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Independents and Greens demand climate action
Wed, 25/08/10 – 6:18 | Posted by GreenCollar

Australia’s new Green Party MP Adam Bandt joined with independents – Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – in a call for action on climate change.
Speaking at the Press Club on Wednesday, Bandt reiterated the Green …

Blame it on climate change
Wed, 25/08/10 – 4:19 | Posted by GreenCollar

Climate change is increasingly being blamed for weather disasters leading to disease, hunger and homelessness. This is a short summary of recent disasters and other unfortunate developments blamed on climate change.

In Latin America, diseases like …

Japan carbon credits come expensive
Wed, 25/08/10 – 3:28 | Posted by GreenCollar

The first carbon credits in Tokyo’s new cap-and-trade scheme traded hands on Monday at a price of  US$142 per tonne, well above market rates for carbon elsewhere, PointCarbon News reported.
Carbon credits traded were generated from an …

What critical independents have said about climate change
Tue, 24/08/10 – 1:02 | Posted by GreenCollar

Independents now have the power to influence Australia’s climate change policy for years to come. Here is a review of their positions, as extracted from public statements during the past two years and debates around …

Election time climate change policies reviewed
Wed, 18/08/10 – 8:58 | Posted by GreenCollar

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” …

Kevin Rudd joins UN sustainability panel
Tue, 10/08/10 – 10:19 | Posted by GreenCollar

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 …

Small steps in climate change, UN chief urges
Tue, 10/08/10 – 10:14 | Posted by GreenCollar

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 …

White House still hopes for climate bill
Tue, 10/08/10 – 10:08 | Posted by GreenCollar

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 talks ‘gone backwards’
Sat, 7/08/10 – 0:42 | Posted by GreenCollar

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 …

US green groups shift focus to states
Thu, 5/08/10 – 0:53 | Posted by GreenCollar

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 …