through parliament this year.

The Australian has obtained letters written by the Business Council of Australia to both major parties yesterday outlining significant amendments to increase and prolong the compensation for energy-intensive industries in the legislation, which could become a double-dissolution trigger if rejected for a second time by the Senate in November.

Planned burns and vegetation clearing will not stop catastrophic fire events: report

admin /14 September, 2009

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Updated: September 10, 2009

Planned burns and vegetation clearing will not stop catastrophic fire events: report

Prescribed burns did not significantly slow the spread of bushfire in the catastrophic conditions of Black Saturday, states a new report released on 10 September 2009.

The report, commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), the Wilderness Society and the Victorian National Park Association (VNPA), analyses the driving influences of the February 7 fires and looks at how the fires passed through and affected different areas of land. The report has been submitted to the Royal Commission on 10 September 2009. Download the full report here (PDF 6.2MB) >>

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