This was published today at ABC Unleashed
The release on Monday of the Rudd Government's climate change white paper is a clear demonstration that this Government is intent on playing politics with climate change without actually doing anything about it. Read more »
ACTION:12 noon Tuesday 16 December at Wesley Church
Corner of Hay and William Streets, Perth
We will not surrender on climate change!
It is widely reported that the targets Minister Wong will announce on Monday will be a reduction of greenhouse emissions by between 5-15% of 2000 levels by 2020 – nowhere near enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. 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 »
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 »
Renewable Energy Amendment (Increased Mandatory Renewable Energy Target) Bill 2008
Second Reading Speech
Senator Christine Milne
In October 2007, the then Labor Opposition announced a key element of their election policy platform on climate change - lifting the Howard Government's Mandatory Renewable Energy Target from its pitifully and unpopularly low 2% up to 20%. The Greens, many environment groups and many people in the community welcomed this move as a significant improvement, although not as much as is both achievable and necessary. Read more »
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