Carbon tax for Australia might help renewable energy
A carbon price of $25 a tonne would be the minimum needed to start causing a shift away from coal as a baseload energy source, analysts said.
Plan for carbon price to fan the winds of change, Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby,February 25, THE government’s pledge to bring in a fixed carbon price is expected to help unleash a wave of investment in wind and solar energy, but most investors said they were waiting for detail and the outcome of the brewing political battle over climate change before opening purse strings. Continue reading
Julia Gillard playing it smart with carbon tax
This time, Julia Gillard is playing a cannier game. There were almost no policy details released yesterday beyond the decision to implement a fixed price, and the decision to include transport but to leave out agriculture. That left little for industry critics to go on, and allowed Gillard to cleverly foreshadow Abbott’s anti-tax attack.
It’s Getting Hot In Here | newmatilda.com, 25 Feb 2011, By Ben Eltham Whether you call it a carbon tax or a carbon price, the carbon wars are back on. This time round, Gillard is playing it smart on climate policy. Continue reading
Northern Territory Government and protestors united against Federal nuke waste dump Bill
the Bill showed no respect for NT legislation designed to ban nuclear waste dumps in the Territory…..”The Muckaty site didn’t even make the short-list when environmental and scientific criteria were used to inform a preliminary site assessment study in the 1990s, now they want to build a dump there.”
Protesters ramp up campaign against nuke dump | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 24 Feb 2011, TERRITORY anti-nuclear waste dump protesters have started a small but concerted campaign against new legislation expected to be presented to the Federal Senate next week.The House of Representatives passed the Bill on Tuesday with Muckaty Station about 120km north of Tennant Creek the site most likely to be used for the dump. Continue reading
Australian Country Liberal MP shows integrity on nuclear waste issue
Ms Griggs has come out against the dump.
Griggs defiant on N-waste NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia . 24 Feb 2011, TERRITORIANS are probably evenly divided about the Federal Government’s decision to build a nuclear waste dump near Tennant Creek.Some argue that Australia has an obligation to store its nuclear waste properly and the NT Outback is as good a place as any…….
But on one issue there is more agreement – that Canberra should not have the right to impose the dump on Territorians. Continue reading
Martin Ferguson’s cynical National Radioactive Waste Management Bill
The law overrides state, territory and local government laws and allows Resource Minister Martin Ferguson to disregard key environmental and Indigenous safeguards….“Any attempt to apply this law will be actively resisted. The Muckaty dump plan is a bad deal but it is not a done deal.”
Radioactive waste law ‘cynical and irresponsible’, by Dave Sweeney 24 Feb 2011, Legislation designed to smooth the way for the construction of a national radioactive dump on contested Indigenous land at Muckaty, north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, is improper, irresponsible and a broken promise, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today. Continue reading
Stacked pro nuclear panel, stacked audience, in Adelaide?
both the panel and the audience seemed to be composed entirely of nuclear energy supporters. Renewable energy was dismissed as irrelevant, there was virtually no mention of nuclear accidents, and Brook patronisingly dismissed community concerns about the location of nuclear plants as “juvenile”.
Greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, CPA – The Guardian, Peter Mac, 23 February 2011 ” ……. In a recent TV panel discussion (ABC 24, 19-02-2011), Adelaide University Professor Barry Brook argued strongly for Australia to develop a nuclear power industry based around fast nuclear reactors. Continue reading
Greenhouse gas emissions and extreme weather events – Australia take note
The Canadian/Oxford research is highly politically significant, because it will help to strip away the “stonewall”, do-nothing tactics that various governments have used to excuse themselves from dealing seriously with climate change. The studies will have particular relevance in Australia, where extreme weather events are all too evident, and where token gestures by government are the order of the day as far as climate change is concerned.
Greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, CPA – The Guardian, Peter Mac, 23 February 2011In Australia the public’s attention has been firmly fixed on the havoc wrought by floods in the eastern states, cyclones in Queensland and the Northern Territory, and bushfires in Western Australia. However, extreme weather events are also occurring in many nations overseas. Continue reading
Australian government rush to legalise nuclear dump on Aboriginal land
He accused the government of attempting to ram legislation through parliament before traditional owners, who are opposed to the dump at Muckaty, launch legal action in the federal court on Friday.
Nuclear dump report a whitewash – Bandt Herald Sun: AAP * February 21, 2011 AUSTRALIA’S first radioactive waste dump has been subject to less oversight than would be deemed appropriate for construction of a car park, parliament has been told. Continue reading
Federal Country Liberal MP stands up for Northern Territory against nuclear waste dump
“The whole point is that I represent the Territory in Canberra, not Canberra in the Territory.”..…….The NT Environment Centre yesterday said the new law would undermine the Territory environment and the democratic rights of Territorians.
Griggs fights nuclear dump, NT News, NIGEL ADLAM | February 22nd, 2011 A TERRITORY federal MP is to vote against forcing the NT to house a nuclear waste dump. Member for Solomon Natasha Griggs has said she will vote against a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory Continue reading
Australian Government secretive on airport radiation scanners
public health and security experts remain divided on the risks of radiation exposure and whether the machines provide anything more than “security theatre”….no material has been released for public discussion.
Controversial body scanners set for airport security Karen Dearne The Australian February 22,THE Gillard government is preparing to introduce virtual strip-search scanners at airports despite unresolved privacy issues and fears about the $28.5 million program. Continue reading
Nuclear submarines for Australia? a pipedream
the issue of US bases might be about to re-emerge as a hot-button political issue….Nuclear submarines are a pipedream.
Conflict looms over US military presence in Australia – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Adam Lockyer and Rob Muir, 22 Feb 2011, For two decades, the issue of US bases in Australia has remained dormant. The Government and community seem to have become comfortable with their presence, as long as they are perceived as passive. Continue reading
Solar Power is NOT the villain in electricity price rises
What’s really quite puzzling is the AIG report clearly states renewable energy is not the villain in electricity price rises, yet all these reports have popped up referencing their statement inferring that small scale solar power is.”…………..
“Aside from the environmental benefits, home solar power is incredibly good value for private and public money and plays a very important role in Australia’s renewable energy mix –
Solar Power And Electricity Prices – Clearing The Air Renewable Energy News by Energy Matters, 21 Feb 2011, Solar power and electricity pricesIt’s been inaccurately reported this morning by some media sources that an analysis from the Australia Industry Group has pointed the finger at home solar power subsidy programs being a major contributor to electricity price rises. Continue reading
S.A. govt should come clean on Arkaroola uranium mining policy
Creating a national park would give the SA Premier a boost in the polls, with mining in the sanctuary highly unpopular among voters. However, converting the land to national park would not affect the mining lease. Marathon was recently granted a 12-month extension to its licence at Arkaroola.
National park rumours take toll on SA uranium miner | The Australian, Verity Edwards and Damon Kitney February 21, 2011 1 The value of controversial mining company Marathon Resources has fallen by $4.9 million amid speculation the Rann government will declare the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary a national park. Continue reading
Electric car to go ahead, though Australia’s Green Car Fund closed
PROTOTYPE OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MODERN FAMILY-SIZED ELECTRIC CAR Five local companies have joined forces to build prototypes of Australia’s first modern large electric car. Supported by the Australian Government, the consortium hopes to produce a family car which could revolutionise the Australian car industry. Continue reading
Australian Labor Party’s Nuclear Self-Destruction
If the ALP wants to reverse this trend, re-energise its membership base and win Greens voters back to the Labor fold, the last thing it should be doing is trashing its remaining environmental credentials by adopting a pro-nuclear policy.
Labor going nuclear in rush to self destruct – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Sian Prior 18 Feb 2011, Someone’s clearly been handing out the idiot pills in the Labor Party. Continue reading
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