Ellen Sandell, from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, writes: I was going to write an article today about why Greg Hunt and Tony Abbott should stop playing politics with climate change, and come to the table. But instead of spending 800 words berating them for refusing to join the multi-party climate change committee, I’m going [...]
READ MORESeptember, 2010
Let the carbon games begin
Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator writes: Like Noah and his Ark, Julia Gillard has made an effort to have two of almost everything on the committee that will guide Australia’s near-term efforts on climate change, and prepare the economy for the carbon challenges of the future. The Prime Minister herself is chairing the committee, which [...]
READ MOREOpposing coal in NSW
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about a court case in NSW in which climate activist Ned Haughton (who works with Rising Tide) is challenging the approval of concept plans for new coal power stations on the basis that the planning minister made an ‘irrational and illogical” decision that “no rational decision maker could [...]
READ MOREClean energy moves ahead amid climate policy carnage
If we cast our minds back to the early days of the Rudd government most people believed that the strong climate change policies espoused by the ALP had played a significant role in taking them to election victory. However, many in the clean energy sector who had been struggling for almost a decade to establish some semblance of an industry still wore furrowed brows, says Rob Grant.
READ MOREWhat’s the latest on climate change?
After dominating the 2007 Australian election, climate change seems to have slightly fallen off the latest election agenda. But the issue is still chugging along, with further news of the issues with climate change and world hunger and more discussion over what exactly governments will do to handle the issues.
READ MORENSW Gov’t ‘illogical and irrational’
Yesterday, a four day hearing began in the NSW land and environment court in which lawyers for a Newcastle based climate activist are arguing that the NSW Planning Minister had made an illogical and irrational decision in approving concept plans for two massive new fossil fuel power stations. It is potentially a landmark case that [...]
READ MOREThe best opportunity for renewables we may ever get
Now that we finally know who is going to govern our country; now that we know who is backing whom and why; now that we’ve breathed a collective sign of relief; now – right now – it’s time to mobilise! It’s time to mobilise around what I’ve been muttering to anyone who’ll listen over the [...]
READ MOREIPCC warned: focus on the science, not policy
It’s been a gloomy year for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a damning review of its processes and procedures released this week wouldn’t have helped lift the fog. The IPCC needs to stop focusing on policy and advocacy and concentrate more on climate science, says the independent review. It also suggested management restructure [...]
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