Archive for February, 2005

$150 million for Qld green groupsLink to full story

Projects in Queensland will get $150 million to improve water quality and biodiversity.

Adelaide to host climate change conferenceLink to full story

Adelaide will host an Australian-New Zealand business conference on climate change next year.

NSW will privatise forests: CarrLink to full story

State premier Bob Carr said it was “overwhelmingly likely” NSW will sell off its state forests, valued at $1billion.

Bald Hills wind power project will go aheadLink to full story

Victorian Energy Minister Theo Theophanous has confirmed the Bald Hills wind energy program will go ahead despite local protests.

Call to probe logging conditionsLink to full story

Environmentalists have called for a public inquiry into alleged breaches of logging conditions in NSW state forests.

Beazley ranks the threat of global warming alongside terrorismLink to full story

ALP leader Kim Beazley said global warming was as big a threat as global terrorism and urged Australia to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol.

How China plans to benefit from KyotoLink to full story

China is gearing up to earn foreign income from carbon emissions-saving projects under Kyoto.

We’ll be one of five nations to meet Kyoto targetsLink to full story

Environment minister Ian Campbell claims Australia is one of only five nations on course to meet their Kyoto target for emissions cuts, even though Australia has not signed the agreement.

ALP introduces new bill on climate changeLink to full story

The Australian Labor Party is to introduce an ‘Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Ratification) Bill’, that calls on the Australian Government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol within two months.

Few countries look likely to meet their Kyoto targetsLink to full story

Australia is one of only four countries likely to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets set out under the Kyoto protocol. However, some believe Australia’s reduction targets should have been set higher.

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