Media releases: Climate Change
Changes to renewable energy target should help
Servicing a wind generator. Image: Pacific Hydro
Environmentalists and the clean energy industry have welcomed changes to the Federal Government’s renewable energy target (RET). We welcome the changes to boost incentives for large-scale renewable energy projects. more »
Australia’s climate commitment too weak
Way off target
We are disappointed by the Federal Government’s recent announcement that it will not strengthen its greenhouse pollution reduction targets when it submits them to the UN as part of the Copenhagen Accord. more »
Tests for environmentally effective climate policy
Tackling climate change?
The Government has committed to reintroducing the CPRS to Parliament on 2 February. The Coalition has committed to releasing an alternative climate change policy. Here we outline five tests that any effective climate policy must meet. more »
Don hands proxy forms to Kevin Rudd
Don Henry hands over proxy forms to Kevin Rudd in Copenhagen
Thousands of concerned Australians who couldn't go to Copenhagen filled out proxy forms, authorising Don Henry to represent their views. In Copenhagen, Don handed them over to Kevin Rudd.
“It was an absolute pleasure for me to do this because it is only through the determination of millions of Australians who care about climate change that we will achieve a result.” more »
Big polluters continue bad practices
Big polluter
New research shows some of Australia’s biggest corporate polluters continue to publicly exaggerate the impact of the Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme on their businesses, while giving a very different picture in their formal disclosures to the market.
“The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme won’t be effective if it is billions of dollars in the red because of excessive handouts to big polluters.” more »
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