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Emissions Trading Scheme Announcement Live Blog
December 15, 2008 – 12:40 pm
Join the Crikey and Rooted teams for blow-by-blow (yes, wind powered!) coverage of K-Rudd’s ETS announcement from 12:30pm AEDT.
International Study Shows Global Warming Modelling Is Grossly Overstated
November 18, 2008 – 11:26 pm
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is convinced the science on man made global warming is settled. In fact he’s so convinced that the science of the IPCC and NASA’s James Hansen is correct that his number 1 political priority is the introduction of an Emissions Trading Scheme by mid 2010.
The latest science shows that the [...]
Murray Darling Water Buyback & SE QLD Water Grid the way forward in combating Climate Change – Not an ETS.
October 27, 2008 – 3:38 pm
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 [...]
Dr James Lovelock – Emissions Trading Schemes are a waste of time
October 10, 2008 – 12:20 am
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 [...]
Australian Farmers – Walking the Walk, Not Talking the Talk.
October 8, 2008 – 12:29 pm
Agmate’s Glenn & Natalie Williams [pictured] are Cattle producers and from North Queensland. Natalie writes:
I have to wonder if ordinary Australians get away from the computer long enough to get outside and actually make a difference to the world … and sequester some carbon.
Farmers and graziers are sequestering more carbon in a week than other [...]
Kyoto, Government & Science ’sacrifice’ Rural Australia
October 2, 2008 – 12:45 pm
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 [...]
“Rooted” Rural & Regional Australia under the ETS
October 1, 2008 – 11:33 am
G’day I’m Steve Truman editor and founder of Agmates – Australia’s largest online rural & regional community.
The name chosen by Crikey for this Enviro blog is ironic in that is exactly what Rural and Regional Australia will be under the Rudd Governments Emissions Trading Scheme.
Ross Garnaut said as much yesterday in his final report.
“Regional communities [...]
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