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Transportation emissions could be cut in half by 2050
Surely what we desperately need is drastic action on transport, perhaps the most effective measure, for us to recognise need for behavioural change? How sick is Minister Greg Hunt giving taxpayers money, to one selected leasing company, to reduce cost … Continue reading
Australia’s weaker emissions standards allow car makers to ‘dump’ polluting cars
Australia has no regulatory CO2 emission standards to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and its impact on climate change. This allows car manufacturers and importers to dump their high CO2 emitting vehicles because there are no restrictions….The regulation stated that “environmental considerations“ … Continue reading
Not stop climate change by Reducing emissions alone : new research
Based on current greenhouse gas emissions, the world is on track for 4C warming by 2100… 2 papers published today… first…shows, to limit warming below 2C…remove some carbon from the atmosphere, no matter how strongly we reduce emissions… second, shows, even if we can … Continue reading
One year on from the carbon price, Australia’s emissions rebound is clear
Analysis, using detailed NEM operational data from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) finds emissions intensity, which was increasing until shortly before June 2012, fell continuously (see graph below) for most of the two years to June 2014. Since then, … Continue reading
PepsiCo and FedEx among leading brands calling for truck efficiency
“While medium and heavy-duty trucks only make up 7 percent of all vehicles on the road, they consume 25 percent of the fuel used by all U.S. vehicles…Fuel costs are passed on to consumers, which can, in turn, affect a … Continue reading
Matching US climate target means hard work needs to start now
What may not be appreciated by many people is that Australia’s policy settings aren’t really aiming to ensure emissions in the year 2020 are 5 per cent below those prevailing in 2000. Instead they’re focused on an international treaty target … Continue reading
New year. New government. Fresh start?
After 4 years anti environment state government, Victoria now has a chance to step back into 21st century. ALP government has made welcome initial announcements on environment…<but, as> yet we don’t know full climate and environmental agenda… Please let Premier Daniel Andrews know that … Continue reading
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Greg Hunt – blinkered attitudes on carbon pricing
Our Federal Minister for Environment continues to insist that emissions were reduced more in years before, not after, introduction of carbon tax! Without a Minister for Science and many of them being has been lawyers, how ‘ornery do they make Australia look? Here’s … Continue reading
FactCheck: did carbon emissions fall faster before the carbon price?
Emissions fell by six times the rate in the five years before carbon tax than under carbon tax. – Environment minister Hunt, The Guardian, Jan 17, 2015. Australia’s total greenhouse emissions have been declining since 2007, the year the Rudd Labor Government … Continue reading
350 Or Bust: Scientists Warn Even 2°C Warming Leads To ‘Disastrous Consequences’ And Must Be Avoided
The bloke who called the 2degC limit was an economist, not climate scientist, Lord Nicholas Stern. When told this meant 450ppm CO2 limit, he proclaimed that world could not afford it, so 550ppm was his first pass. 12 months later, … Continue reading
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