Brumby considers partial closure of Hazelwood while climate activists urge...
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the revelation that the Victorian Labor Government is considering closing down a quarter of the capacity of the Hazelwood brown coal-fired power plant, but has...
View ArticleGillard announces interim carbon tax to tackle carbon pollution and climate...
Australia is to get a carbon tax from 1 July 2012 as one cornerstone policy for tackling the challenges of climate change, announced Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Greens leader Senator Bob Brown, and...
View ArticleThousands rally to price carbon on World Environment Day
An estimated 10,000 people packed the lawns of the State Library on Swanston street Melbourne on World Environment Day to Say yes to a safe climate and support the introduction of a carbon price by...
View ArticleCut pollution - Make clean energy cheaper
Pollution from burning coal, oil and gas is driving a climate crisis, making our world more dangerous, increasing prices of food and water and jeopardising our way of life.But if we cut pollution and...
View ArticleThousands attend Moving Planet climate change actions in Australia and globally
Did you miss the action over the weekend? Thousands of people around the world from Cairo to Canberra participated in events to move the planet beyond fossil fuels. There were over 2000 events in more...
View ArticleRenewable electricity flows from Mackay Sugar cogeneration plant
The Carbon Price at work. Mackay Sugar has officially brought online its new biomass cogeneration power station which has received funding from the Queensland Government and the Federal Government's...
View ArticleCarbon price funding solar PV for Adelaide factory puts Tony Abbott on ice
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott made a frosty mistake in visiting the Adelaide Ice Service factory today, arguing the business was a victim of the carbon tax. At the same time Climate Change Minister...
View ArticleRapid and intense Bushfires destroy 200 Sydney homes while Federal Government...
Widespread October bushfires in NSW are unusual, but have happened before, such as in 1991. This year there was an Early start to Australian bushfires, record temperatures in early September. It is...
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