Millions of jobs in carbon cuts and green technologies
”The report shows regional areas, even those which produce coal and generate electricity will have more jobs if we take strong action to cut pollution, but only if we act now,”
Carbon scheme ‘will create millions of jobs’ The Age, TOM ARUP, May 19, 2010, BIG cuts to carbon emissions and heavy investment in green technologies will create 3.7 million jobs across Australia by 2030, economic modelling commissioned for unions and green groups shows. Continue reading
Tony Abbott – No to increased funding for renewable energy
Tony Abbott – Address in Reply, Budget 2010 “…..the Coalition would not proceed with the budget increase to the renewable energy future fund and will cut government advertising by 25 per cent. These savings will pay for the Coalition’s direct action on climate change policy,…”
More jobs with renewable energy than with Hazelwood brown coal power
clean energy replacem
ents for Hazelwood can create up to 2500 construction jobs and 2300 ongoing jobs, many more than Hazelwood currently provides, though there would still be a need to support new job creation in t the Latrobe Valley.
Clean Energy Projects Could Replace Hazelwood Power Station By 2013 : Renewable Energy News, by Energy matters, 18 May, 2010, In a report released by Environment Victoria yesterday, the group says Hazelwood Power Station could be replaced with clean and renewable energy projects as soon as the end of 2012; and by doing so would slash Victoria’s greenhouse pollution by 12 percent. Continue reading
Renewable energy leaping ahead in China
China’s Push for Renewable Energy, donga.com[English donga] 18 May 2010, The popularity of renewable energy sources including wind, photovoltaic and biomass is growing dramatically in China. Beijing designated renewable energy as a strategic industry last year, and invested 34.6 billion U.S. dollars, twice as much as the U.S.Despite the global financial crisis, the renewable energy industry knows no recession. Continue reading
Martin Ferguson’s Solar Energy plan for failure
Ferguson’s department once again has diverted funds to his favoured fossil fools and a gladbag of solar generation novices….Let’s get off this flagship of fools before it sinks the hopes of achieving a large-scale transition to renewables.
Solar Flagship shortlist comes up short * Olga Galacho, Herald Sun * May 13, 2010 FOSSIL fuel pirates and other opportunists have commandeered Energy Minister Martin Ferguson’s Solar Flagship program. The short-listed bidders for a slice of the $1.5 billion booty, courtesy of the Federal Government, was buried in a press release issued on Budget night. Continue reading
Mad monk Abbott confuses kids over Climate Change
Professor Karoly said: “It seems strange to me that the leader of a political party would be seeking to disagree with Australia’s chief scientist, the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, the overwhelming majority of climate scientists and Australia’s support of the work of the IPCC..
Climate scientists cross with Abbott for taking Christ’s name in vain, Sydney Morning Herald, ADAM MORTON, May 10, 2010 TONY ABBOTT is under pressure to justify telling students it was considerably warmer when Jesus was alive after leading scientists said his claim was wrong. Continue reading
Carbon tax looking like the best Climate Change plan for Australian govt
Anxious Labor MPs push carbon tax * Patricia Karvelas, Dennis Shanahan : The Australian * May 05, 2010 WORRIED Labor MPs plan to ask Kevin Rudd to embrace a carbon tax as Labor’s climate change policy, to fill the vacuum left by his contentious shelving of the emissions trading scheme.After being bombarded by outraged younger voters in their electorates, five Labor MPs have told The Australian the government’s current position on climate change is untenable and unsellable to the electorate.The admissions come as ministers concede the Rudd government failed to explain, or properly promote, its carbon pollution reduction scheme.
Non Profit organisations funding decentralised renewable energy
“If we can deliver energy on site, whether it’s a school, college or small town, all that infrastructure is already in place. We just have to bring in the actual equipment. We don’t have to build tens of millions of lines,”
(USA) MountainNonprofits Find Ways To Pay For Renewable Energy, Colorado Business News, CATHERINE TSAI, Associated Press WriterDENVER (AP) May 2, 2010― The Upper Scioto Valley School District in Ohio, battered by a slowdown at a nearby Ford Motor Co. plant, wanted to explore alternative energy when it developed a plan to fix its budget and create jobs. Continue reading
Liberal Party stalling Australia’s Renewable Energy Policy
Coalition puts a spanner in the renewable works, Sydney Morning Herald LENORE TAYLOR May 1, 2010 THE future of Australia’s only remaining incentive to invest in renewable energy is under a cloud after the Coalition raised concerns about proposed government amendments to the 20 per cent renewable energy target. Continue reading
Australia should not become just the land of quarries and waste dumops
We will all pay for that when the global miners are gone – or we won’t be able to afford to pay for a clean-up at all and just leave the holes in the ground.
Curse of The Resource Rich may Befall Us, Sydney Morning Herald, MARTIN FEIL, April 30, 2010
The government and the media generally promote Australia’s resources boom as a blessing for the economy in difficult global times. Our land seems to be regarded as a magic pudding that will never stop feeding our growing population. All we have to do is dig. Continue reading
Hydroelectric plant – an Australian first
NSW: Australia’s first hydroelectric plant turned on, Energy Digital, 29 April 2010, North Head sewage treatment plant’s new hydro electric facility will now generate enough green energy to benefit environment, Andrea Marino , Apr 29, 2010 Continue reading
High Speed Rail network linked to carbon savings and renewable energy
A national Australian HSR network will deliver larger carbon savings as domestic energy production shifts to renewable energy sources like wind, geothermal, and baseload solar.
High-Speed Rail Back on Australian Agenda, The Energy Collective 24 April 2010, The Australian Greens have put high-speed rail (HSR) back on the national agenda. Continue reading
Exciting forecast for Europe’s renewable energy jobs
Europe’s Pathway to 100% Renewable Energy CALFINDER 28 April 2010, The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) just released RE-thinking 2050, a report outlining a pathway that would lead the European Union to 100-percent renewable energy by 2050. Continue reading
Postponement of U.S. Climate Bill raises doubt that nuclear will be included
Graham’s withdrawal of support for the climate bill actually removes pressure on Sen. John Kerry and California Sen. Barbara Boxer, who come from the two most anti-nuclear states in the country. They’ve had to swallow hard to support the climate bill and its support for nuclear energy
Climate bill postponed, Idaho Samizdat ~ http://djysrv.blogspot.com, 
At last, Australian solar projects to be announced
Shortlisted solar projects to see the light of day * Giles Parksinson , The Australian, April 26, 2010 IT could be a big fortnight for the Australian solar industry. The shortlist for the first two projects in the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program is expected to be announced soon, and so will the much awaited but long-delayed winners of the solar component of the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program. Continue reading
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