From USA Today.
A funny cartoon, with a serious message. Many politicians and leaders don’t understand the benefits of switching to a low carbon economy.
Shifting to a low carbon economy and embracing ecologically sustainable development will bring untold benefits for humanity, and for Australians.
There is no doubt about the science of climate change, and the predictions [...]
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What if it’s a hoax?
Explaining cap and trade
An interesting little video from the creators of the Story of Stuff, this has an explanation of how “cap and trade” (emissions trading) works, and the major pitfalls with the system.
Unfortunately, the video is one of those preachy, moralising videos that is full of criticisms but no solutions. The closest it comes is proposing a [...]
Coalition ETS amendments shows denalists have won
The amendments proposed by the Coalition (really, the Liberal Party, since the Nationals outright oppose any ETS) are simply a way to divert more money to heavy polluters and will do nothing for the environment.
If the amendments are accepted, the already compromised CPRS (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Australia’s cap and trade scheme) will achieve absolutely [...]
Blog Action Day
Today (15 October) is Blog Action Day – a day when bloggers from around the world commit to promoting a single cause (climate change this year) and thus raise awareness of that cause.
Climate change is, simply, the greatest ethical, political and policy problem of our age.
Climate change is something that is close to my heart, [...]
We need strong action on emissions trading
The Garnaut report released earlier this year made the case for a robust emissions trading scheme. If Australia is to combat climate change, Federal Labor needs to take immediate action to reduce the amount of carbon put into the atmosphere.
As activists, we have a duty to lobby senior Ministers in parliament to do everything they [...]
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