Posted in Australasia on January 6, 2009
| Sourced From The Australian |
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.
Posted in Australasia on December 29, 2008
| Sourced From Stock Journal |
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.
Posted in Australasia on December 28, 2008
| Sourced From The Sydney Morning Herald |
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.
Posted in Australasia on December 27, 2008
| Sourced From Telegraph.Co.UK |
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.
Posted in Australasia on December 26, 2008
| Sourced From Gympie Times |
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’s emerging carbon economy.
Posted in Australasia on December 25, 2008
| Sourced From Energy Matters |
With the lead up to Christmas and associated frenzy of activity, many Australians may not be aware of the implications of the government’s recent Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme white paper.
Posted in Australasia on December 24, 2008
| Sourced From Environmental Leader |
Rio Tinto is likely to be the biggest recipient of public support under the Australian Federal Government’s carbon trading scheme. Free carbon permits worth $462 million are expected to flow to the company in 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Posted in Australasia on December 23, 2008
| Sourced From The National Business Review |
The Government is moving to establish university courses in measuring the carbon footprint of primary products.
Posted in Australasia on December 22, 2008
| Sourced From The New Zealand Herald |
Scientists probing the possibility of storing carbon emissions under the ocean floor admit it is no silver bullet solution to climate change.
Posted in Australasia on December 20, 2008
| Sourced From Sydney Morning Herald |
THE mining multinational Rio Tinto will be the biggest recipient of public support under the Federal Government’s carbon trading scheme, with $462 million in free carbon permits expected to flow to the company in 2010.
Posted in Australasia on December 19, 2008
| Sourced From Australian Mining |
Engineering and sciences firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) said reductions ranging from 5% to 15% contained in the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) will create uncertainties in Australian industry for at least the next 12 months.
Posted in Australasia on December 19, 2008
| Sourced From Reuters |
CANBERRA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Environmentalists staged protests in Australia’s major cities on Tuesday to demand tougher greenhouse emissions targets after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised to curb emissions by 5-15 percent by 2020.
Posted in Australasia on December 18, 2008
| Sourced From Sunday Morning Herald |
Posted in Australasia on December 17, 2008
| Sourced From Queensland Business Review |
Queensland businesses will not be able to cope with increased costs associated with the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
Posted in Australasia on December 16, 2008
| Sourced From Weekly Times Now |
FARMERS will be forced to pay for measures to cut their greenhouse gases even if they’re not part of an emissions trading scheme.
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