Energy & Nuclear

"You can do a lot of damage with $10 billion. It can be used to build a lot of halls of fame and finance a lot of local community groups. In short, $10 billion can fund a lot of porkbarrelling in a lot of marginal seats. Ten billion dollars is how … [Read more...] about Redistributing the Billions from Emissions Trading: A Note from John Roskam

27 March 2008, The Hon Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister of Australia, Australian Parliament, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2600. Dear Prime Minister, Your leadership is needed on a matter concerning coal-fired power plants and carbon … [Read more...] about Phase Out Coal-Fired Power Plants: Open Letter from James Hansen

With present policies Australia has no chance of reducing our C02 emissions by anywhere near 80 per cent by the year 2050. Before I explain why, I should say that I am a greenhouse sceptic taking the view that it is very unlikely that CO2 is having a … [Read more...] about Won’t Meet Emissions Targets, Unless

We have received the following message from Israel : "Following a press release last week it seems that several of the leading industrial companies in Israel are going to enter the wind business. These are deeply connected to leading … [Read more...] about Birdies Bye Bye: Joint Press Release by Prof David Bellamy and Mark Duchamp

Farmers in North Queensland are doing their bit to be environmentally friendly by investing in a tree that produces diesel. Mike Jubow, a former cane farmer and now a nursery wholesaler, says diesel-producing trees are a long-term investment. "If … [Read more...] about Biodiesel from Trees in Queensland

Australia has now ratified the Kyoto Protocol and when George Bush’s Presidency expires the United States is also likely to join up. Indeed all counties in the developed world will probably soon become parts of a carbon emissions trading scheme. But … [Read more...] about Carbon Rationing or Freedom