Archive for September, 2010

Carbon to take economy’s breath away by 2015

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Australian news service, Crikey has a story today Carbon to take economy’s breath away by 2015 which makes a very interesting point:
The Potsdam Institute research says that, if we are to have a reasonable chance of containing global warming to within 2 degrees, we only have a “budget” of 890 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions. [...]

PM Gillard to 're-prosecute a price on carbon'.

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

In her first speech as Australian Prime Minister, the nation’s first female Prime Minister vowed to re-prosecute the case for a price on Carbon..
This is very encouraging news. Since the Rudd Government decided to shy-away from its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, it has been punished in the polls for its perceived spinelessness. [...]