Posted in Agriculture, Christine Milne, Climate change, Coal, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Forestry, Garnaut Review, Kyoto Protocol, Logging, Nukes (energy related), Renewable energy, Senate, Tax, Transport, Welfare, fuel crisis on July 4, 2008 | 21 Comments »
This was published in Crikey this afternoon. My release from today is here.
Professor Garnaut’s much-awaited Draft Report [huge file here if the Garnaut website is still down] is, in general, strong on the architecture but terribly weak on the big, over-riding issue – preventing runaway climate change. His policy prescriptions are completely out of step [...]
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Posted in Anti-environmentalism, Budget, Christine Milne, Climate change, Coal, Energy, Environment, Nukes (energy related), Peak oil, Transport on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
New Matilda published this piece from Christine today under the title: ‘Be wary, we’re in safe hands’.
The Rudd Government has made much, since well before coming to office, of its determination to unblock Australia’s infrastructure bottlenecks and to tackle climate change.
I have noted before that unless carefully managed, these two goals will come into direct [...]
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Posted in Balance of Power, Christine Milne, Climate change, Election 07, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greens, Nukes (disarmament related), Nukes (energy related), Renewable energy on November 22, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I am very worried - and I think all Australians ought to be equally worried - that Australia’s rapidly growing involvement in the global nuclear industry has been shrouded in silence during this campaign. Brief mentions by Kerry O’Brien on the 7.30 Report in his leaders’ interviews this week are essentially the sum total of [...]
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Worried about global warming? Never fear! There is an easy solution just around the corner…
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Posted in Christine Milne, Climate change, Election 07, Energy, Greens, Human Rights, Nukes (disarmament related), Nukes (energy related), Senate, Web 2.0 on October 24, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In a superb piece of ironic timing, bound to be ignored entirely by the mainstream media, UN Disarmament Week starts today, as the Bush Administration really ratchets up the nuclear rhetoric against Iran and Putin talks up his “grandiose plan” to expand Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Iraq’s northern border with Turkey looks set to deteriorate into [...]
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Senator Kerry Nettle joined Greens supporters and other protesters outside the Australian Nuclear Association conference in Sydney today. This ageing band of nuclear warriors were joined by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) as part of their campaign to support John Howard’s plan for 25 nuclear reactors in [...]
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We’ve also got a selection of some other work Fiona has done for us in the past…
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I thought I’d do a quick analysis of ABARE’s latest modelling contribution: Technology – Towards a Low Emissions Future released this morning.Â
 Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Brian Fisher’s legacy of undermining climate action appears to live on. In this latest chapter of ABARE’s parallel universe fairy-tale, a business-as-usual reference case to the year 2050 is compared [...]
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Not that it’s any real surprise, but APEC’s Sydney Declaration was a deeply depressing outcome, condemning our planet to runaway climate change if it is allowed to guide global action.
As Christine Milne put it in her response, “if there’s one thing more unforgivable irresponsible than refusing to acknowledge impending danger, it is recognising that danger, [...]
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I have to confess myself baffled.
Over the last couple of days, we’ve seen a seismic shift in Australia’s stated foreign policy – a shift with massive global implications that are already starting to reverberate around the region – and the mainstream media has given it no more than a cursory glance.
We’ve known it was coming. [...]
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