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Monday, 21 July 2008

Government rushing emissions scheme: Turnbull  Comments

Malcolm Turnbull | AAP

18/07/2008 12:00:00 PM. The federal opposition says it will examine legislation setting up an emissions trading scheme with "great care".

What we will be doing is examining Labor's proposal with great care ... to ensure that it does not put Australian jobs, Australian industries at peril. Opposition treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull

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Govt releases clean car guide  Comments

Car Exhaust | Getty

20/07/2008 7:16:00 AM. A new car guide that exposes the vehicles that emit the highest levels of carbon, will be released today.

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Rudd hits the airwaves to sell his trading emissions plans  Comments

Kevin Rudd | AAP

17/07/2008 12:20:00 PM. Criticisms of the proposed emissions trading scheme, have seen the Federal Government out in force today defending its plan.

Nothing's going to be perfect but it certainly beats sticking your head in the sand, which is what the Liberal Party has been doing for 12 years. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

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Warnings over Rudd’s plan to slash fuel excise  Comments

Petrol pump | Getty

17/07/2008 6:15:00 AM. Motorists will be shielded from any massive hikes in petrol under Labor's emissions trading plans, but green groups say it's a big mistake.

We’ll be ripping billions of dollars out of the climate action fund through this petrol excise reduction. John Connor from the Climate Institute

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Store it in the ocean and forests: Rudd's carbon scheme  Comments

Forest | Getty

15/07/2008 7:48:00 AM. It is claimed carbon emissions would be stored in our forests and oceans as part of a controversial emissions trading scheme put forward by the Rudd government.

Not only is it very costly, no one knows whether it is a realistic storage solution for carbon emissions. Treasury source

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Alleged killer says stabbing rampage an accident  

14/07/2008 5:00:00 PM. A Sydney jury has heard a woman who allegedly murdered her husband, told his best friend she never meant to kill him.

 

75 per cent of energy is being wasted: Climate Institute  Comments

Light bulbs | Getty

14/07/2008 9:26:00 AM. Australian households are under pressure to improve energy efficiency after the release of a new report.

We know that to tackle climate change we need a whole of economy reform to reduce our carbon pollution across the economy. Climate Change Minister Penny Wong

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More bad news for Murray-Darling  

Drought | Getty

20/07/2008 3:36:00 PM. Federal and state governments today issued yet another bleak report on the parched Murray-Darling, pointing to potential difficulties in maintaining the water supply from next year.

Governments would also need to consider how they would set aside water early to protect critical human needs for 2009-10. Government statement

 

Hundreds of baby penguins wash up on Brazil's shores  

Baby penguines wash up on Rio Di Janeiro's shores | AAP

19/07/2008 6:34:00 PM. Hundreds of baby penguins have been swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches.

... We're seeing more young and sick penguins because of global warming, which affects ocean currents and creates more cyclones, making the seas rougher. Biologist Erli Costa of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University

 

Emissions plan set to hit Senate snag  Comments

Penny Wong | AAP

17/07/2008 7:49:00 PM. The federal government's plan for emissions trading could hit a brick wall in the Senate, as opposition politicians attack the scheme from all sides.

Well, we will be attacked from both the left and the right Kevin Rudd

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Public left in dark on economics of carbon trading: Turnbull  Comments

Malcolm Turnbull | AAP

17/07/2008 10:34:00 AM. The opposition says households and businesses are being asked to comment on the government's carbon trading scheme, without knowing all the economic details.

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