In Denial: The Latest Casualties Of The Climate Industrial Complex
“Trekkies” should recall this pithy exchange about endangered humpback whales from the 1986 feature film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, between Leonard Nimoy’s famous character and actor Catherine Hicks, who played “Dr. Taylor,” the cetologist. “Mr. Spock” stated, To hunt…
ABC staff to walk off job next week – as it happened
From 7h ago The move comes after union members rejected a revised offer from management. The Community and Public Sector Union and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance held meetings on Wednesday and resolved that the sticking point is inadequate…
A tonne of fossil carbon isnât the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets canât save us
Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels; offsets will not save us
Cybersecurity ‘gaps’ exposed by hacks, paper says – as it happened
From 9h ago The Optus and Medibank incidents have exposed “gaps” in Australia’s existing incident response functions, according to a discussion paper released this afternoon. The discussion paper calls for regulatory changes – including potentially a new Cyber Security Act….
Climate change is threatening Valentine’s Day as we know it – The Boston Globe
This Valentine’s Day, things are getting hot and steamy — or at least, the planet is. After a brutal cold front in early February, spring-like temperatures have settled over New England for the holiday, a sign of the shorter winters…
Labor’s safeguard mechanism does more to save the fossil fuel industry than it does the planet | Richard Denniss
The enormous PEP-11 gas project off Sydney’s northern beaches is back in the headlines and the timing couldn’t be worse for a federal Labor government trying to rush a new climate policy through the parliament; a policy that does nothing…
Guest Post: Labor’s scheme to cut industrial emissions is worryingly flexible
BHP steelworks at Port Kembla Phto: John Englart Rebecca Pearse, Australian National University The federal government today proposed new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s polluting industrial sector. The rule changes apply to a measure known as the…
2002 Cabinet Documents: Climate change impacts ackniowledged by Foreign Minister Downer and Environment Minister Kemp as Australia refuses to sign Kyoto Protocol
Howard Cabinet in 2002 Cabinet documents released by the National Archives from 2002 shine a light on the conservative Liberal-National Party Coalition Government of Prime Minister John Howard in refusing to sign on to the UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol, and also…
Climate Change | Department of Public Health & Environment – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
The web portal and submission form for submitting annual GHG reports as required under Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) Regulation No. 22, Part A, can be accessed here. The web portal and submission form must be used by entities subject…
Victoria’s bold emissions target could be a turning point. Now here’s what we have to do | Jono La Nauze
During the final weeks of the Victorian election campaign, Daniel Andrews took to wearing a State Electricity Commission jacket at press conferences, using it to highlight Labor’s flagship policy of supplying publicly owned renewable energy through a revived SEC. It…
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