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Taking the temperature of our climate scientists, part 1
Margot O'Neill
Have you heard the one about the international climate scientist buying land in New Zealand? An isolated, cold and elevated hideaway could be become de rigeur in family wills to try to protect future generations against rising sea levels, drought and heatwaves. Actually there's no punchline here. It's just a rumour. But it's also an uncomfortable realisation that some experts studying the data may have already decided what the future looks like.
China leads accusation that rich nations are trying to sabotage climate treaty
Angry statement from 131 countries at climate talks in Bangkok claims rich nations are rejecting historical responsibilities
John Vidal, environment editor in Bangkok
Monday 5 October 2009
More in Europe Look to Carbon Tax to Curb Emissions
By JAMES KANTER and MATTHEW SALTMARSH
Published: September 9, 2009 BRUSSELS -
Economists have long seen a carbon tax as a good idea because of its simplicity: Polluters pay at a level that is set by decree.
Better world: Generate a feed-in frenzy
15 September 2009 by Ben Crystall
Paying people who generate green energy and feed it back to the grid is the best way to boost uptake of renewable energy.
Coal on the outer as US goes green
Peter Beattie | September 05, 2009
Article from: The Australian
I GREW up to a Rolling Stones song that said, "Time is on my side. Yes it is." For our coal industry, sadly, it is not. In fact, if the US experience is anything to go by, time is fast running out.
Beijing sets date for emissions cut
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing
Published: August 14 2009 23:33 | Last updated: August 14 2009 23:33
Efficiency and waste to drive green tech sector
Reuters 4th September 2009
* Wave and tidal still years away from commercialisation
Japan’s Next Premier Vows to Cut Emissions Sharply
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Published: September 7, 2009TOKYO - Japan's presumptive prime minister breathed new life on Monday into efforts to curb global warming, standing by a campaign pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in the next 10 years from 1990 levels - a target that environmentalists said puts Japan at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
Nonetheless, the incoming prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, whose center-left Democrats swept to a landmark electoral victory last month, attached what appeared to be a new caveat to his pledge, saying it was contingent on similarly ambitious goals by other major polluters.
Spain's high-speed trains win over fed-up flyers
Giles Tremlett in Madrid
The Guardian, Tuesday 13 January 2009
Spain's sleek new high-speed trains have stolen hundreds of thousands of passengers from airlines over the last year, slashing carbon emissions and marking a radical change in the way Spaniards travel.
Australia admits new LNG plant 'greenhouse intensive'
SYDNEY -- Australia has admitted a huge new energy project to supply Asian markets could raise national greenhouse gas emissions by up to one percent if ambitious efforts to capture them fail.Environment Minister Peter Garrett made the comments just hours after approving the Gorgon field, which will provide China and India with tens of billions of dollars of liquefied natural gas.
He said plans to pump carbon dioxide emissions into sandstone rock at Barrow Island, at the site of the project off Western Australia, were untested on such a scale.