Gary Johns is a former minister in the Keating Labor government.
In a terrific piece in todays Australian Newspaper he says that the Emissions Trading Scheme will require Australians to pay for something that will have zero impact on climate change.
“THE one certainty of climate change (anthropogenic or not) is that it is unstoppable. Government advertisements [...]
The last three days have been quite a revelation of exactly what’s going on in Tasmania’s forests. Regardless of the rhetoric of sensitive management of the forests, the real story is one of wantonly sending species towards extinction and viciously attacking those brave souls who stand up for protection.
On Monday, Bob Brown launched a new [...]
Rooted invited Fergus Hanson, Research Associate at the Lowy Institute, to unpack the surprising findings on climate change from its 2008 Poll.
It can sometimes be hard to interpret Australian attitudes towards climate change. Lowy Institute polling over the years suggested most Australians are very concerned about it and want action. The ALP seemed to tap [...]
While some animals are finding the warming global environment a problem, spiders, apparently, are not. In fact, if this report in the Independent is accurate, it may not be cockroaches who inherit the earth, but British immigrant spiders.
Any arachnophobes should look away now. It has emerged that numerous species of non-indigenous spider, some venomous, are [...]
Saturday’s Canberra Times ran an interesting piece on climate change, equating the problem of carbon pollution with other self-destructive behaviours like smoking or alcoholism. Canberra writer Tony Kevin opined:
Australian society accommodates similar existential contradictions in its response to climate change. Informed Australians know now that this is really happening, that it is caused by dangerously [...]
Agmates has stated that the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme will do little to fight climate change. In my opinion the scheme is chiefly designed to give the Rudd Government global green kudos and Australian’s a warm and fuzzy green glow.
Leading British scientist Dr James Lovelock backs up what I and others have been saying. In [...]
In excellent news this morning, The Age reports that Christine Milne’s amendments to the Luxury Car Tax, exempting fuel efficient vehicles from the levy, are already having an impact!
Ian Porter writes:
“THE changes made to luxury car tax have already started to influence the design of premium cars, with Audi announcing plans to install smaller diesel [...]
As very few media outlets reported last week, Australia has a new Chief Scientist. Professor Penny Sackett comes to the role from the ANU where she was Director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (2002 – 2007).
According to her CV, Professor Sackett is “a physicist by [...]
It is refreshing to see the Greens and in particular Senators Christine Milne & Rachel Siewert working to keep farmers on the land and rural and regional communities healthy and vibrant.
“The Greens are committed to keeping farmers on the land. If our rural and regional communities are to survive and thrive in today’s world, they [...]
The federal governments Emission Trading Scheme will once again sacrifice our Australian farmers, at the alter of political expediencies.
Forcing our farmers away from food and fibre production into Trees for no net benefit to global climate is as foolish as using ceral grains to make bio-fuels.
There are many who argue that if the full [...]
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