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Environment
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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Environment | National
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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Public left in dark on economics of carbon trading: Turnbull
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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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VIDEO: SELLING THE PLAN: Wong faces the media on Labor's ETS AUDIO: 'This is the cheapest way we can do it': Penny Wong talks to 2GB's Jason Morrison Turnbull, Truss attack emissions trading
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
Fuel excise cut is just a stunt, says Hunt
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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Govt releases clean car guide
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.
US police investigate gruesome murder
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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AUDIO: 'We can all be doing more': Penny Wong says the government is responding We're not hiding behind the Pope, says Wong
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
Farmers face jail for stealing from the Murray
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
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
Turnbull, Truss attack emissions trading
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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