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3 Reasons Why Older People Should Care About Climate Change Action

Mon, 10/08/09 - Dr Gideon Polya
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It is in older peoples' best interests to insist on a target of 100% renewable energy by 2020. Here are three major ways inaction on climate change will adversely affect us if we don't.

Building Resilient Cities

Tue, 10/03/09 - Scott Ludlam
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Somewhere within the featureless expanse of brick and tile sprawl relentlessly consuming the Swan coastal plain, someone has taken the time to build a sustainable home.  

Forget the Carbon Economy

Sun, 22/02/09 - Peter.Droege
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 Instead of wasting time with an impossibly complex and ultimately hopeless carbon trade regime, let us swiftly implement a 100 per cent renewable energy system.

Why is Carbon Capture and Storage Needed?

Tue, 17/02/09 - Graeme.Puxty
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To meet our future energy needs in a cleaner way, we will need a mix of technologies, not just one.

New opportunities in a carbon economy

Tue, 10/02/09 - Greg.Hunt
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Why has the Rudd Government been so dismissive of the potential of biochar and other new green carbon technologies which offer enormous economic and environmental benefits? 

Renewable energy as stimulus

Sun, 01/02/09 - Matthew Tukaki
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Investing in renewable energy as a stimulus package: aligning the need for emission reduction with employment and industry growth.

An Awesome Book To Share About Energy

Mon, 13/10/08 - beyondgreen
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This is the most informative book ever written about energy independence. It covers bio fuels, wind energy, solar energy, electric plug in cars and hybrid cars. You will feel like an expert when you are done with this book. At least be able to hold your own in a good conversation.

Emissions Trading, where to from here?

Mon, 21/07/08 - Manus Higgins
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It is very possible to maintain our current lifestyles with the clean energy and associated enabling technologies.

Requiem for my Mazda

Tue, 01/07/08 - Douglascomms
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The car is dead, long live the car!

Stuck in the coal age, when the solar century has already begun

Wed, 21/05/08 - Site Administrator

Christine MilneBy Christine Milne

If climate change were prioritised by Government the way Defence is prioritised, the vision of an energy efficient Australia powered completely by renewable energy by 2020 would be entirely within our grasp.

Martin Ferguson, let the cat out of the bag shortly after the Budget, when he said that carbon capture and storage would be "essential for the long-term sustainability of coal-fired power generation." With those words, he betrayed the fact that his government prioritises the coal sector's profits over climate protection.

If that seems like a long bow to draw, look at the evidence that the Budget presents.

In the vital area of commercialisation of technologies, the myriad of renewable energy options that are ready to roll out now were allocated precisely zero for the coming year, with only $125 million in this term of government. Next to that, the pipedream that is ‘clean coal' received $35 million this year and $250 million this term.