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Budget ‘Fails to Deliver’ on Environment Say Greens
The Australian Greens have said Treasurer Wayne Swan’s third budget shows the Rudd Government has turned its back on key environmental reforms, including a tax on carbon. Greens leader Senator Bob Brown said today the cuts of millions of dollars for...
Garrett Says ‘No’ to Traveston Dam
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has rejected the Queensland Government’s bid to build a dam at Traveston Crossing near Gympie in the south east of the state. The Minister says he considered the options carefully but decided against the proposal...
Greens in Australia Introduce Amendments for Carbon Bill
Australian environmental groups have welcomed the release of the Greens proposed amendments to the CPRS legislation. Calling on senators to support the changes to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the Australian Conservation Foundation’s...
Australia Heads World’s Worst Polluters
A report released last week has named Australia as the world’s highest per capita producers of carbon dioxide. The UK risk analysis company Maplecroft, relying on data from the US Energy Department, has found Australia produces 20.58 tonnes of C02 per...
Protection Being Sought for Australia’s Big Blue Backyard
9 out of 10 marine species found off Australia’s south-west coast are found nowhere else on earth but less than 1% of this globally significant region is protected. A new report found a series of globally significant “hotspots” for marine life in...
‘Fuel for Thought’ on Australia’s Transport Sector Challenges
The report: Fuel for thought – The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities addresses two serious issues – the need to dramatically reduce the transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and, how to deal with the economic...
