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Pollies Cool on Warming Fixes
Last week the US Senate debated a 500-page global warming bill known as the Warner-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade bill. The Democrats knew it would likely...
Driving in two directions on fuel
Two things stand out about the Rudd era of Australian politics. First, there is the Prime Minister's love of slogans - "working families" and...
Who will cut the apron strings of government?
Kevin Rudd's vision for the country is now starting to emerge. It's nothing if not ambitious. He has promised to change our health system, our...
Why a solar system still lacks power
In the range of energy supply systems designed to reduce greenhouse gases, the most expensive is photovoltaic cells, or solar panels. Engineering...
The alternative that dare not speak its name
Ross Garnaut issued his interim report on climate change in February and is due to issue a draft report next month. Conspicuously absent from the...
Power price spike scorches companies
AGL Energy has found a silver lining in the hot weather Adelaide has faced this year. The company is reported to have made an extra $60 million in...
Let's cool it in heat of great debate
Hundreds of prominent scientists this week attended a conference in New York hosted by the US Heartland Institute. The scientists rejected claims...
Mission Impossible
Professor Ross Garnaut is looking to the world stabilising emission levels at year 2000 levels "soon after 2020". Following this he sees a need for...
However you cut it, carbon dioxide is a fact of modern life
As Professor Garnaut examines ways forward in reducing Australia's carbon dioxide emissions, he will become aware of the enormity of the global...