Town to showcase sustainable outback
The small and peaceful community of Hughenden in central west Queensland, best-known for its dinosaur relics, will become a showcase for sustainable outback living with the opening of a new environmental park.
Popularity: 21% [?]
WWF Releases the 2008 Australia Power Generators Carbon Future Score Card
A report released by researchers at the World Wildlife Fund is calling for Australian power generators to improve their carbon emissions levels. Rio Tinto, Alcoa, and Intergen have been particularly targeted for criticism, with the report underlining that many power companies still do not make their pollution reduction targets publicly available and invest virtually nothing in low emissions technology research. 11 out of the 19 companies audited scored two or less stars out of a possible five.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Australia: Forests to the rescue on climate
KEVIN Rudd will be asked to dramatically lift Australia’s reserves of natural forests and grasslands as part of its climate change solution in a bid to ease emissions cuts on industry as part of the transition to a low-carbon economy. The Prime Minister’s climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut, yesterday urged Australia to lift its focus on retaining natural forests and grasslands in northern Australia as part of its climate change response. The Australian understands the concept …
Popularity: 16% [?]
Climate models are inadequate
Climate projection models used in Australia need to be refined for farmers and rural communities, a senate committee has found.
Popularity: 18% [?]
Bad city design may be lethal
Professor Janis Birkeland made the claims at the in Brisbane.Even the best ‘green’ buildings, such as the acclaimed North Tower office project unveiled on Tuesday in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, did nothing to alleviate the effects of global warming, she…
Popularity: 18% [?]
Tasmania dives into car pooling
A fuel summit called by Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett during the recent petrol price spike has generated ‘dozens’ of ideas.
Popularity: 19% [?]
Australia expert wants cautious carbon targets: report
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government’s emissions trading architect will call for cautious and proportionate carbon reduction targets in a paper to be delivered on Friday, media reports said.
Popularity: 11% [?]
Energy production threatened by limited water: experts
Water management experts say there is growing concern that Australia’s shrinking water resources will affect energy production.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Feature: Australia’s next top models
Climate change is a hot topic. University of Technology Sydney researchers are changing the parameters of the global debate by refining models for predicting change.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Law holding back carbon trading
A Queensland researcher has found that future carbon trading schemes could be seriously undermined by the lack of adequate legal reform.
Popularity: 17% [?]