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Posted in Australasia on April 18, 2009
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The Rudd government’s scheme for carbon trading scheme has come in for criticism from mining giant Rio Tinto for its prohibitive price tag. Under the scheme the mining company may have to close some of its long-life coalmines around 2020 and cost the company A$2.9 billion over the next decade.
Posted in Australasia on April 16, 2009
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today launch the Federal Government’s new Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Posted in Australasia on April 13, 2009
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SENIOR CSIRO scientists are set to deliver a sharp rebuke to the Federal Government over its climate change policies, urging deep cuts to coal-fired electricity and tougher carbon reduction targets.
Posted in Australasia on April 6, 2009
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THE proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) will have negative implications on the agriculture sector, according to Australian Farm Institute executive director Mick Keogh.
Posted in Australasia on April 3, 2009
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Carbon trading in Australia will create millions of new green-collar jobs by expanding traditional industries and creating new ones, says the CSIRO’s senior science leader.
In an opinion piece on ABC News Online today, Dr Heinz Schandl argues that CSIRO research has found the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) scheme will have little negative effect on the Australian economy.
Posted in Australasia on April 3, 2009
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THE winner of last year’s national ‘Raising the Baa’ competition carbon farming to offset a farm’s own emissions cannot work under the present rules.
Posted in Australasia on April 2, 2009
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia’s coal and gas producers, including miner Rio Tinto Ltd, said the government must give more assistance to major emitting export industries, and to increase the number of free carbon pollution permits.
Posted in Australasia on March 31, 2009
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THE head of Australia’s biggest waste group is a climate change sceptic who believes the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme is “ill-founded and premature”.
Terry Peabody, chairman of Brisbane-based Transpacific Industries, called for the carbon reduction plan to be pushed back to 2012.
Posted in Australasia on March 30, 2009
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The approval of areas off Australia’s coast as potential greenhouse gas stores has been claimed as a world first.
Posted in Australasia on March 29, 2009
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An area off the Northern Territory coast has been identified as a potential underground storage site for greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted in Australasia on March 27, 2009
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LOCAL residents demanding a tougher stance on climate change have protested outside the office of Member for Bendigo Steve Gibbons.
Posted in Australasia on March 26, 2009
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March 25 (Bloomberg) — The United Nations should award carbon credits to countries for not cutting down trees in a new climate treaty being negotiated, Australia said.
Posted in Australasia on March 25, 2009
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Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme proposes a cap and trade system designed to reduce emissions by between 5 and 15 per cent
Posted in Australasia on March 24, 2009
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The overwhelming allure of finding a cost-effective approach to solving the critical global environmental problem of climate change led to the adoption of market mechanisms under the international Kyoto Protocol.
Posted in Australasia on March 24, 2009
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AUSTRALIAN businesses will get a chance to test drive the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in May, through KPMG’s new auction simulation program.
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