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It’s time … for a real climate policy

With Ian Christesen

A recent opinion poll commissioned by WWF of 4000 residents showed that 79 per cent of respondents believe Australia should either begin reducing carbon pollution before other countries, or start reducing regardless of when other countries choose to act.
Rudd has duped the electors by refusing to take action on climate change despite exit [...]

The Clean Industrial Revolution

The Clean Industrial Revolution
Growing Australian prosperity in a greenhouse age
Author: Ben McNeil
The race is on to find ways to reduce our impact on the environment. Ben McNeil shows us how we can make the most of our natural advantages and how Australia businesses can benefit economically when adapting to the new environmental realities.
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“A passionate and [...]

What Rudd and Wong should take to Copenhagen

By Ken Hickson
There’s a new emissions plan in the wind for Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong to take to Copenhagen.
A water-tight commitment to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 – much better than the pitiful 5 per cent – which will appeal to the Tony Abbott-led conservative (and sceptical) Coalition, [...]

Green jobs are the key

How many times do green groups need to shout if from the roof tops? Roof tops that could easily be covered in green, clean energy.
Clean energy and energy efficiency industries will create more than 28,000* new jobs by 2020, according to ground breaking economic modelling released today by the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
CEC Chief Executive, [...]

Omissions trading scheme

Community advocacy organisation GetUp is concerned that the Federal Government’s green paper, outlining options for a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, risks putting in place an “omissions trading scheme” that leaves out Australia’s biggest polluters and many other aspects of a scheme that would effectively reduce Australia’s emissions.
Executive Director Brett Solomon identified the following problems with [...]