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George Monbiot says this getting really serious!
Added 1-12-2008
Just in case anyone is prone to outbursts of optimism, George Monbiot suggests that we might be better to suffer outbursts of realism. This excerpt, taken from The Guardian and circulated on Philip Sutton's Listserv Greenleap, is not a sunny read.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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