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24th June 2010
IN BRIEF: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR CLIMATE LEGISLATION
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released In Brief: The Business Case for Climate Legislation (June 2010), which provides a business case for the implementation of national climate and energy policy within America. The paper also provides an explanation to why leading companies have decided that legislation that limits greenhouse gas emissions is good for their industries. The paper identifies three main reasons businesses support legislation that addresses climate change, namely: the need for regulatory certainty; the economic opportunities arising from climate solution; and the reputational benefits of supporting public policies that combat climate change.
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24th June 2010
STUDY EXAMINES SCIENTISTS' 'CLIMATE CREDIBILITY'
BBC News Most experts agreed human activity was affecting the climate system Some 98% of climate scientists that publish research on the subject support the view that human activities are warming the planet, a study suggests. It added there was little disagreement among the most experienced scientists. But climate sceptics questioned the findings, saying that publication in scientific journals was not a fair test of expertise. The findings have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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24th June 2010
EU WEIGHS PROS AND CONS OF TOUGHER EMISSIONS TARGETS
Study shows cost of responses to global warming is lower today than in 2008, when the EU adopted its climate change goals. Ahead of next week\'s UN climate talks, the EU has issued a study on the feasibility of toughening its emission reduction targets. The EU has already committed to a cutback in greenhouse gases of at least 20% on 1990 levels by 2020. At the UN climate conference in Copenhagen the bloc pledged to raise that target to 30% if other large polluting countries do the same. With no agreement so far, environment ministers have asked the commission to study the feasibility of the EU going it alone.
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24th June 2010
AUSTRALIAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ZERO CARBON AUSTRALIA STATIONARY ENERGY PLAN SYNOPSIS
16 page synopsis of full report A ten year roadmap for 100% renewable energy > Baseload energy supplied by renewable energy sources > Investment equivalent to one coffee per Australian per day
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24th June 2010
COMPANIES TOLD TO GET SMART ON POWER
AUSTRALIA could meet most of its promised greenhouse gas cuts and save money along the way by using energy more intelligently, a report shows. The nation lags behind all other developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said the Energy Efficiency Council, which commissioned the report.
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24th June 2010
GOING GREEN 'WOULD COST $1200 A YEAR'
Would you be willing to help beat climate change for $1200 a year? A new report says Australia could power itself entirely by renewable energy within a decade, halving the country\'s greenhouse gas emissions. But there\'s a price tag of $1200 for every adult and child for every year until 2020.
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24th June 2010
DO RENEWABLE ENERGY BY THE NUMBERS, AND IT ALL ADDS UP
The Age Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may give us the will to shape the future. TWENTY-EIGHT billion is a big number. In tonnes it is a mighty load. It is the sediment eroded globally each year from all our mountains and carried by all our rivers to all our seas. It is also the amount of carbon dioxide plumped into the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels. In dollar terms, it is the extra money we would need to spend each year for 10 years to build a zero-emission energy system in Australia.
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24th June 2010
CARBON COUNT
Greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in four states week ending June 10: *Total emissions so far this year are2.9% lower than at the same point last year. Combined emissions for four states 41% higher than 1990 and 11% higher than 2000 levels 13.8% higher than last week 0.1% lower than the same week
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24th June 2010
CUBBIE OFFERS WATER AS IT STRUGGLES TO STAY LIQUID
The Australian Financial REview Administrators of Australia\'s largestcotton irrigator, Cubbie Group, have offered to sell water to the federal government as part of the struggling company\'s restructure. At a meeting in St George in southwestern Queensland yesterday, administrator McGrathNicol confirmed it had tendered the water subject to conditions on bids from parties looking to buy Cubbie Group. It is believed up to $100 million worth of water was offered off the station, which has been the subject of allegations from downstream farmers that it was sucking too much water out of the system.
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18th June 2010
TRANSFORMING VICTORIA’S ENERGY FUTURE
Media release from the Minister for Energy & Resources The Brumby Labor Government today released a discussion paper setting the scene for how Victoria will cut greenhouse gas emissions, switch to more renewable energy supplies and create a climate change economy over the next decade and beyond. Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor said Victoria’s Energy Future was the start of a conversation with the community about what action was needed to move the State from its historic reliance on coal-fired power to a cleaner and greener future.
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