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Destruction of Carbon bank, Reject Alice Uranium Licence, Water Reform

Tue, 2008-08-12 17:17 — Cyber Activist

Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Rudd must end destruction of Australia's biggest 'Green Carbon' banks, native forests - Greens

The Australian National University's report on the role of natural
forests as Australia's biggest carbon banks underscores the horror of logging in an age of climate change, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

"Native forest logging is the Rudd government's biggest blind spot in tackling climate change. It is three times worse for climate change than previous assessments estimated (640 units of carbon, not 217) and in tall eucalypt forests like those of Victoria's central highlands or Tasmania's Styx, Weld and Florentine valleys, it is 10 times worse (over 2,000 units of carbon)," Senator Brown said.

"The Rudd government should be leading the charge in Copenhagen to ensure the green carbon in the natural forests of both developed and developing countries are recognised and protected."

The ANU report says logging 'is equal to 24 per cent of the 2005
Australian net greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors; which were 559 million tonnes of CO2 in that year'.

"That is more than the whole of the transport sector," Senator Brown said.

Senator Brown said that Prime Minister Rudd approving Gunns' pulp mill in Tasmania will be a culpable act, worse than approving a new
coal-fired power station.

"Ending logging costs nothing but a transition package for workers and has a huge bonus in protecting wild flora and fauna, as well as water storages. However, Mr Rudd has, quite perversely, already offered $100 million of taxpayers' money in transport infrastructure largely aimed to get Gunns' pulp mill up and going."

Senator Brown said that the blind spot on the destruction of
Australia's biggest carbon banks by the export woodchip industry was facilitated by the widespread placement of forestry aficionados in government agencies, including the Australian Greenhouse Office.

"The AGO's failure to produce this analysis years ago is deliberate
and inexcusable. It has undermined the Office's own mission," Senator Brown said.

NOTES

1. Native forests and other native vegetation store massive amounts of carbon. Logging carbon rich native forests greatly exacerbates global warming.

2. Protecting and restoring native forests and their stored carbon
is a central and positive part of the solution to the climate crisis
in Australia, as well as globally.

3. Emissions (not net emissions) from native forest logging and
clearing exceeded 90 Mt CO2 in 2006 (the most recent figures
available), compared with 80 Mt CO2 for transport.

4. All emission sources should be reduced, including from native
forest logging and clearing of native vegetation (not necessarily via
emissions trading). Currently native forest logging is ignored in the
proposed CPRS and there is no serious attention to reducing emissions from land clearing.

5. Emissions from native forest logging and clearing are largely
avoidable. The simplest way to deal with them is through regulation and a transition package to assist affected workers and industries.

6. The only aspect of 'forestry' proposed to be covered by
emissions trading is new plantations (planted from 1990), boosted by existing tax deductions. These compete with agriculture for land and water.

Report says native forests store 3 times as much carbon as previously thought (9 times as much in Tasmania's Styx Valley)

The report says native forests hold 9.3 billion tonnes of carbon (a
car emits 4 tonnes per year).
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Monday, 4 August 2008

Greens call on major parties to reject Alice Springs uranium
exploration licence. The two major parties should reject the Cameco/Paladin application for a uranium exploration licence close to Alice Springs, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today, following his visit to the Northern Territory.

"A uranium mine 21km from the CBD of Alice Springs is unthinkable," Senator Brown said.

"Labor and the Country Liberal parties should have already rejected the Cameco/Paladin application," Senator Brown said.

"The uranium exploration site covers the subterranean water source for Alice Springs and it is also in the path of seasonal dust storms. If it goes ahead it will create radioactive waste that will be toxic for thousands of years."

"Alice Springs is already a global attraction with it stunning natural
environment and rich cultural history. The approval of an exploration licence will threaten jobs in tourism and other local industries, aswell as damage Alice Springs' clean solar city image," Senator Brown said.

Senator says Environment Minister Peter Garrett should make clear he will stop the mine if Territory authorities give it the go ahead.

A short YouTube clip about the licence application, made by the NT
Greens, can be viewed at: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=36vOfdA5cvQ

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Monday 4 August 2008

Give it some teeth: Greens call for truly independent water authority

Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has said there must be a truly independent water authority for the Murray-Darling to have a chance at being restored.

"Under the current model, State Premiers can veto the decisions of this supposed 'authority'," said Senator Hanson-Young.

"Unless we have a genuinely independent national water authority, that actually has teeth to enforce its rulings, the river will die.

"The present situation is a mess of bureaucracy and buck-passing.

"Prime Minister Rudd must take leadership on the issue and facilitate a properly national approach to fixing this disaster."

The Greens are backing scientists' calls for new water to be released into the river system by October, in order to restore environmental flows to the parched waterway.

"The Murray needs a drink before Christmas," concluded Senator
Hanson-Young.

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will be attending the rally at Goolwa next Sunday August 10 from 10.30am in support of the River Murray.
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For further information please call Gemma Clark on 0427 604 760

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603
Ebony Bennett
Media Adviser
Office of Greens Senator Bob Brown
Ph: (02) 6277 3170
Fax: (02) 6277 3185

Visit Bob's new myspace site at:
www.myspace.com/bobbrowngreens

Sydney climate emergency rally: organising meeting August 14

Sun, 2008-08-10 00:43 — Cyber Activist

via: Yahoo Climate Change Action Group
Sydney climate emergency rally: organising meeting
***August 14***
Take part in organising a climate emergency rally in Sydney, September 27, please come to the first meeting:

6.30pm
Thursday August 14
UTS

We're seeking the involvement of as many groups and individuals as possible, so please forward this through your networks.

Supported by

Alison Potter, Climate Change Balmain-Rozelle
Brianna Pike, Resistance
Damien Lawson,
Climate Justice Coordinator Friends of the Earth Australia
Janet France, North Shore Climate Action
Jonathan Doig, Sutherland Climate Action Network
Jo Ferris, Sydney Uni enviro collective convenor
Jo Spangaro, Ryde Gladesville Climate Change Action Group
Kamala Emanuel, Socialist Alliance
Maria White, UNSW enviro collective co-convenor
Nicky Ison

*We need urgent action on climate change!*
A call for a national week of protest action beginning September 21
Climate change is already occurring, much faster than the world's
scientists have predicted. Recent data including the very real possibility of the arctic sea-ice melting by September this year demonstrate that this is a climate emergency.

We are concerned that the Australian government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme will be full of loopholes and by the government's own admission will allow emissions to continue rising for some years. We believe such incremental measures are unacceptable: We need greenhouse emissions to start to fall immediately and sharply.

To begin to solve the problem we need action on many fronts including:

* No new coal;
* Massive public spending on renewable energy;
* More public transport not new freeways;
* End logging of old growth forests.

We call for a national week of protests across Australia at the Spring Equinox, in the week beginning September 21. This week of action can highlight the summer melt of the Arctic ice and other worrying signs that demand urgent measures to de-carbonise the economy from state and Federal governments.

We ask climate change campaign groups and networks and all environmentally concerned organisations across Australia to work together for a co-ordinated and effective week of public protest around these themes.

*Call issued by the organising committee for the July 5 Climate Emergency rally in Melbourne
Endorsed unanimously by participants at the final session of the August 2
Climate Justice seminar in Melbourne
http://www.climatejusticeseminar.blogspot.com
Please spread the word and START ORGANISING!!!

climate change impact on water and sanitation.

Tue, 2008-08-26 15:31 — Cyber Activist

climate change impact on water and sanitation. - Dear Friends, Greetings from MASS & Water Initiatives Orissa ! We are compiling a country strategy paper on "Climate Change and Drinking Water Sanitation" that will form the base for a National Workshop on the subject, we will be holding shortly. For this paper, we are looking for good studies & reports that narrate impacts of climate change in water and sanitation. We are also seeking examples of adaptation and mitigation, especially community based approaches. Please lead us to any reports and web links that you think would help us get a real picture of these issues in general and India in specific.

May we also request you to kindly share with us your ideas and experiences on the subject and also please let us know if you think you can participate in the workshop and contribute a paper. At present we are looking forward to "Abstracts" of papers that individuals and institutions can present in the workshop and would shortly write to people with further details on the workshop. However, it would be highly appreciated if you could share your ideas and abstracts asap so that we can plan the final list of participants.

Selected participants will be provided with travel and logistics by the
organisers.

Looking forward to hear from you at the earliest.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan
--
Ranjan K Panda
Dhanupali, Sambalpur 768005, Orissa, INDIA
Mobile: +919437050103
Skype: ranjan.climatecrusader

A TRULY EVOLVED BEING IS ONE THAT VALUES OTHERS MORE THAN IT VALUES ITSELF.... bloged from: [Climate Change Action Group]

The nuclear debate for slow learners

Fri, 2008-08-22 20:56 — Cyber Activist

blogged from ...The nuclear debate for slow learners - [Greens-Media] Wednesday 20th August 2008 Brendan Nelson's confused call for a renewed debate on nuclear energy would be funny if it were not so serious, [Climate Change Action Group]... thanks to Greg.
thanks to Greg too, for watering my Bonsai Trees :-)

1. Nuclear debate for slow learners
2. Wong ducks deforestation hypocrisy-Greens
3. S-E NSW biomass power is no solution to climate challenges
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Tuesday 19 August 2008
[Greens-Media]
Wednesday 20th August 2008

Brendan Nelson's confused call for a renewed debate on nuclear energy
would be funny if it were not so serious, Australian Greens spokesperson on nuclear issues Senator Scott Ludlam said today.

"The Greens welcome the call for yet another rational, informed debate
on nuclear energy. Australia has these debates every couple of years,
and the pro-nuclear side keep losing. They never seem to figure out
why."

"Australians have a deep distrust of nuclear technology. It is not
because they are emotional, irrational or uninformed, but because
nuclear power and uranium mining have no place in a sustainable society and people know it," said Senator Ludlam.

"Nuclear weapons, nuclear waste and the risk of accidental contamination for thousands of years stands in stark contrast to the prosperous, renewable society that most Australians want. So by all means lets have the nuclear debate again, and this time let's talk about the role Australia plays in providing uranium fuel to this most destructive of industries. I'm eager to hear Minister Peter Garrett's views on that subject," he concluded.

For media enquiries contact Scott Ludlam on 0417 174 302

Tim Norton
Communications & Campaigns
Office of Rachel Siewert | Australian Greens Senator for WA
Tim.Norton@... | M: 0418 401 180
www.rachelsiewert.org.au | www.greens.org.au | www.greensblog.org
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Wong ducks deforestation hypocrisy-Greens
Tuesday 19 August 2008

The Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, has ignored Australia's
logging and burning of native forests as a critical contribution to
global warming in her Sydney speech to loggers today, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

"The latest Australian National University research shows that such
logging may produce up to 25 per cent of Australia's carbon pollution of
the atmosphere. But Minister Wong, while outlining the Rudd government's overseas aid to stop logging in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, ducked Australia's need to stop logging here," Senator Brown said.

"In fact, Prime Minister Rudd has committed $100 million to Tasmanian
transport infrastructure spending with Gunns' proposed pulp mill the
beneficiary.

"Senator Wong's promise to the loggers to fund reforestation activities
is crazy when she backs public funding of a pulp mill which entails
deforestation of 200,000 hectares.

"Senator Wong advocates carbon sinks as "practical action" while also
backing destruction of Australia's biggest carbon sinks - its native
forests. This is bad economic, environmental and forest policy," Senator
Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603
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S-E NSW biomass power is no solution to climate challenges
19 August 2008

Developing wood-fired power stations based on so-called wastes from
native forestry in NSW's South-East would weaken Australia's ability
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

Dr Kaye who is today visiting the South Coast to talk about energy
issues said: "We will be working hard to stop biomass electricity
generation from native forestry feed-stocks being included in
renewable energy targets.

"Recent research from the ANU massively increased estimates of carbon
locked up in the native forests.

"This moves these biomass power stations from the green side of the
ledger to the brown team. They should should sit alongside coal-fired
generators as major contributors to global warming.

"In a climate change-constrained world, continued wood-chipping of
native forests will inevitably be recognised as an irresponsible and
unnecessary release of greenhouse gases.

"Developing power plants based on biomass from these forests would not only create new economic dependencies on a high emission activity. It would actually increase greenhouse gas emissions.

"Professor Mackey's research released two weeks ago shows that ending the exploitation of Eastern Australia's native forests and allowing them to regrow would take about 24 per cent of Australia's current annual greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere for each of the next 100 years.

"That would be a massive and welcome 136 million tonnes of CO2 annual contribution to repairing the climate.

"With figures like these there is little hope of generating
sustainable electricity based on products coming from an industry
that is a major emitter.

"Forestry industry propaganda talks about burning wastes to create the impression of sustainability.

"Wood-chips would inevitably end up in the furnaces and biomass would drive the continued expansion of an unsustainable industry," Dr Kaye said.

For more information: John Kaye
Greens member of the NSW Parliament
phone: (02) 9230 2668
fax: (02) 9230 2586
mobile: 0407 195 455
email: john.kaye@...
web: www.johnkaye.org.au

mail: Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000
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TAMAR VALLEY POWER STATION PURCHASE NOW A FAIT ACCOMPLI?

As Government Energy Strategy Collapses Under Basslink Gamble
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

The Tasmanian Greens today responded to the Premier's Ministerial
Statement regarding the government's buy back of the Tamar Valley Power Station, which had been predicted by the Greens, saying that the purchase was now a fait accompli due to Labor control of the Lower
House.

Greens Shadow Energy spokesperson and Member for Bass Kim Booth MP said today that all domestic power consumers would ultimately pay the price of both the Tamar Valley Power Station buy-back, and the Basslink gamble, which has left Tasmania in a perilous energy position, through increased power prices.

Mr Booth also pointed out that the Premier suddenly has had to take over the issue of the Tamar Valley power saying that it appears that Mr
Llewellyn had bungled this project and misinformed the public about its
future so badly that Mr Bartlett has had to intervene in a desperate
attempt to restore government credibility.

"The Labor government has now locked Tasmania into expensive power with no room to move," said Mr Booth.

"This latest farce of the government buying back the Tamar Valley Power Station is just another sad chapter in Labor's book of energy mistakes."

"Thanks to Labor incompetence and failure to listen to advice, we are
now taking over a half finished lemon with no grid connection at this
time, instead of a unit that should have been custom built to operate
within the frequency restraints of the current Tasmanian system, as the
Greens had advocated when we were the only Party in the Parliament to vote against the station's sale last year."

"Again and again I queried what was going on with the Tamar Valley Power Station, and I was just fobbed off by Mr Llewellyn, I broke the news publicly last week that the government intended to buy back the station and was ridiculed by the Minister at the time."

"Now it is David Llewellyn who looks ridiculous as his ducking and
weaving, and bungling of the Energy portfolio, has been exposed to the
extent that it has required the Premier to have to step in, confess to
the Tasmanian public, and clean up the mess," Mr Booth said.

Kim Booth MP
Greens Shadow Energy Spokesperson
Contact: State Parliamentary Offices of the Tasmanian Greens,
(03) 6233 8300
www.tas.greens.org.au

Submissions due Friday (tomorrow) on Feed-in Tariff for renewables

Thu, 2008-08-14 22:04 — Cyber Activist

Your chance to support Christine Milne's FIT Bill
Posted by: "Steve Meacher" via Climate Emergency Network
Date: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:19 am

This Friday, August 15, is the deadline for submissions to the SenateInquiry into Christine Milne's Private Member's Bill for a nationalgross Feed-in Tariff for all renewable energy technologies.

http://greensblog.org/2008/06/20/help-me-make-a-renewable-feed-in-law- a-reality/

http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/eca_ctte/renewable_energy/ index.htm

Prepare For Global Temperature Rise of 4C, Warns Top Scientist

Mon, 2008-08-11 21:07 — Cyber Activist

Prepare For Global Temperature Rise of 4C, Warns Top Scientist - Defra's chief adviser says we need strategy to adapt to potential catastrophic increase by James Randerson Published on Thursday, August 7, 2008 ... [ Read more: CCA]

Perhaps funding policy needs a bit of a "tweek"

Tue, 2008-08-05 18:05 — Cyber Activist

Perhaps funding policy needs a bit of a "tweek"
'500 apply for solar rebate per week' - http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4846677 [Full thread - Climate Change Action Group]

Earth near tipping point, climatologist warns

Sat, 2008-06-28 10:42 — Cyber Activist

Earth near tipping point, climatologist warns - Published on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, by The Toronto Star - Earth Near Tipping Point, Climatologist Warns - by Tim Harper [read more at the Climate Change Action Group]

Climate Findings Were Distorted, Probe Finds

Thu, 2008-06-05 14:07 — Cyber Activist

Climate Findings Were Distorted, Probe Finds
Appointees in NASA Press Office Blamed
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

FW: Save the Mary River info

Sun, 2008-06-01 15:14 — Cyber Activist

FW: Save the Mary River info - For those in SE Qld.
Rally to protest the proposed Traverston Crossing Dam. The Qld Labor Party is holding its State Convention at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on June 21,22. Kevin "I'm here to help" Rudd will be there. Fwd to your contacts. [READ MORE: Climate Change Action Group]

World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn

Thu, 2008-05-15 16:36 — Cyber Activist

World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/12/climatechange.carbonemissions

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control.

Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere now stand at 387 parts per million (ppm), up almost 40% since the industrial revolution and the highest for at least the last 650,000 years.

The figures, published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on its website, also confirm that carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than expected. The annual mean growth rate for 2007 was 2.14ppm -
the fourth year in the past six to see an annual rise greater than 2ppm. From 1970 to 2000, the concentration rose by about 1.5ppm each year, but since 2000 the annual rise has leapt to an average 2.1ppm.

Scientists say the shift could indicate that the Earth is losing its natural ability to soak up billions of tons of carbon each year.

Climate models assume that about half our future emissions ill be re-absorbed by forests and oceans, but the new figures confirm this may be too optimistic. If more of our carbon pollution stays in the atmosphere, it means emissions will have to be cut by more than currently projected to prevent dangerous levels of global warming.

Martin Parry, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, said: "Despite all the talk, the situation is getting worse. Levels of greenhouse gases continue to rise in the atmosphere and the rate of that rise is accelerating. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change and the scale of those impacts will also accelerate, until we decide to do something about it." [Climate Change Action Group]

Bloggers unite for human rights

Thu, 2008-05-15 16:26 — Cyber Activist

When will our so called leaders give us clean energy supplies? It is not as if they have not been warned for years and years about pending climate catastrophes. It is not as if PROVEN clean energy supplies do not exist.

Had they not been sitting on their hands for this long and handing over OUR taxes to multi-national corporations, and continuing to feed the flames of our demise, perhaps the Burma tragedy would not have happened.
How many more natural disasters will humanity face before our taxes are used to support and provide the best for those who work hard to pay them? Who will be held responsible for this injustice? The taxpayers?

I had hoped that a new government in Australia would finally make a difference, but business chuggs along as usual... i am tired and deflated, and sad for humanity. I mourn deeply for those lost, and for those who will die.

The injustice of it all makes my soul ache.

Anne

more links:
1. CENSORSHIP IN CHINA ► China currently has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world. Learn more at http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/china
► ► Blog about censorship in China and ask readers to sign the action asking Yahoo not to violate human rights in China: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPC...

2. ILLEGAL DETENTIONS AT GUANTANAMO BAY ► The U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo has become a global symbol of U.S. human rights violations, including illegal detention, denial of fundamental legal rights, and torture. Learn more at http://www.tearitdown.org.

► ► Blog about Guantanamo Bay and ask readers to sign the tearitdown.org pledge.

3. CRISIS IN DARFUR ► The conflict in Darfur, Sudan, has led to some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable, including murder, rape, abduction and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and over 2.5 million civilians have been displaced. Learn more about the crisis at http://www.amnestyusa.org/darfur

► ► Blog about the crisis in Darfur and ask readers to take action: http://www.amnestyusa.org/darfur/action/page.do?id=YCA0052148000E&n1=3&n...

Greenpeace - Nuclear power belongs in the past

Mon, 2008-04-28 23:22 — Cyber Activist

Nuclear power belongs in the past - It is now the 22 anniversary of Chernobyl explosion, the largest civil nuclear disaster ever. Serious contamination spread over 150 000 square kilometres in Byelorussia, Ukraine and Russia. Radioactive clouds deposited radiation thousands of kilometres away. Hundreds of thousands people had to be evacuated, and millions more were left to live in areas that were dangerous to their health and lives. read more at Greenpeace International News

You are invited to the *Climate change | Social change conference*,

Wed, 2008-02-20 23:45 — Cyber Activist

*Climate change | Social change conference*, -
April 11-13, 2008 Sydney

The world is teetering on the brink of unstoppable climate change. Many
now recognise the need for serious change in the way we produce and use
energy, our transport systems, food production, urban design and
forestry practices. Yet politicians are still mouthing platitudes while
allowing corporations to continue to profit from polluting our
atmosphere and destroying our ecosystem.

The need for social change has become an urgent part of preventing
catastrophic climate change. Can the market fix the problem? What is
the real record of carbon trading? How can we build a social movement
capable of averting this disaster? What models and experiences can offer
real solutions? [Further details: Climate Change Action Group]

climate change conference

Wed, 2008-02-20 22:43 — Cyber Activist

climate change conference - 'Imagining the real life on greenhouse earth' is the theme of a conference to be held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 11th and 12th June, 2008 [further details: Climate Change Action Group]

Climate Parties Loosing Plot | Vote Climate

Mon, 2007-11-19 20:43 — Cyber Activist

Via Vote Climate:

http://voteclimate.org.au/FED07-Climateparties-loose-plot

Climate Change Coalition and Conservative for Climate and the Environment have made some interesting preference decisions in relation to their Senate Group Voting Tickets....

full story
http://voteclimate.org.au/FED07-Climateparties-loose-plot

Greens - Renewable Energy - Helping farmers become power suppliers

Tue, 2007-11-13 13:28 — Cyber Activist

Greens - Renewable Energy - Helping farmers become power suppliers

Farming Renewable Energy: Helping farmers become power suppliers

Monday 12 November 2007

Australian Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, and Greens Climate and Energy Spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, today announced a ground-breaking new policy to boost jobs and keep people on the land in regional Australia, as well as to reduce greenhouse emissions, by helping farmers become renewable energy generators.

"Climate change poses a tremendous threat to regional Australia. The Greens want to help regional communities to profit from becoming a key part of the solution," Senator Brown said.

"The Greens Farming Renewable Energy initiative will establish Renewable Energy Development Zones to encourage investment in regional energy infrastructure and boost jobs in regional Australia."

Senator Milne said "A tragedy is unfolding in rural and regional Australia and neither the Government nor the Opposition are providing more than bandaid solutions with drought-relief cheques and hand-outs for leaving the land.

"Instead of abandoning farmers and regional communities to a hotter and drier future, the Greens' policies will enable them to generate income from their land even in drought.

"This new approach also gives us the opportunity to develop a strategic plan for our energy future. We need to refurbish our grid to make the most of our best renewable energy resources, be they sun, wind, geothermal, water or biomass like woody weeds."
 [Climate Change Action Group]
more information: http://greens.org.au/senatormilne#post_1194823866

Lib/Nat coalition won't support 'Take nukes off hair trigger' motion

Sun, 2007-11-04 08:39 — Cyber Activist

Lib/Nat coalition won't support 'Take nukes off hair trigger' motion - [Greens-Media] Sat, 3 Nov 2007
Australia's disarmament reputation in tatters after UN nuclear vote
Hobart,
Saturday 3 November 2007

Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne today condemned the Howard Government's refusal to back a non-binding UN General Assembly vote to take all nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.

The New Zealand-sponsored motion to bring the world back from the brink of nuclear war passed the UN General Assembly with 124 votes in favour and only three against - the USA, UK and France.
Australia was one of 35 countries to abstain from the vote.
 read more... [Climate Change Action Group]

ACF rates the parties

Thu, 2007-10-18 14:04 — Cyber Activist

http://www.acfonline.org.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=1439&c=18312
ACF rates the parties

- The Australian Conservation Foundation has released its first progress scorecard on party policies on environmental issues.

Greens out in front on 93/100
with the Democrats a close second on 90/100
The ALP is on 49/100,
Family First 31/100
and the Coalition 21/100.

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