2009-07-02 The Land

Liberal voters in marginals want emissions scheme, says poll

MOST Liberal voters in marginal seats want their MP to vote for an emissions trading scheme. They also believe Australia should not wait for the world before starting its scheme, according to a poll of 4000 across 10...

2009-07-02 ABC News

Greens expect Coalition to back emissions scheme

The Greens say they expect the Federal Opposition to agree to the Government's emissions trading scheme when parliament resumes in...

2009-07-02 Brisbane Times

Fatal flaw in Turnbull's climate compromise

Any political apparatchik who wants to know what young voters think about climate change should take a look at last Sunday night's Rove talk show. For sheer belly laughs, the wonderfully over-the-top gay Austrian fashionista, Bruno, beat Kevin Rudd PM hands...

2009-06-30 The Northern Star

Ballina short of cash and ideas

WE KNOW that councils are strapped for cash, but in discouraging residents from recycling it seems they are living in a fools paradise. In an era when climate change and environmental health is on the mind of just about every voter in the country, it would seem Ballina Shire Council is out of step...

2009-06-30 Business Day

Greener can mean opportunity; after all, UK is OK

Is there ever likely to be a better time to stimulate our economies and begin a new industrial revolution? AFTER the roller-coaster ride of the past six months, companies worldwide need certainty as well as good money-spinning projects to invest...

2009-06-30 The Age

Capitalism can help foster a green future

TWO CRITICAL questions currently face Australia: how quickly and severely should the Parliament impose extra costs on high-carbon industries in the form of carbon targets and a trading scheme; and how fast can low-carbon technologies replace existing high-carbon energy...

2009-06-30 Adelaide Now

Fim Flannery says Australian businesses are 'dinosaurs'

EMINENT climate scientist Tim Flannery says Australia has the "ugliest" climate dinosaurs in the world. Prof Flannery, an Australian of the Year, says businesses here are way behind the eight ball on climate change.

2009-06-29 Guardian.co.uk

Climate war could kill nearly all of us, leaving survivors in the Stone Age

We need a climate change 'Churchill' to lead us away from planet-wide devastation, writes James Lovelock in the latest edition of Conservation magazine, part of...

2009-06-29 Friends of the Earth Australia

Environment groups criticise Shell CEO for undermining climate policies

Fresh evidence of oil giant Shells colossal contribution to global climate change and its continued investment in carbon intensive fossil fuels has been revealed today in a new...

2009-06-29 ABC News

Parliament to investigate rural wind farms

There is to be a State Parliamentary inquiry into wind farms in rural and regional parts of New South...

2009-06-24 Tasmanian Government Media Releases

Container Deposit System Feasibility Study Released

A report on the feasibility of introducing a Container Deposit System (CDS) in Tasmania has been released. The study, which was undertaken by Hyder Consulting, examined Australian and overseas systems for recovering empty beverage containers, and assessed options for a Tasmanian...

2009-06-24 ABC News

Senate passes motion on emissions cost modelling

The Senate has passed a motion calling on the Government to model the cost of making 40 per cent cuts in carbon emissions by...

2009-06-24 University Of South Australia

Carbon trading and its impact on world's poor

The impact of carbon trading on the worlds poor is the focus of a community forum being held at the Adelaide Town Hall tomorrow night. Supported by UniSAs Hawke Centre, the One Just World forum features four expert speakers on climate change and carbon trading from Australia..

2009-06-24 The Northern Rivers Echo

National Parks in the firing line

Outraged animal rights advocate Amber...

2009-06-24 Ballina Information Blog

Ballina Shire Council joins food-focused project

Ballina Shire is one of seven Northern Rivers councils which have received a grant of $2 million from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change for a regional food-focused project known as the Northern Rivers Food...