Keywords: Emissions Reduction
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 18 December 2009
3 Comments
At conferences like this, an atmosphere of crisis is necessary for final deals to be achieved. Kevin Rudd will not want to define the summit as a failure so, hopefully, his notorious 5 per cent emissions reduction target will be left behind.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Paul Collins
- 17 December 2009
22 Comments
It's hard not to sound misanthropic when discussing population.
Conservatives accuse you of favouring abortion, contraception and sterilisation in developing countries. Progressives say
you're a cultural imperialist diverting attention from social justice.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 02 December 2009
23 Comments
Turnbull's and Hockey's personal dilemmas are now great. Could
they in good conscience stand as Liberals in the next election, which
they will know was provoked by the machinations of climate change
denialists and carbon lobbyists whose views now control the Liberal
Party?
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INFORMATION
- Damien Quinnell
- 19 November 2009
Right now, Australian’s elected politicians will decide our fate when
they vote on one of the most important pieces of legislation to come
before the Federal parliament in recent history. All of us will be directly affected by what is about to happen when the
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is re-introduced into Federal
Parliament.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 16 November 2009
6 Comments
My conversion moment came while walking along a busy interstate highway in Spain, crowded with trucks that were passing me every second, blowing me off my feet and filling my lungs with their exhaust gases. I knew then that we cannot go on like this.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Sarah Burnside
- 29 October 2009
7 Comments
Australia's decision to reduce its intake of the endangered southern bluefin tuna has outraged the industry. The global fishing industry is unsustainable, and fishing is second only to climate change as
the greatest environmental threat to marine ecosystems.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Wicks
- 18 September 2009
6 Comments
Some will be concerned by the black and white treatment of climate
change in Tony Kevin's book. There is common
ground now to generate significant policy changes with a focus
on wellbeing, even while the CO2 debate continues to rage.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 16 September 2009
5 Comments
If anyone expected Ross Garnaut to be bitter about the
Government's inadequate response to his 2008 Review, they were wrong.
He is optimistic about the positive public impact of the Review and said climate change denialists are 'grasping at straws'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 11 May 2009
3 Comments
The community is divided over the Government's revised climate change strategy. Australia has the most visible evidence of climate change, which makes it all the more urgent for us to provide leadership on the world stage.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 March 2009
17 Comments
A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction
scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must
take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 08 January 2009
11 Comments
Kevin Rudd's announcement of a 5 per cent 2020 emissions reduction target is a betrayal. He has put short-term political survival ahead of his responsibilities to the next generation. Where is Bonhoeffer when we need him? (December 2008)
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 15 December 2008
7 Comments
Kevin Rudd's announcement of a 5 per cent 2020 emissions reduction target is a betrayal. It appears he has put short-term political survival ahead of his responsibilities to the next generation. Where is Bonhoeffer when we need him?
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