I can’t work out whether ‘the environment’ is more or less important as an issue in Australia this federal election. Both the Coalition and ALP have agreed to allow a pulp mill to be built in Tasmania, both are hell bent on buying back water … [Read more...] about Election 07 in Australia and The Environment
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Kansas Rejects Coal-Fired Power Plant due to CO2 Emissions
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, … [Read more...] about Kansas Rejects Coal-Fired Power Plant due to CO2 Emissions
Australia and Kyoto
MONDAY'S tax cut announcement by the Coalition means the election campaign is off to a good start. Economic policy has been moved to the top of the political agenda, as it should be. At the end of the first Kyoto commitment period in 2012, New … [Read more...] about Australia and Kyoto
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.