Scientist slams spread of climate change ‘misinformation’
A leading climate change scientist says there is too much misinformation being spread about the theory.
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Ministers seek sustainable solutions
At the 16th meeting of the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) in Melbourne, Australian environment ministers and their counterparts from New Zealand and Papua New Guinea focused on key environmental challenges relating to climate change, water and waste management. EPHC has always had a strong focus on waste management issues, and [...]
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Australians ready to act on climate change: report
A new report has found the overwhelming majority of Australians accept that their lives have to change as a result of climate change.
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Australia: Green groups accused of clean coal ‘greenwash’
Sydney Morning Herald: In a public relations coup for the coal industry, its chief lobby group will join forces with two prominent environment groups, WWF and the Climate Institute, and the miners’ union, to call on the Rudd Government to set up a national task force to develop [...]
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Australia funds China clean coal
Australian: AUSTRALIA is now investing $63 million in developing clean-coal technology in China, our biggest coal buyer, as Kevin Rudd seeks to emphasise the need for developing ways to use the resource and still cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Prime Minister, while declaring that his 17-day world trip was to pursue [...]
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Climate change hurting human health: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is marking its 60th anniversary by warning that climate change has already begun affecting human health.
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Solar-powered glass houses ‘likely’
Australians could soon be living in solar-powered glass houses as part of the battle against climate change, a researcher predicts. Professor John Bell, from the Queensland University of Technology’s Institute for Sustainable Resources, said houses made almost entirely of glass solar…
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Australia: Garnaut’s verdict on Eddington report
Age: THE $18 billion Eddington transport plan is unlikely to be of much help in dealing with climate change, according to the Federal Government’s climate policy adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut. “Better public transport systems probably can make a contribution, but they can’t make it quickly,” Garnaut said yesterday. “It’s more [...]
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Australia: $430b: how much greenhouse gas cuts will cost, says Costa
Sydney Morning Herald: MAKING the cuts to greenhouse emissions recommended by the nation’s economic adviser on climate change would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and slash the size of Australia’s economy by 4 per cent, modelling by the NSW Treasury shows. The NSW Treasurer, [...]
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Rudd to pressure China on climate change
AAP: CHINA will need to play an increasingly prominent role in international efforts to address climate change, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says. Mr Rudd will be discussing the issue when he meets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tomorrow and President Hu Jintao on Saturday. In a speech at Peking University, [...]
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