Jennifer Marohasy

THERE is a lot less “stuff” being produced in the US and China as a consequence of the financial crisis. 
According to Joe Kishore writing at The World Socialist Website:
“Manufacturing in the US is collapsing, with a key index falling to its lowest level in 20 years on Friday. Other figures released yesterday show a downturn [...]

The Church of England’s Church Commissioners have gone green, investing £150 million with former US Vice-President Al Gore’s environmentally minded investment firm, Generation Investment Management.  Read more here.

GetUp’s global warming television ads (to air today) are dishonest and inaccurate, according to Dr Jennifer Marohasy, Chair of the Australian Environment Foundation.
“For all sorts of reasons a number of groups, of which Internet campaigners GetUp.org.au are one, are pretending that the Rudd Government’s proposed Emissions Trading Scheme is a minor 5 to15 percent adjustment [...]

One solution to “carbon pollution” is biochar, but according to the Australian government’s policy on emissions trading, the science of biochar is not fully developed – so it can’t be included in any emissions trading scheme. 
According to Environmental Scientist, Professor Syd Shea:
Biochar is a fine-grained, highly porous charcoal that helps soils retain nutrients and water. The carbon in biochar [...]

There are… growing doubts about the long-term viability of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme.  Read more here.

THE big news in Australia at the moment is yesterday’s Prime Ministerial announcement that Australia will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 5 per cent of 2000 levels by 2020, but could cut up to 15 percent if other countries also sign up to stronger reductions.
In response to criticism that the target is too low, [...]

Nascent green industry’s balance sheets are beginning to bleed red… for the giant wind farm project to be economically viable we will have to wait for fossil-fuel prices to rise again. Read more here.

THE big climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, ended yesterday with a recognition that the United Nations was “softening its tone” and acknowledging that the meeting would not come to final decisions on any major issues on “fighting climate change”. 
Perhaps now is the time to move away from the idea that the solution to “fighting climate change” lies [...]

I am the Chair of The Australian Environment Foundation and we are planning an Internet campaign to oppose the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) proposed for Australia on the basis:
1.  An ETS will not change the global temperature;
2.  Will force many clean and green Australian industries overseas; and
3.  Will make Australians poorer; while it is generally [...]

According to EurActiv:  Despite “significant steps” taken to soften the impact of the European Union’s climate change goals on its industry, Italy yesterday (8 December) continued to maintain a tough negotiating line ahead of a decisive European Union (EU) summit on 11-12 December.
During separate meetings of foreign affairs and energy ministers in Brussels, the Italian government [...]