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Punting on coal is a loser, but try telling the Government
By David Spratt September 10, 2009
THERE'S an irony in the rushed construction of a new security fence around the Hazelwood power station, in anticipation of a community protest this weekend.
The Government, it seems, is more in interested in protecting Hazelwood from protesters, than protecting our climate from Hazelwood.
Global warming and bushfires: what to expect
By Shaun McDonald 7 September 2009
In the last week of winter, something strange happened: bushfires raged across New South Wales, with major fires in the Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla in the south of the state.
The week before, the north-east of NSW and southern Queensland — even parts of southern Sydney — had total fire bans declared.
In many areas of NSW, fire season started a month earlier than the usual October 1. As authorities predict extreme weather conditions for the coming season, images of the devastating bushfires in Victoria earlier this year spring to mind.
Why the climate sceptics are wrong
By Kamala Emanuel 22 August 2009
Family First Senator Steve Fielding returned from a US international climate deniers' conference in June, armed with a shonky graph and some dodgy questions.
Fielding has used these tools of climate scepticism to try to reignite doubt about the science of global warming.
The questions, the answers from climate change minister Penny Wong and her scientific advisors, and the counter-response from Fielding's advisors formed the basis for numerous blog posts and news articles.
Is the methane time bomb about to go off?
By Simon Butler, 22 August 2009
Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases. In the atmosphere it has a warming effect more than 20 times that of carbon dioxide.
Methane escapes into the atmosphere in many ways — rubbish tips, coalmines and cow farts are well-known sources. But the biggest known concentration of the gas is stored in ice-like formations beneath the ocean floor.
FLY BY RAIL – Melbourne to Sydney in 3 hours including check in
[Media Release from Beyond Zero Emission: 26 August 09 – for immediate release, Melbourne, Australia.]
Imagine training it in comfort from Melbourne to Sydney in just 3 hours.
“A zero emissions fast train network serving Australia is visionary and nation building. It will stimulate our domestic construction sector, providing thousands of jobs, whilst being a serious step to avoiding the looming oil and climate crises”, said Matthew Wright, Campaign Director of Beyond Zero Emissions.
CPRS emissions will be higher than baseline till 2035
By David Spratt
Since the CPRS was defeated in the Senate last week, there has been a vigorous debate amongst activists and on a number of grassroots climate e-lists about this event, what it means, whether the decision of the climate action movement to oppose the CPRS as presented was wise, whether we will now get an "even worse" scheme with Liberal support, and whether a better scheme was possible with Green-Labor negotiations.
Crikey: Is some kind of agreement at Copenhagen all that matters?
May 21, 2009 – 5:25 am, by Tim Hollo
In recent weeks, there has been a welcome shift in focus in the Australian climate politics debate onto the global stage. It goes without saying that, unless the world moves decisively as a community of nations, we have not a snowball’s chance in hell of avoiding climate catastrophe.
But the mainstream Australian discussion of the Copenhagen Conference later this year has thus far focussed entirely on the need for a “successful agreement”, and not at all on how you might define such success.
