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The real cost of global warming
Kevin Rudd made quite a splash at the recent Bali Conference -- the latest chapter of the continuous global warming gabfest. The conference was the...
Kyoto comes with problems
Having placed Kyoto ratification as the No. 1 priority, former diplomat Kevin Rudd wakes up to reality. Rudd thinks ratifying Kyoto gives us some...
Carbon copies the order of the day
Over the weekend, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its "synthesis" report of the previous major papers released this...
Garrett needs to burn more midnight oil
The Labor Party has discovered a new, seemingly costless way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Opposition environment spokesman Peter Garrett...
Waste not, want not
The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste within Australia could be one of the single biggest contributions we can make to the safety of our...
Government should leave photovoltaic panels in the shade
While electricity molecules are the same no matter whether they come, from coal-burning generators, hydro or wind, the source of the product brings...
Price ceilings on electricity need to go
Last week marked the first ever retailer failure in the Australian electricity market. Energy One, a retailer serving customers mainly in...
Carbon tax or trade? It's all academic
The clamour for measures to prevent global warming is becoming more insistent. It is fashionable that nature is reflected in John Howard's...
Poll will trigger power shake-out
The courtship of Origin Energy by AGL will not be the final chapter of the turmoil in the energy market that began almost as soon as Victoria...
Principles trampled underfoot
Many politicians have made vigorous statements about the need for carbon taxes or setting tradeable rights to emit carbon dioxide. The West...