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China leapfrogs US car manufacturers

admin /21 December, 2008

Chinese battery manufacturer, Build Your Dreams has launched a plug-in hybrid car that will travel 300kilometres between charges. The car is expected to be on-sale in the US before the recently announced Volt from General Motors or equivalent vehicles from Toyota and Nissan. The car was announced at the Motor Show in Detroit in January 2008, but many observers doubted the battery manufacturers ability to mass market automobiles. Since then, the BYD F3 petrol car has become the fastest selling car in China and the world’s richest man, Warren Buffet has bought a ten percent stake in the company.

Australian government sucks

admin /16 December, 2008

From Young Climate Action Group in Poznan

Well, that was actually even worse than I was expecting. Sure, I wasn’t holding my breath for anything particularly ambitious from the notoriously risk-averse Australian government – but this is ridiculous.

Australia takes lights off program to the world

admin /13 December, 2008

The world’s largest community event, Earth Hour 2009, will launch today in Poland (December 10). One billion people in more than 1,000 cities are expected to participate in the Australia-originated campaign to raise climate change awareness.

Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt said the outstanding success of Earth Hour also served to enhance Australia’s national brand and green export credentials.

Multinationals may take over Farmers Federation

admin /13 December, 2008

Australia‘s National Farmers Federation NFF will vote this week to change its constitution and allow international corporations to become full members. Traditionally a farmers’ body, the NFF has recently lobbied government on behalf of seed, fertiliser and pesticide companies. A combination of the drought, international financial instability and scandals involving quasi-government organisations such as the Continue Reading →

Farmers Federation lets agribusiness in

admin /13 December, 2008

Farmers won’t be sidelined in new NFF structure: Crombie

LUCY SKUTHORP

11/12/2008 12:03:00 PM

State farm organisations and commodity councils have been assured they will keep a “majority shareholding” in the membership of National Farmers Federation ahead of a vote in Canberra next week to change its structure and bring in corporate agribusiness.

NFF president, David Crombie, will put a new membership model to its farmer stakeholders next Thursday, attempting to bring about the first major structural change in the organisation’s 30 year history.

Mr Crombie acknowledges the task won’t be an easy one, with five previous attempts at structural and constitutional change over the years all unsuccessful.

But he adds this time round it has been an 18 month process of continual consultation with farmers, members and non-members, and broader industry interests, and he isn’t “springing any surprises” when the proposal is put at the pre-Christmas extraordinary general meeting.

UK makes real plan for solar

admin /13 December, 2008

The executive summary of the new UK Renewable Energy Strategy begins with the premise that the government of the United Kingdom must simultaneously tackle climate change while ensuring a secure source of energy. Not a very novel policy objective, some might argue. Some might start to yawn at this point, knowing that these are the stated policy objectives of every government around the world.

However, there is something that is very novel about this report — something that distinguishes it from many other governmental policy reports — and that “something something” is important to understand.

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