News from across the planet today:
The difference between campaigning and governing. Russell Gold notes, somewhat gleefully, in his WSJ blog that the Obama administration climate change message is now all about “lowering of expectations”. He writes: “High-ranking officials are saying — expect change, just don’t expect the sun and the moon.” Gold cites [...]
Green news for the day:
Aggro over aquaculture. The UN recently called for an increase in fish farming in order to ease pressure on wild stocks, a suggestion not received well by many environmental groups, according to Discover magazine:
Environmental groups say the report appeared to ignore the huge environmental problems posed by fish farms: particularly the [...]
The Australian Industry Group is today calling for the introduction of the Government’s emissions trading scheme to be delayed for two years as a result of the global financial mess.
According to the SMH, the Australian Industry Group’s national executive, Heather Ridout, declared the Government’s plan to start the emissions trading scheme in July 2010 was [...]
Green news for the day:
Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale.* Solar panel manufacturers will be slashing prices this year, reports Worldchanging. With a recent increase in investment in the production of silicon, the price of solar photovoltaics could fall between 30-40%.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the cost of installing solar panels in the US [...]
Today in green news. Obama’s speech, Japanese dyed in the wool greenies and what the credit crunch can teach us about climate changing behaviour.
Today’s green news:
Greens go hard on ETS. The Greens plan to play “hardball” on emissions trading in the Senate, says today’s Oz:
“We have always said that an inadequate target is worse than nothing,” Senator Brown told ABC television’s Lateline program last night.
He said if Australia locked in a scheme with a 5 per cent cut [...]
News from planet Earth:
Brazil’s coffee under threat from climate change? Nooooo: rising temperatures are reducing the amount of land in Brazil suitable for growing coffee beans, according to USAToday. Concerning for those of us for whom coffee is an integral part of our day-to-day existence.
Too much space junk in your trunk. The other week, Crikey [...]
A group of ten Australian economists today slammed the Rudd government’s proposed carbon emissions trading scheme, and called for a science-based policy to achieve 25%-40% cuts in emissions by 2020.
This is their statement:
The Australian government is to be congratulated for its decision to take part in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, [...]
A mixed bag of green news for the day:
Economists agree on climate change. Don’t believe the media hype: there is a consensus amongst economists that man-made climate change is real, says Eric Pooley in Slate’s The Big Money:
There is an emerging economic consensus about the cost of climate action, but most journalists have failed to [...]
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