The Australian government announced plans for a $652 million renewable energy fund, in a reversal of policy direction just weeks after ditching its proposed climate bill.
Speaking in his budget address, Treasurer Wayne Swan said that …

Many people working on climate change in Canberra are about to switch gears.
Hundreds of public servants who had been preparing to roll out the now laid-to-rest emissions trading scheme will instead be put to work on renewable …

Some three-quarters of Australians support action to cut carbon emissions before a global agreement is reached, a new poll by Lowy Institute reveals.
However nearly a third of those surveyed do not want to pay for …

The government has shelved its emissions trading scheme for at least three years, in the hopes that in that time it will garner enough domestic support to pass it through the Senate.
The Carbon Pollution Reduction …

The Australian business community will be left behind by global competitors unless it takes advantage of low carbon opportunities, Minister for Employment participation Mark Arbib said, according to the AAP.
He rejected the claims that Australia would …

Home sustainability assessors left financially out of pocket by the suspension of the government’s flawed Green Loans scheme are threatening to file a class action law suit over their losses.
According to a campaign website set …

The Rudd government has shelved its plans for a national energy policy blueprint for Australia’s energy needs because of uncertainty about the emission trading scheme and the cost to electricity generators of cutting carbon emissions.
The delay …

Investment in renewables in Australasia has dropped by more than anywhere else in the world, amidst uncertainty over emission trading and the loss of value of renewable energy certificates.
Green deals fell by 59 percent year on …

The cost of slashing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent on 2000 levels by 2020 is about $1.8 billion, or as little as $185 per household, according to new  research by the non-profit outfit …

Australia is already experiencing climate change, with hotter springs, declining rainfall and sea level rises more than three times the global average in some areas, according to a report released today by the nation’s two …