About Us
Science
Projects
News
Links
Ask the WPGA
Contact Us
Supporters
Home
 
News - Latest Emissions

Getting stuck into clean coal - the oxymoron

Added 3-11-2008

What a mellifluous phrase - clean coal, alliterative, hygenic, almost virtuous. But can it be truthful? Coal is carbon is coal - and it is the carbon that is the problem ... therefore it is coal that is the problem and no amount of spin can change that. This article, circulated on Philip Sutton's listserv Greenleap, discusses the spin.
Read More...

A strong argument for a ''real'' feed-in tarrif

Added 20-10-2008

We can assist change with 'carrots' and 'sticks'. If you are going to have carrots, make sure that they are tasty. This Age article suggests that Batchelor and Brumby don't seem to understand this when it comes to 'feed-in'tarrifs.
Read More...

Bottled water - the triumph of marketing over common-sense

Added 20-10-2008

Do we know what is in our bottled water? What are the regulations that our bottles must follow? Does Australian tap-water need to be filtered? Is buying bottled water anything other than convenience? US research (see ewg.org) suggests questions that we should be asking here.
Read More...

Climate Change Risks and Adaption Report released today

Added 3-10-2008

This media release signals the completion of the Impacts and Adaptations project that the WPGA has carried out on behalf of its funders, the Australian Government's Department of Climate Change and the Victorian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment.

Read More...

The five ‘elephants’ of the proposed federal government’s emissions trading scheme

Added 26-9-2008

Peter Christoff points out the shortcomings in the proposed CPRS. We have to start with the most robust scheme to reach the targets the science tells we need. It is then the politicians job to sell it.
Read More...

Next
Page(s) : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
36 post(s) found on 8 page(s)
Search the Archives
Looking for something in particular? Try searching here!


View Latest Articles
 
   
   
Frankston City Mornington Peninsula Shire City of Casey Bass Coast Shire Cardinia Shire
WPGA - a partnership of Western Port's Councils
 
   
 
© Copyright WPGA 2007
Web design BriTer Solutions