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Turnbull quiet on talk he'll sack dissenters

Joe Hockey (R) has rubbished claims that Malcolm Turnbull will sack climate change dissenters. (AAP: Alan Porrit) Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is refusing to comment on reports that he will dump climate change dissenters from his front ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Malcolm Turnbull,  Joe Hockey,  Tony Abbott,  Stephen Smith

Australia: Report details coastal climate change risks

The Federal Government has released a new report titled Climate Change Risks to Australia's coasts. It is the first risk assessment done by the Commonwealth to gauge which areas on the eastern seaboard are most at risk from a sea level rise. Professor ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  16 Nov 2009

Boost food production or risk starvation: sunrice chief

SunRice CEO Gary Helou has urged world leaders to act globally to prevent a looming food crisis. Speaking at the United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change in New York, Gary Helou said food production needs to rise 50 per cent by 2030 to prevent ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Australia: Wong says Coalition has no ideas on climate change

TONY EASTLEY: The polls all say Malcolm Turnbull is not at all popular, but everyone wants a piece of him when it comes to debate about emissions trading legislation, or an ETS. The Opposition Leader is facing a divided party room and different ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Penny Wong,  Malcolm Turnbull

Australia: Pass ETS now: Garnaut

Credibility gap: Ross Garnaut says Australia isn't in the strongest position to lecture other countries on emissions cuts (ABC: File photo) The Federal Government's former climate change adviser Ross Garnaut says Australia's credibility on the issue ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  15 Sep 2009

Australia: Agriculture impact 'worse than mining'

A keynote speaker at a mining conference in Wollongong says the agriculture sector will come out worse off than the mining sector in the coming decades. Business forecaster Phillip Ruthven from the IBIS Group also told the conference agriculture has a ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  15 Sep 2009

Australia's methane gas could power the world: expert

Australia's abundant methane gas reserves found in coal seams could help power the world, according to a gas industry consultant. Addressing a major offshore oil and gas industry conference in Darwin this week, Tony Regan of Tri-Zen International says ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  12 Sep 2009

Australia: New blueprint needed to save biodiversity

National parks don't allow for species to move in response to a changing climate, say experts (Source: MD111/Flickr) Climate change will demand a shift in how we protect biodiversity and how we view natural systems, says a new Australian report. The ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  17 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Peter Garrett,  Flickr

Australia: Govt considers splitting climate change bills

There are warnings that a delay in passing the renewable energy targets would put green jobs at risk. (File photo) (ABC News) The Federal Government is under pressure from the Opposition and the Greens to reintroduce its bill for a 20 per cent ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Christopher Pyne,  Bob Brown,  Craig Emerson,  Kevin Rudd,  Barnaby Joyce

Australia: Wong savages 'mongrel' carbon plan

Senator Wong says the Coalition is recycling an idea that was rejected by the Canadian Government. (ABC News) The Government and Opposition are still at loggerheads over an emissions trading scheme despite the release of Coalition modelling today ...

From AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, EcoEarth News,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Penny Wong,  Nick Xenophon,  Malcolm Turnbull,  National Press Club,  Christine Milne

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