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Gas should be included in carbon price

By on April 11, 2011 in Blog, Environment

I heard this morning on ABC NewsRadio that the natural gas giants in Australia are pushing back on Federal Government plans to include gas in the carbon price. The negotiations over the carbon price are following the same, predictable line that the negotiations over the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme followed: the carbon lobby and various [...]

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Most subsidies still go to dirty, polluting fossil fuels

Most subsidies still go to dirty, polluting fossil fuels

By on December 7, 2009 in Blog, Environment

Another report from the New York Times tells how in the US, most government subsidies for energy research goes to polluting fossil fuels and unsafe nuclear energy: Despite a lot of promises, no one so far has wanted to pay the extra costs to make wind and solar more than a trivial energy source. Research [...]

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