HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT   Friday 3 September 2010 Make EMN my HomePage    AIR/CLIMATE STORIES [ 1346 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Greens election swing attributed to delay of CPRS (Monday, 30 August 2010) Some 32% of Green voters in 30 key marginal seats across Australia said they would have voted Labor if it had not delayed the introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), according to a poll for The Climate Institute released today. Part of the institute’s ‘Climate of the Nation’ report, is says this alone could have cost Labor two seats. Full Story... The greening of Australian politics (Friday, 27 August 2010) The three rural independent MPs who hold the key to who will be Australia’s next Prime Minister, along with incoming Greens MP and independent Andrew Wilkie, met yesterday to discuss whether action on climate change should be a condition of any king-making deal with Labor or the Coalition. Wilkie and Greens MP Adam Bandt did not take part in the meeting, but are also said to be weighing up their options. Full Story... Climate change the top election issue online (Friday, 20 August 2010) The top three political issues searched for by Australians online are climate change, education and immigration, according to new research from Experian Hitwise, which measured a sample size of 3 million Australian Internet users. In May, climate change share of searches had declined, but the most recent bounce came in July after new climate change policy announcements from Labor and the Coalition where made. Full Story... Companies found to be exploiting CDM loophole (Wednesday, 18 August 2010) The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a Kyoto Protocol Scheme, has been accused of having a loophole allowing companies to abuse the system. A UN climate panel will investigate the accusations, looking into 20 projects suspected of dishonest operations, mainly in China and India. Full Story... Labor’s car emission goals not strict enough: DECCW (Friday, 13 August 2010) National standards for car emissions in Australia, even after the recently announced Labor policy, would be weaker in 2024 than EU and California standards starting in 2012 and 2016 respectively. The Labor election policy floats draft car emissions limits of 190 grams of CO2/km by 2015 and 155 grams/km by 2024, which it says would cut emissions by 14% by 2015 and 30% by 2024 based on 2008 levels. Full Story... Greenpeace targets both NSW Government and Opposition (Wednesday, 11 August 2010) Greenpeace says a lack of modelling on the greenhouse gas impact of two proposed NSW coal plants in the Hunter Valley region suggests many in the NSW Government are ignoring climate change. Modelling on how the government would compensate for the estimated 22 million tonnes of greenhouse gases generated by the two new coal-fired power stations is yet to be undertaken. Full Story... Eliminating soot is a cool idea for the planet (Friday, 6 August 2010) A recent simulation of soot’s climate effects finds basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century’s temperature change. Stanford University climate scientist Mark Jacobson says soot has a strong climate effect, but only lasts a few weeks in the atmosphere compared to 30 to 50 years for CO2. Full Story... Pollute-O-Meter puts Greens ahead, with three weeks left (Monday, 2 August 2010) The Climate Institute’s Pollute-O-Meter reported its first analysis two weeks ago and gave the Coalition’s Emissions Reduction Fund the thumbs up over Labor’s deferred emissions trading scheme and widely derided citizen’s assembly. In a seemingly contradictory finding, the Coalition still tops Labor in terms of projected emissions performance, but Labor has the better policy mix. Full Story... Globe heats up and so does climate debate (Friday, 30 July 2010) The world has been getting markedly hotter for more than 30 years, reveals the latest State of the Climate report from leading authorities in the US and UK. Matthew Tukaki of green jobs practice SansGov seized on the report to call for more “tangible outcomes” around green skills development and incentives for business to act more directly and more quickly. Full Story... US passes slimmed down energy bill, climate bill uncertain (Wednesday, 28 July 2010) US President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to keep pushing for legislation to fight climate change despite the US Senate moving to focus energy reform more narrowly on offshore drilling. Democrat senators unveiled the slimmed down bill on Tuesday aimed at reforming offshore drilling, as doubts grow that Congress would be able to pass any substantial energy legislation this year. Full Story... Victoria distances itself from brown coal and CO2 (Wednesday, 28 July 2010) Victorian Premier John Brumby has unveiled an ambitious plan to tackle climate change, pledging to cut the state's greenhouse emissions below 2000 levels by 20% within the next decade through a number of initiatives. The commitment is in sharp contrast to the federal climate debate, where the major parties face heavy criticism for delaying measures that could reach the bipartisan target of a 5% cut in emissions. Full Story... Enviro 2010 goes carbon neutral (Friday, 23 July 2010) Accounting for carbon is fundamental to understanding and managing emissions from any activity – including activities such as Enviro 2010. Enviro 2010 committed to being carbon neutral and pledged that carbon would be tracked, minimised and then any remaining emissions would be offset with accredited carbon credits. Carbon accounting was the first step. Full Story... Gillard and Greens strike a deal (Monday, 19 July 2010) The Greens have confirmed they have struck a preferences deal with Labor that will affect the Senate and some key House of Representatives seats in the upcoming federal election. Meanwhile, the Climate Institute wasted no time to set in place a new computer modelling tool that will make it possible to gauge the effect of climate polices through the election. Full Story... New EU emissions directive to target energy firms (Wednesday, 14 July 2010) The European Union Parliament last week voted overwhelmingly in favour of new legislation tightening the rules on power plant emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and particulates. However, the move is seen as only a minor win for a leading EU MP, pointing to a loophole that could extend the initial deadline of 2016 all the way out until 2023. Full Story... Diverse voices make themselves heard in ETS debate (Monday, 12 July 2010) The economy will be paying more than $2 billion a year in necessary costs by 2020 unless we resolve the carbon pricing issue, according to the Climate Institute. It has also launched the Climate Advocacy Fund to engage investment circles. Meanwhile, leading economist Warwick McKibbin called on the Federal Government to reconsider its deferral on a carbon price. Full Story... NZ launches ETS, others still lagging (Friday, 2 July 2010) New Zealand kicked off its emissions trading scheme (ETS) yesterday – covering transport fuels, electricity and industry – while the Obama Administration has restated support for a carbon price, China moves forward its permit trading scheme, Japan runs into trouble on its ETS plans and Europe’s debate about a carbon tax reignites. Full Story... Taking the heat out of carbon pricing, says US advisor (Wednesday, 30 June 2010) Emissions trading should not be the first policy cab off the rank when it comes to addressing climate change, said one of the world’s leading policy and scientific voices on the issue, Stanford University’s Professor Stephen Schneider. Not even second, he told a forum run by Environment Business Australia. Full Story... Australians undecided when preferring a climate change policy (Monday, 28 June 2010) A new poll indicates Australians are still undecided as to which party has better climate policies. The Auspoll survey showed 66% of voters cannot pick between Labor and the Coalition in terms of which would be better at handling climate change. It’s a key message for new PM Julia Gillard. Full Story... Marine ecosystems in steady decline (Monday, 21 June 2010) A leading Australian marine scientist has pulled together research from the past 10 years that paints a grim picture for the future of marine ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs. In addition, governments from across the globe meeting in South Korea last week agreed to set up a new body to coordinate and report on scientific knowledge of ocean impacts. Full Story... Bonn climate talks spur mixed reactions, next step Mexico (Friday, 18 June 2010) The UN climate change talks in Bonn did not make much progress post-Copenhagen. While the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is talking it up, saying via press release that “progress has been made in fleshing out the specifics of how a climate regime can work”, incoming UNFCCC chief Christiana Figueres said “if a final, conclusive, all answering climate agreement is ever reached, it will happen certainly not in my lifetime”. Full Story... The “outside factors” that hold back CCS breakthrough (Wednesday, 16 June 2010) A new study by Friends of the Earth (FoE) Denmark says “governments and institutions have greatly overstated the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to curb greenhouse gases”. According to the study, "even under a highly aggressive scenario where 90% of all coal plants are retrofitted, only 23% of global emissions would be avoided by mid-century." The FoE study is the first study that considers other factors outside the normal CCS process. Full Story... Green spending in the NSW budget (Friday, 11 June 2010) The NSW Government’s 2010-2011 budget details $1.39 billion to be invested in programs to protect and improve the environment. It includes $81 million for environmental protection, regulation and compliance activities, while $29.4 million will go to helping local councils improve their performance on waste and recycling. The state also set aside up to $120 million over 20 years to support projects shortlisted for the Commonwealth Solar Flagship Program. Full Story... A new renewable energy scenario by 2050 (Wednesday, 9 June 2010) Renewable energy could account for 95% of the world’s electricity supply by 2050, according to research by climate change academics and lobbyists. Greenpeace teamed up with more than 30 scientists and engineers from universities, institutes and the renewable energy industry to create a series of proposals they have called the Energy [R]evolution Scenario. Full Story... Hunter green group wins policy battle on air quality (Friday, 4 June 2010) After moths of environmental lobbying by Singleton Shire’s Healthy Environment Group, NSW Minister for Planning Tony Kelly announced a streamlined approval process to help roll out the government’s Upper Hunter Air Quality Monitoring Network. An amendment to the planning policy will be introduced to allow monitoring stations proposed by a public authority to proceed as an exempt development in rural zones. Full Story... Global climate talks taking off, again (Wednesday, 2 June 2010) The latest round of UN climate change talks have kicked off in Bonn, Germany, with close to 4,500 delegates from 182 countries meeting behind closed doors to agree on a text to be signed at the next meeting in Cancun, Mexico, during December. It is expected the UN will table a new text to integrate the Copenhagen Climate Accord into a stronger climate deal. Full Story... Australian emissions fall, but not for long (Wednesday, 2 June 2010) Australia remains on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol target, according to the National Greenhouse Accounts released last week. Australia’s Kyoto target is to limit greenhouse emissions in the 2008-2012 period to 108% of 1990 emissions, and the global economic downturn has played its part in helping slow the growth in national emissions. Full Story... Sparking the lawnmower emissions debate (Monday, 31 May 2010) The Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) has put out a Consultation Regulatory impact Statement (RIS) on options for reducing emissions from non-road engines. It wants to tackle pollution caused by equipment such as lawnmowers and brush cutters, which are classed as non-road spark ignition engines. Full Story... Partnering up for climate change (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) A pro-climate action business group has been launched to reignite support for ambitious policy measures, the first such initiative since business supporters ducked for cover through the bruising emissions trading scheme debate last year. Led by Westpac, the Climate Partner initiative will explore policy and investment opportunities in climate action, clean energy and pollution reduction. Full Story... EU aims for higher emissions cuts despite European crisis (Monday, 24 May 2010) Greenhouse emissions from businesses participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) fell by 11.6% in 2009 on the back of the economic recession. On the back of the emissions drop the European Commission wants to increase its 2020 emissions reduction target from 20% to 30% on 1990 levels. The higher target has until now been dependent on other major industrialised nations following suit. Full Story... Poles apart in terms of climate change (Wednesday, 19 May 2010) A group of Arctic explorers have finally reached the North Pole after a 60-day trek, not to look for Santa Clause but to drill a hole in the ice to take a sample of ocean water at the pole in an effort to better understand the impacts of climate change. At the bottom of the world, meanwhile, temperatures hit a new record. Full Story... Prev    Next   Company Search Story Search Advanced Search UPCOMING EVENTS Australasian Industrial Ecology Conference SRR 2010 Conference Sustainable Risk Rationalisation Conference 2010 World Water Week EcoGen 2010 IMPC 2010: International Mineral Processing Congress - Smarter Processing for the Future   View all events TODAY'S NEWS In brief: GBCA starts Green Star community plan Business group wants next PM to deliver a ‘green economy’ SA begins phasing in landfill bans Canberra’s mixed results in latest progress scorecard Building a six star Green Star Ark In brief: Dell’s three C’s of recycling 12 principles for the water sector to develop our future cities A time for new leadership Greens election swing attributed to delay of CPRS An e-waste management service with a new dimension Disclaimer | © WME Media Pty Ltd | Privacy Policy