Litigation over proposed greenhouse gas emission regulations by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sharply on the rise, according to a new report.
 The number of climate-change related lawsuits doubled in 2006-7, hit a plateau for …

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visiting Papua New Guinea today, met with various politicians and activists to discuss the environment and climate change.
She has offered to help Papua New Guinea create a sovereign wealth fund to manage its resource …

Australia should stop “hiding behind the evident untruth that no-one else is acting on climate change”, Parkinson Martin Parkinson, chief of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency said yesterday.
Speaking at an ANU forum, he said that …

Australia is “at the back of the pack” compared to other countries when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Climate Institute.
Investment in renewable energy has been discouragred by Australia’s …

Putting a price on carbon is “the only practical way” Australia can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the a task force group on energy efficiency has advised Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The report, released Friday, says …

– from the ABC radio show Tasmanian Country Hour; 27 September 2010
Risks of delaying an ETS
Report: Sally Dakis
The head of environment and carbon market consultancy Green Collar Group James Schultz is warning that Australia may face …

Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled yesterday a new climate change committee, which will canvass options for setting a price on carbon.
Chaired by Gillard, the committee will include Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan, Climate Change Minister …

– from the Climate Spectator website; 8 September 2010
Forest for the Trees
by Dr Mark Dangerfield, technical director, GCS
There is a consensus among climate scientists that the net greenhouse gas emission reductions we must achieve to …

The Greens said they will move “fast and furious” if the Labor Party’s Julia Gillard remains prime minister to set up a proposed climate change committee with the aim of imposing a price on carbon …

Esteemed climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern stressed the importance of deforestation in ameliorating the impacts of climate change while speaking at the National Press Club today.
He also said Australia could do a lot on climate …