During the election campaign, the Federal government announced some revamped climate change policy.  The one that stole most headlines was Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that if re-elected, her government would establish a “citizen’s assembly” …

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined a high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability.
The former prime minister has been appointed a decision announced by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in New York overnight.
Rudd will not …

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he doubts that member states would reach a new global climate change deal in December at a conference in Cancun, Mexico.
A better approach might consist of small steps …

The White House is “deeply disappointed” that Congress hasn’t passed climate legislation but won’t give up on getting it done this year, President Obama’s top climate and energy adviser told NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday.
The …

Global climate change talks have moved backwards since last year, various media quotes negotiators from both rich and poor nations as saying after recent climate talks in Germany.
The US envoy has accused some countries of …

Stung by the failure to secure a Senate vote on climate and energy legislation, leaders of some of the most influential green groups in the US are shifting efforts to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority …

Tropical forests are at risk of losing most of the plants and animals, according to a new report from the Carnegie Institution on the effects of climate change and deforestation.
Climate change and the spread of …

The failure of the US Senate to enact comprehensive energy and climate legislation prior to the August recess likely dooms its prospects for 2010, despite vows by its most ardent supporters to press forward.
Instead of …

Through better land management and a cull of feral animals, Australia’s Outback would serve as a massive “pollution bank,” cutting emissions by five percent by 2030, according to a study commissioned by the Pew Environment Group …

The architects behind the proposed U.S. Senate climate legislation are working overtime to round up support for a slimmed-down version of  the bill that would curb emissions from only the electric utility sector.
Bill authors John Kerry …