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CATTLE farmer Neil Graham can see the landscape changing around him as his neighbours sell their properties for plantations, unable to compete against the Rudd Government’s generous tax concessions for forestry companies.
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Rudd’s new carbon plan flawed: Ramsey
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FEDERAL Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has attacked the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s carbon trading plan, announced last week.
While Mr Ramsey said he wass pleased the Federal Government government had “finally listened to the concerns of industry”, he said it would take some time for stakeholders to fully realise the impact of the Government’s 800 page Emissions Trading Scheme report.
Businesses reap carbon bonanza
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NSW businesses are reaping a bonanza from a new greenhouse fund, receiving more than five times the amount in subsidies from the State Government than they would from the Commonwealth, the NSW Opposition says.
Koalas in danger of extinction as rising carbon levels poison eucalyptus trees
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A government scientist has warned that climate change, and specifically the rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is pushing up toxins and lowering nutrients in eucalyptus leaves.
Carbon credit worries
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THE food producers of Australia will be working with the Federal Government in the New Year to find out exactly where they stand in the nation