By Rich Bowden: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told reporters that some agreement is still possible in key climate talks in Copenhagen despite major disagreements in over one hundred provisions. Despite a generally pessimistic view from world leaders as they fly in to Copenhagen for the culmination of nearly two weeks of acrimonious...
By Rich Bowden: Updated: Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has hung on to the leadership after winning a motion to call a spill 48 to 35. Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said Mr Turnbull had apologised for his handling of the ETS issue. The Australian Opposition appears to have split over whether to support the Government’s...
In the first of a three-part series, Simon Hukin analyses the effectiveness of Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), examines the alternative schemes and outlines the pitfalls involved in the problem of adopting a scheme to effectively reduce the country's carbon emissions.
Australian and NZ scientists are well represented in an open letter that calls on leaders to commit to bolder emissions targets.
The New Zealand government's carbon emissions reduction plan has drawn mixed reactions from the country's climate experts and environmental groups.
By Rich Bowden Img: Pollution. Credit: pfala/flickr Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has criticised the federal Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases saying it “undermines” global efforts to achieve real cuts in carbon emissions. Senator Brown’s criticism came in a Greens press release which said the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme of 5 percent...
