Infrastructure Australia's short-list released today includes proposals which would help build a sustainable Australia and others which would lock the country into a high-polluting path for decades, the Australian Greens said today.
The proposals across transport, ports and energy are on balance positive, with more than half (based on indicative capital cost) likely to have a net positive environmental impact and less than half a questionable or net negative impact. Read more »
The Australian Greens are calling on the Federal Government to increase
its investment in public transport, with the Prime Minister due to
announce more infrastructure spending later today. Read more »
The Australian Greens Transport Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam says the Prime Minister's announcement of $580 million dollars to fast track coal transport is a "horrific use of tax payer funds" and an opportunity to embrace a ‘Green New Deal' has been missed. Read more »
This post was first published at ABC's Unleashed site:
With the global financial meltdown meeting the climate meltdown head on, the potential to deal with both crises using the same solutions has been gaining support. Read more »
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