We all know how to recycle household paper, aluminium and glass, and to avoid purchasing goods with triple wrapping, but what about those other things we buy?
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We all know how to recycle household paper, aluminium and glass, and to avoid purchasing goods with triple wrapping, but what about those other things we buy?
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Tim Blair reports on Yvonne Ridley – the British journalist who converted to Islam after being kidnapped by the Taliban – who has won a case for unfair dismissal against the Islam News Channel. Earlier in the year she won nearly £14,000 in damages after winning a four-year unfair dismissal case against Arabic TV station al-Jazeera. She now works for Iranian-based PressTV. Read more »
The Australian Greens today called on the Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett to explain why Japanese whalers were in Australian Antarctic waters and whether any whales were taken in Australian waters.
"Japanese whalers were found in Australian waters by the Sea Shepherd group, and were unable to kill any whales while they were being pursued ... but how many whales were taken before they were found?" asked Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on whaling. Read more »
Tim Colebatch gives us an apparent scoop in The Age: we won’t reduce emissions by 5% by 2020.
Treasury modelling estimates that even with a cleaner, more effective model than the one now adopted, Australia’s emissions in 2020 would rise 5.8 per cent above 2000 levels. We would pump out more emissions in 2020 than we do now.
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My opinion columns at the Fin appear to have emerged from behind the paywall. I guess that says they aren’t vital enough that people will pay to read them (especially since they can get much the same opinions here) but maybe that having this material available will attract readers to the Fin site and sell advertising. Anyway, here’s my latest
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on Environment Minister Peter Garrett to be upfront with South Australians as to his decision on flooding the Lower Lakes with salt water.Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBCA) the Environment Minister had twenty working days to respond to the South Australian Government’s request for approval of removing the barrages and letting salt water into the Lower Lakes. Read more »
How often over the past few years have we been told that we need to sacrifice economic wealth today for our grandchildren; specifically, for the environment we leave them? I hear it all the time as politicians and many others make the sales pitch on climate change policy. It is an easy one to nod our heads at. After all, you aren’t anti-your grandchildren are you? Read more »
The Australian Greens today called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override a comment by Resources Minister Martin Ferguson that the Federal Government would support compulsory acquisition of land for LNG development in the Kimberley
"When making the Apology to Aboriginal Australians early this year, the Prime Minister said we should never repeat the mistakes of the past. His Government is about to do just that," said Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal Issues. Read more »
The news is reporting that Ross Garnaut has savaged the Government’s White Paper on Climate Change Policy. For instance, from ABC news:
Professor Garnaut says the Rudd government is aiming too low in its unconditional target of a 5 per cent emissions cut by 2020 and the policy announced this week will put the economy at risk.
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As I mentioned here, Andrew Norton’s NIMBY watch was a fantastic resource in the leadup to the release of the CPRS. Read more »
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