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The new Chinese Five-Year-Plan – an equation of x+y=z?

Justine — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:39:55 +0000

If ever there were a question of ‘what does China think?’ the 12th Chinese five-year plan came one step closer to answering it.

As it turns out, it thinks a lot about itself, as itself and with others. The ambitions of the plan, announced on the 14th of March this year, is a comprehensive and [...]

Can you be too green?

GreenCollar — Tue, 31 May 2011 04:06:36 +0000

Back in 2009 the Australian Greens helped the opposition to vote down the then Labor government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation. They said that it was weak on emission reduction targets; the proposed 5 per cent cut was too far from the minimum 25 per cent the Greens wanted.

Now, as a much weaker carbon-tax-to-trading-scheme [...]

GreenCollar is a 2010 City of Sydney Business Awards Finalist

GreenCollar — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:15:14 +0000

GreenCollar was a finalist in the 2010 city of Sydney business award and a finalist in the city of Sydney sustainable business awards.

Government announces new $652m renewables fund

GreenCollar — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:35:17 +0000

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 the government would “roll out the most substantial renewable energy plan this country has seen,”as it keeps its commitment [...]

Will a feed-in tariff create the green jobs Australia is looking for?

Jan — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:47:43 +0000

The renewable energy industry and its supporters in Australia have claimed for years that a feed-in tariff will be the way towards grid parity as well as a way to build up a renewable energy industry and create thousands of jobs. This has been echoed particularly strongly by the local solar industry – quoting Europe [...]

Switch in climate change work for Canberra

GreenCollar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:59:55 +0000

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 energy initiatives. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday there was a ”truckload” of work to be done in that [...]

Poll finds Australians still keen on climate action

GreenCollar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:48:17 +0000

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 cuts.

Lowy Institute spokesman Michael Wesley told ABC News that the poll “reflects a trend that we’ve seen [...]

CPRS shelved until 2013

GreenCollar — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:40:42 +0000

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 Scheme (CPRS) was proposed more than a year ago and was meant to start this year. It failed to [...]

Australian industry will be left behind if it ignores low carbon opportunities, Minister tells business

GreenCollar — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:07:17 +0000

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 be penalised economically by shifting to a low carbon economy, saying: ”Let’s be clear. Transitioning to a low carbon economy does [...]

Home assessors to sue government over Green Loans scheme

GreenCollar — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:15:33 +0000

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 up by a group of assessors, at least 180 people who have incurred debts as a result of the [...]