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Community will pay so polluters keep polluting

admin /28 July, 2009

Community will pay so polluters keep pollutingTuesday 28 July 2009The proposed doubling of handouts to the coal sector under the ContinuePolluting Regardless Scheme will see householders and small businessesface higher costs and a worse climate crisis so that polluters can keeppolluting, the Australian Greens said today.“Mr Rudd’s climate plans are already a polluter’s paradise, but Continue Reading →

Earth system science: From heresy to orthodoxy

admin /27 July, 2009

Earth system science: From heresy to orthodoxy Editorial The Guardian, Monday 27 July 2009 Article history Earth system science is shorthand for the recognition that El Niño, climate change and the calamitous 2004 tsunami are all very complex events. El Niño is a natural cyclic blister of hot water in the Pacific that ruins the Continue Reading →

Greenpeace threatens E.ON with legal action over nuclear reactors.

admin /27 July, 2009

Greenpeace threatens E.ON with legal action over nuclear reactors • Move triggered by reports of preparatory bore holes• EO.N claims work is to ‘make sure the ground is suitable’   Terry Macalister guardian.co.uk, Sunday 26 July 2009 19.11 BST Article history Greenpeace is threatening to take legal action against E.ON and other nuclear power companies Continue Reading →

Act now on climate change or pay later: expert.

admin /27 July, 2009

Act now on climate change or pay later: expert Posted 7 hours 48 minutes ago The Climate Change Institute in Canberra has warned that Australia must think beyond the emissions trading scheme, if it wants to have an impact on global warming. Climate change experts are meeting at a summit at the Australian National University Continue Reading →

Solar small businesses sold out by Rees govt’s failure on traiffs

admin /27 July, 2009

Solar small businesses sold out by Rees govt’s failure on tariffs  Media release: 27 July 2009 Greens NSW MP John Kaye spent Monday morning with Peakhurst-based smallbusiness Australia Wide Solar learning first hand about the impacts ofthe Rees government’s decision to opt for an ineffective ‘net’ feed-intariff. Dr Kaye, whose visit was part of Pollies for Small Continue Reading →

Rudd won’t assist Pacific climate issue

admin /27 July, 2009

Rudd won’t assist Pacific climate issue Updated: 09:55, Monday July 27, 2009 The Rudd government has been accused of running incoherent policy by refusing to assist Pacific nations in dealing with the dire consequences of climate change. Two reports are scathing about Australia’s attitude towards neighbours who face the dislocation of millions of people by Continue Reading →